Fence #1 (review) BOOM! Studios, November 2017 Writer: C.S. Pacat Fence is a new comic book series from American comic book publisher BOOM! Studios, written by Melbourne-based writer C.S. Pacat. Fence is a slight departure for Ms Pacat, who is known more for romance and fantasy novels. Fence, while still having a predominantly teenage male … Read more
Kong: Gods of Skull Island BOOM! Studios, October 2017 Writer: Phillip Kennedy Johnson Based on the title alone, it is easy for readers to mistake Kong: Gods of Skull Island for a comic book adaptation of the 2017 American film Kong: Skull Island. That motion picture is in turn a reboot of the King Kong … Read more
Grass Kings #1-7 BOOM! Studios, September 2017 Writer: Matt Kindt In 2016, American radio network NPR ran a story on the rise of survivalist real estate in the Northern United States, homes that can allow owners to exist “off-the-grid” and beyond the conventional reach of society. The story cites many of these impulses as conspiratorial, … Read more
WWE #6 BOOM! Studios, June 2017 Writer: Dennis Hopeless In the professional wrestling industry in the United States, the word “kayfabe” refers to the code or principle in which the wrestlers and employees of a promotion must maintain the illusion of reality even outside of the ring and beyond the camera’s gaze. This means in-ring … Read more