World Comic Book Review

18th March 2024

CURSES—”Disdain Elimination Damages (…read more)”

Created by George Wylesol Avery Hill 2023 BASEMENT HOSPITAL CORRIDORS go on for fifty, one hundred, maybe more miles and miles of corridors, with one person at night on duty centered in a small office where he has a desk and a computer, surrounded by winding emptiness. This is the first long story in the … Read more

Image Firsts Compendium Volume 2 (revisited)—“Do you ever get me or do I have to stand on my head?”

–BIRTHRIGHT, created by Joshua Williamson and Andrei Bressan –THE HUMANS, created by Keenan Marshall Keller and Tom Neely –WAYWARD, created by Jim Zub and Steven Cummings Image Comics, April 2016 Mired in multitudinous messages as we are these days, we need help in critical selection more than ever. These thoughts ran through my mind after … Read more

In Waves (review)

Writer and artist: AJ Dungo NoBrow Press, 2019 When we write reviews of comics for this website, we use the second person narrative, “we”, so as to present the impression of objectivity and be brutally honest. It is also a tool to avoid self-indulgence. “We” filters fan blind spots and personal foibles. For this comic, … Read more

A eulogy for Vertigo Comics

Eulogies do not ordinarily include a prayer for vengeance. This one does. Vertigo Comics was one of three imprints which American publisher DC Comics launched in and after 1993. The others, Paradox Press (1994-2001) and Helix (1996-1998), did not last long. But with the direction and oversight of editor Karen Berger, Vertigo Comics thrived. The … Read more