Published on Sunday, December 4, 2011 by Zedric Dimalanta Two new "capsule reviews" for today's column. This week we looked into fictional future worlds as we read Andrew E. C. Gaska and Daniel Dussault's Critical Millennium Vol. 1: The Dark Frontier from Archaia Entertainment and the multi-author and multi-artist retrospective compilation Judge Dredd: Mega-City Masters 01 from Rebellion/2000 AD. Critical Millennium Vol. 1:...

Published on Wednesday, August 24, 2011 by Zedric Dimalanta Feeding Ground Archaia Entertainment, 2011; 184 pages, collects Feeding Ground #s 1-6, originally published November 2010 to January 2011 Written by: Swifty Lang Layouts, pencils, inks, and colours by: Michael Lapinski Layouts and lettering by: Chris Mangun Cover Price: $24.95 Full Disclosure: This is a review of a press proof digital copy of the book pr...

Published on Sunday, July 17, 2011 by Zedric Dimalanta Old City Blues (Archaia Entertainment, 2011; 120 pages, collects Old City Blues # 1-4, originally published in installments from 30 April 2010 to 30 July 2010 on the world wide web at http://www.oldcityblues.com/) Story, Art, and Lettering: Giannis Milonogiannis Cover Price: $14.95 Full Disclosure: This is a review of a press proof digital copy of the book ...

Published on Friday, June 3, 2011 by Zedric Dimalanta Lucid Collected Edition Hardcover (Archaia Entertainment, 2011; 112 pages, hardcover; reprints Lucid #1-4, originally published August 2010–April 2011) Writer: Michael McMillian Artist: Anna Wieszczyk Letterer: Shawn DePasquale Cover Price: $19.95 US Full Disclosure: This is a review of a press proof digital copy of the book provided by the publisher ...

Published on Tuesday, December 14, 2010 by Troy Osgood Published by: Archaia Comics Written and Illustrated by: David Petersen The Black Axe tells the tale of Celanawe and his kinswoman, an elder named Em. Celanawe is getting ready to return to Lockhaven from Frostic, when Em arrives to bring him on a quest. We don't know what the quest is, except that it involves the Black Axe. We're not given details about that a...

Published on Tuesday, December 14, 2010 by Troy Osgood THE SECRET HISTORY BOOK THIRTEEN Retail Price: $5.95 U.S. Page Count: 48 pages Format: perfect bound, 6.625” x 10.25”, full color On-sale Date: December 15, 2010 (W) Jean-Pierre Pécau (A) Igor Kordey (Cover) Manchu & Olivier Vatine The hit French comic that gives historical fiction an occult bent continues! Götterdämmerung. 1943: SS officers in the s...

Published on Tuesday, December 14, 2010 by Troy Osgood MOUSE GUARD: THE BLACK AXE #1 (OF 6) Retail Price: $3.50 U.S. Page Count: 24 pages Format: saddle bound, 8” x 8”, full color On-sale Date: December 15, 2010 Written by David Petersen Illustrated by David Petersen Cover by David Petersen The Eisner Award-winning MOUSE GUARD returns with THE BLACK AXE, a third volume of the critically acclaimed series. Se...

Published on Monday, November 22, 2010 by Troy Osgood Published by: Archaia Comics THE GOD MACHINE Retail Price: $24.95 U.S. Page Count: 160 pages Format: hardcover, 6.625” x 10.25”, full color On-sale date: November 17, 2010 Written, illustrated and cover by Chandra Free Stricken with grief from the death of his girlfriend, Sith, Guy Salvatore struggles to make sense of his world. He’s plagued with hall...

Published on Thursday, November 18, 2010 by Troy Osgood Archaia has just announced that Jim McCann and Janet Lee's 'Return of the Dapper Men' sold out at the distributor level in just 24 hours. (more…)...

Published on Monday, November 15, 2010 by Troy Osgood November 17th brings the release of Jim McCann's "Return of the Dapper Men" and the Pryde is reposting the interview Troy conducted with Jim a couple of months ago. (more…)...