Made Men #1 Oni Press, September 2017 Writer: Paul Tobin American independent comic book publisher Oni Press’ new comic book series Made Men is a well-stitched together sci-fi action yarn. It takes the underpinning concepts from Mary Shelley’s classic horror tale Frankenstein and incorporates it into a contemporary story about a female Detroit Special Ops police officer who, along with her team, has returned from the dead after … Read more
Henry the Cantankerous Hamster #2 Rising Sun Comics Writer: Jason Long We have previously reviewed writer Jason Long’s work on issue 1 of this curious and very funny title, “Henry the Cantankerous Hamster”. This is a review of the second issue. In constructing a new concept, it is a natural trap for writers to spend … Read more
Mayfield Eight #1 ChupaComics, September 2017 Writer: Tim Larsen Perhaps writer/artist Tim Larsen lives in New Mexico and has a stack of yellowed, fragile newspapers dating back to 1974, preserved in his dad’s garage by the dry heat. Whatever his source material is, the result of his research is a mesa sandstone original. The stale … Read more
Eat the Shadow #1 Writer: Pierre Martinez Self-published by Pierre Martinez The promotional copy for this comic describes it in the following terms: A grindhouse film-inspired revenge thriller in the same vein as ‘Kill Bill’, with the sheer grit and dark, supernatural overtone of ‘The Crow’ (particularly the comic series)… Eat the Shadow tells the … Read more