Comic Reviews
Shadowman #01 [Comic Review]
The flagship Valiant character is resurrected for a new (and exceedingly bloody) reboot series. Does it succeed where other revamps haven’t? Shadowman is a character that’s gone through q...
5 Self-Contained Horror Graphic Novels to Enjoy this October
There are a lot of great horror comics series — Beasts of Burden, Harrow County, and Locke and Key all come to mind — but sometimes you need to read something quick. A graphic novel with...
Ghosted in L.A. Vol One is a Dramedy with Ghosts [Review]
Think teen dramedy with ghosts if you want a thumbnail of what’s in store in Ghosted in L.A. Vol. 1. It collects four issues of an ongoing Boom! BoxTM series created and scripted by Sina G...
Jim Henson’s The Storyteller Ghosts delivers eerie spiritual chills with “The Promise” [Review]
Horror or the grotesque often tinged the original television episodes of Jim Henson’s The Storyteller. That spirit remains in the fourth installment of Boom’s latest miniseries resu...
The Butcher of Paris #5 “Beating Chance” [Comic Review]
The Butcher of Paris #5 “Beating Chance” closes out the series with a whimper. Writer Stephanie Phillips and artist Dean Kotz have great intentions. They’re putting a much needed ...
The Butcher of Paris #4 “Liberté” [Comic Review]
The Butcher of Paris #4 “Liberté” is the best issue in the series thus far with one remaining. It opens with a beautiful splash page where the citizens of Paris liberate their city,...
Nicnevin and the Bloody Queen is a Stunning Execution of Gothic Horror [Graphic Novel Review]
Nicnevin and the Bloody Queen follows Nissy (Nicnevin) a rebellious teenage girl who is whisked away to her maternal grandmother’s abandoned estate alongside her kid brother. Nissy is not a fan...
The Butcher of Paris #3: The Law of the Jungle [Comic Review]
True crime succeeds or fails based on how well it avoids exploiting the real life murders it portrays. The best true crime tends to empathize with the victims or the investigators, while analyzing the...
The Butcher of Paris #2 “Reign of Beasts” [Comic Review]
The shorter a story is, the less room it has to sag. At four issues, The Butcher of Paris is going to be about as short as limited comic series get. Unfortunately, the second issue, “The Reign ...