What I bought, read, or otherwise consumed – January 2018
I’ve been a bit derelict in reviewing comics, but it’s a new year and I’m trying to be better, so let’s take a look at trades I bought this month!
Category: Comics
Comics You Should Own – ‘The Umbrella Academy’
Today we’re taking a look at The Umbrella Academy, which many people dismissed as “Morrison-lite,” but which is plenty excellent enough to stand on its own!
“Are you Guardians simply improvising?” The DC Challenge
DC Challenge is the kind of series where creating an alternate timeline where the Nazis won WW II was meant to simplify the plot. DC launched this 1985-6 twelve-issue limited …
Hard Cases and Other Mysterious Volumes
I’ve been getting a lot of nifty mysteries and related items in here lately. Here’s a quick rundown.
365 Days of Cerebus, Day 9: ‘Cerebus’ 8
Travis takes a look at the next issue of Cerebus, number 8, which features the Conniptins and their ideals. Fight! Fight! Fight!
My first indie comic: a rambling reminiscence and a brief review
The first indie comic I ever read is a short-lived series called Ismet. It’s very obscure, but I came across it at the tender age of 12 because a few years before that, I had met the guy who would go on to create it, Greg Wadsworth.
365 Days of Cerebus, Day 8: ‘Cerebus’ 7
Illness smacked down Travis briefly, but 365 Days of Cerebus is back, just like Elrod is back in issue 7 of Cerebus, causing trouble.