I know I missed June and I’m a little late this time but the July 2012 comic book sales figures are perhaps one of the most significant as The Walking Dead #100, a non-Marvel or DC book, shipped more comics than any other comic has in the last 15 years.
Mark Millar (creator of Kick-Ass, veteran writer of so much good stuff, and friend of acomicbookblog.com) has retooled his comic magazine for a new volume; CLiNT #2.1 (made available just about everywhere Wednesday, May 23) packs 100 pages of comic material we can’t suggest skipping.
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Comics biggest rockstar takes on the heist genre, with superpowers!
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The violence with no restraint mini series comes to a ballbusting conclusion. Today I will be reviewing Kick-Ass 2 #7. Please leave me a comment and let me know what you think
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With a year full of events, relaunches, new #1′s and a growing trend to “wait for the trade” it shouldn’t surprise anyone just how many miniseries there were in 2011. Whether their promise to not go on forever ends up being a blessing or a sad curse it takes a tough fan to avoid not reading at least a few of them.
Our favorite miniseries category includes any comic book mini/limited series that occurred during 2011.
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More pain and heartache for Kick-Ass, plus the return of the tiny bringer of death. Today I will be reviewing Kick-Ass 2 #5. Please leave me a comment and let me know what you think
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Red Mist makes his move and decimates Kick-Ass’ life forever. Today I will be reviewing Kick-Ass 2 #4. Please leave me a comment and let me know what you think.
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Our “Where to Start” articles act as a guide, giving you our best suggestions on where to start on a certain character or creators work. Every article lists several books, each in the character’s or creator’s chronological order despite it’s publication date (so the first choice is at the beginning of a characters career, the last is the furthest along). While in order each book was specifically picked as a good individual starting point; so feel free to start at the beginning, in the middle, or towards the end if you want to get caught up quickly. And if you have any more suggestions or questions just leave a comment.
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Kick-Ass’ life hits a few snags both personally and professionally. Today I will be reviewing Kick-Ass 2 #3. Please leave me a comment and let me know what you think.
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After a six month nap, Kick-Ass returns for some good old team missions. Today I will be reviewing Kick-Ass 2 #2. Please leave me a comment and let me know what you think.
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Its the return of the smash hit that became a top rated movie. (At least at the comic shops I go to.) Today I will be reviewing Kick-Ass 2 #1. Please leave me a comment and let me know what you think.
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Superstar comic creators Mark Millar and Steve McNiven (Civil War & Old Man Logan) have spoken to CBR about their next project ‘Nemesis’ due out next year. Here’s some bits of the interview from Millar of what it’s about:
Millar: But, yeah. “Nemesis” is a reversal of the Bruce Wayne or Tony Stark archetype. What if this genius billionaire was just this total shit, and the only thing that stood between him and a city was the cops? It’s Batman versus Commissioner Gordon, in a weird way. Or maybe a super-villain version of “Se7en.” A billionaire anarchist up against ordinary people. The Joker’s the best thing in the Batman movies, so this guy is a bit of an amalgamation of all the stuff we like.
Millar: Nemesis is the world’s smartest man, and the bad news for us is that he’s the world’s only super-villain. That means he’s got freeze guns and jump-jets and all these James Bond gadgets and he’s using them against us. To entertain himself, he picks a different cop every year and makes his life a misery. The book opens with him fucking over Japan’s top cop, and then our story, the mini-series, takes place as he shifts his attention to Washington and his first American attacks. The visuals we’ve released here are just single panels from the Japanese segment. It’s the best stuff I’ve ever seen Steve do.
I’m definitely real excited about this, I love nearly all of Millar’s work, and think he is one of the best writers in the business right now, and McNiven is definitely one of the best artist so I’m sure they’ll score a hat-trick with this new mini series.
So let me know what you guys think on the idea of ‘Nemesis’ and to see the full interview just click here.
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