World Comic Book Review

28th March 2024

Euthanauts (Volume 1) (review)

Writer: Tini HowardArtist: Nick Robles Black Crown / IGN, February 2019 Purchased: Quality Comics, Perth The cover to this volume is striking. Here in the gloom is a person who resembles a deep sea diver. She is happy, looking directly at us, her head contained in a form of life support, a glowing glass dome … Read more

Blackbird Volume 1 (review)

Blackbird Volume 1Writer: Sam HumphriesArtist: Jen BartelImage Comics, 2019Purchased: Quality Comics, Perth Alan Moore’s body of work casts a long shadow. Written for the America’s Best Comics imprint of US publisher DC Comics from 1999 to 2005, Promethea explores a hidden world of magic and symbolism. The protagonist is a goofy school girl named Sophie Bangs who … Read more

Wolverton #2 (Review)

Wolverton #2 Writers: Michael Stark and Terrell T. Garrett Burnt Biscuit Books, Fall 2019 We have previously reviewed the first issue of Wolverton, an 1930s pulp adventure comic with shades of dark fantasy by writers Michael Stark and Terrell T. Garrett. That first issue focused on crime as a source of entertainment and distraction to … Read more

Kill Six Billion Demons (Volume 1) (Review)

Kill Six Billion Demons (Volume 1)Image Comics, March 2016. Purchased: Comiczone, Perth, AustraliaWriter and artist: Abaddon (Tom Parkinson-Morgan) Allison: “God is… dead? So who’s… like, in charge?Aeon: “What happens to a man’s house when he dies? The cats, the rats, and the cockroaches take over.” (This review deals only with Volume 1. Our review of … Read more