World Comic Book Review

26th March 2024

Saga #55 (review)

Writer: Brian K. VaughanArtist: Fiona StaplesImage Comics, 2022 The wait has been long, but Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples’ seminal work Saga is finally back. After the cliffhanger at the breath-taking finale of part one, the series went into an extended hiatus, leaving followers of the book (including this reviewer) waiting for almost four … Read more

Auntie Agatha’s Home for Wayward Rabbits (revisited) —”Terrific neighborhood all rabbits but for the help and the mouse”

Created by Keith Giffen and Benjamin Roman Image Comics, November 2018 GIVE ME FIVE MINUTES and I can drive you crazy. Sophisticated talk is entertaining for a minute, until it’s clear there is only one track, just the one track, adored and adored and adored till your bored beyond endurance and must escape. This is … Read more

Hey Kids! Comics! (revisited)—“What then when the roar of cannons fades”

Creator: Howard Chaykin Image Comics, 2019 WHAT WE FOUGHT FOR in World War Two against fascism is supposed to be abundantly clear. Freedom. From an American viewpoint, the placard found at a German concentration camp, “Work makes you free,” seemed like obviously evil logic. Beginning the story here in the aftermath, in 1945, we see … Read more

Cold Spots # 1 (of 5) (Review)

Cold Spots # 1 (of 5) Image Comics, October 2018 Writer: Cullen Bunn Probably one of the creepiest comics we have read, Cold Spots is a horror story embodied in a quest. Arthur Warren dispatches a man named Kerr to find his daughter Alyssa and grand-daughter Grace, which is the essence of the quest. The … Read more