SOME THINGS SEEN will not be unseen. It started a short time ago when I fell into bad company. A box of comics arrived from some other lost soul’s basement with a few issues of ELEPHANTMEN tucked into its unfiltered recesses. The title had a long run in the 2000s that I missed all together. … Read more
Created by: Joe Satriani, Ned Evett Script: Tony Lee Pencils/Inks: Richard Friend Color: Carlos Cabrera Opus 2022 COSMIC SURFBOARD REQUIRED for this trip with galactic guitarist Joe Satriani, delightfully bursting into comic book culture as co-author of a five-issue dimensional romp CRYSTAL PLANET that pits the rhythmic music of life against mechanical agents of dissonance … Read more
Writer: Steve Orlando Artist: Ivan Shavrin Heavy Metal, 2022 FINALLY A REAL GODDESS appears. She is one of seven daughters of Atlas scattered “all of time ago” by invading Kaos on the day Atlas flinched (or shrugged), “drawing blood before the dew had dried on creation.” Good start. An interstellar drama sweeps across the opening … Read more
Writer / artist: Frank Miller DC Comics, 1983-1984 Critiquing this comic brings your reviewer a deep sense of nostalgia: being baffled by the cost and mysterious subject matter of the first issue sitting in a spinner rack, hesitatingly pulling it out of the rack for a quick flick, and being immediately entranced by the story … Read more