The fifth volume of the Bone series finds Fone and Smiley Bone trying to return a critter to its home in the mountains. This whole book follows… Read more “Comic Review: Bone: Rock Jaw Master of the Eastern Border”
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Comic Review: Bone: The Dragonslayer
Unfortunately, this volume spends a LOT of time with Phoney Bone, which seems to grind things to a halt. Whenever it focuses on other characters and storylines,… Read more “Comic Review: Bone: The Dragonslayer”
Comic Review: Bone: Eyes of the Storm
Dreams become important in this volume. Thorn has a dream vision that leaves her disturbed, while Bone imagines himself in his favorite book, Moby Dick. Are these… Read more “Comic Review: Bone: Eyes of the Storm”
Comic Review: Bone: The Great Cow Race
The second volume of Bone starts out a bit slow, focusing on the build-up to the Great Cow race. Phoney Bone continues to be pretty annoying, and… Read more “Comic Review: Bone: The Great Cow Race”
Comic Review: Bone: Out from Boneville
Jeff Smith’s indie comic somehow got picked up by Scholastic. This first volume collects and colorizes the first six issues. Bone certainly feels more like an indie… Read more “Comic Review: Bone: Out from Boneville”
Comic Review: The Savage Sword of Conan Volume Two
My complaints about the first volume pretty much hold true for this volume, but perhaps I went into it with such lowered expectations that they didn’t bother… Read more “Comic Review: The Savage Sword of Conan Volume Two”
Comic Review: I Roved Out in Search of Truth and Love
Poking around on Tumblr, looking for some interesting art, I stumbled across the work of Alexis Flower. It wasn’t what I was looking for, but it was… Read more “Comic Review: I Roved Out in Search of Truth and Love”
Comic Review: The First Kingdom Vol. 1
I originally wrote this review for the In the Mouth of Dorkness back in 2014. I thought I’d revisit it, as I’m finally reading Volume 2. … Read more “Comic Review: The First Kingdom Vol. 1”
Comic Review: Journey
Goofy, biting, dark, and incredibly sad. William Messner-Loeb’s extremely unusual comic about frontiersman Wolverine MacAlistaire and the wilds of early America is really something. If you’re interested… Read more “Comic Review: Journey”
Comic Review: Byala issue 1
Set in the same African inspired Space Opera universe as Yohance, this comic introduces us to Byala, a dissatisfied soldier stuck on patrols. She feels driven to… Read more “Comic Review: Byala issue 1”
Matthew J. Constantine 