The 6 Best War Comics From Image Comics

This article was originally published at ComicBook.Com on February 24, 2017. This week writer Greg Rucka and artist Leandro Fernandez launch their new Image Comics series The Old Guard. It’s the story of seemingly immortal soldiers who walk the Earth searching for new conflicts and accumulating new skills. It’s both a fascinating character study and …

The Best Comics of 2015: Part One

This article was originally published at ComicBook.Com on December 30, 2015. After another year of great new releases, translations, and continuing series in the world of comics, ComicBook.Com has returned to offer you our take on the 20 best comics of 2015. If you missed the list in 2014, you can check out both halves …

Fastball Feedback: Comic Book Reviews For June 17

This article was originally published at ComicBook.Com on June 17, 2015. Wisdom may come with age, but it’s learned through youth. The mistakes and discoveries we make as adolescents and young adults help inform what we know throughout our lives. They also make for some great stories. This week, Fastball Feedback takes a look at comics with …

Fastball Feedback: Comic Book Reviews for April 22

This article was originally published at ComicBook.Com on April 23, 2015. Welcome back to Fastball Feedback for the week of April 22, 2015. This week we’re taking a look at three action packed titles from Image, Marvel and Boom Studios with Andrew Steinbeiser jumping into the fray to tackle Inhuman Special #1. Lazarus #16 (Image Comics) …

REVIEW: Lazarus #15 Contains 13 Perfect Pages of Comics

If I was more egotistical, I’d suggest that Lazarus #15 is a comic written to appeal to me. Anyone that reads my reviews here at ComicBook.Com on a regular basis is going to notice several themes of what I look for in comics as an artform popping out in a 13 page sequence of this …

Take a Break From ‘House of Cards’ This Weekend With These Comics

This article was originally published at ComicBook.Com on February 27, 2015. The third season of House of Cards premieres this Friday on Netflix meaning that many of us will be in a Frank Underwood induced stupor as we barrel through almost 13 hours of television. The series attraction is hard to deny with the raw …

Advance Review: ‘Lazarus’ #9 Presents a World Full of Compromise

This article was originally published at Comics Bulletin on June 30, 2014. From its first sequence to the very last panel, Lazarus #9 is a story about compromise. It presents a world where people must compromise their values in order to simply survive and where a refusal to do so can only lead to destruction. Looking at …

Greg Rucka on: Kickstarter, Lazarus, Veil, and a Whole Lot More

This article was originally published at The Nerd Cave on March 25, 2014. Last weekend at Planet Comicon in Kansas City, I had the opportunity to speak with Greg Rucka before the show opened on Saturday. Rucka currently writes Lazarus (Image Comics), Veil (Dark Horse), and Lady Sabre. He is also the upcoming writer of Cyclops (Marvel) and is returning to Stumptown (Oni Press) …