Doc Bizarre, M.D. is the latest transmission from the twisted mind of Joe Casey (acclaimed author of Gødland, Automatic Kafka, The Intimates, Butcher Baker the Righteous Maker, and other strange and wonderful comics). It tells the story of the eponymous…
Author: Patrick A. Reed
Joe Simon: My Life In Comics (Titan Books, 2011)
Joe Simon is a legend in the world of comic books. He co-created Captain America (and many other memorable characters), worked with many of the field’s most important names, and stands as one of the first artists to recognize the…
Comic Review: Screamland (Image Comics, 2011)
Monsters are real. That’s made clear within the first couple pages of this series. Those old-time film boogiemen, they weren’t imaginary. They starred in those movies, playing the roles that were written for them. And now that they’ve gotten old,…
Pop Music Comics: The 90s, part one. Rock-It Comics, Revolutionary, Marvel Music, Grateful Dead Comix.
In the early 1990s, the comic market was exploding. New publishers were springing up in an attempt to catch a piece of the craze, existing companies were introducing new titles right and left, investors were entering the field and speculating…
New York Comic-Con 2011: in conclusion.
Now that we’ve had a couple weeks to recover, it’s time to wrap up this year’s NYCC coverage. It was a show full of memorable moments: Staring in awe at the thirty-foot inflatable Jake The Dog at the main entrance.…
Comic Review: Our Love Is Real (Image Comics, 2011)
Our Love Is Real is a stand-alone 24 page comic book, an off-kilter, blackly humorous tale about a sex-obsessed dystopian future society and the people who live (and love) there. The world is a shambles, and political factions are categorized…
New York Comic Con 2011: the panels
From Thursday the 13th to Sunday the 16th of October, Manhattan’s Javits Center was taken over by New York Comic Con, and my weekend was spent wandering through the building, meeting people, conversing, looking at comics and books and artwork,…
Sketch Monsters: Escape Of The Scribbles (Oni Press, 2011)
A charming all-ages comic, Sketch Monsters is the whimsical story of eight-year-old Mandy, who expresses her repressed emotions through her drawings. These giant crayon creatures then come to life and proceed run to and fro across town, causing havoc…
New York Comic Con 2011: day four
Well, NYCC ’11 is now nothing but a memory, leaving us with piles and piles of books and a serious case of sleep deprivation. Against all conventional wisdom, Sunday seemed to be by far the busiest day, with larger crowds,…
New York Comic Con 2011: day three
Saturday at NYCC was a whirlwind of panels and screenings and signings. Most of the big programming happened today: Image Comics discussed their slate of upcoming creator-owned titles (lots to look forward to in the next few months), cast members…