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The Unwritten: Tommy Taylor and the Bogus Identity
Mike Carey, Peter Gross et al.Vertigo Comics$9.99, 144 pages There are few comic books out there which openly strive to be literature. The Unwritten is one of them, but it is far more than that. Its...
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DMZ: On The Ground
What if Manhattan sat on the front line of an American Civil War? What if the citizens of a country that hasn’t seen warfare on its doorstep in almost one-hundred and fifty years found itself once...
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“Sweet Tooth #1″
When I began to flip through the pages of Sweet Tooth I instantly noticed I had discovered something different. The characters Jeff Lemire introduced left me empathetic toward their peril, and the...
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5 Questions About Right State with Mat Johnson
I recently contacted writer Mat Johnson to ask him a few questions about his upcoming book, Right State, an original graphic novel from VERTIGO. Slated to be released in August, just before the...
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Jeff Lemire Explores “Trillium” For Vertigo
This weekend at NYCC Jeff Lemire, acclaimed writer and artist of Sweet Tooth, announced that he has a new 10-issue limited series called Trillium in the works for Vertigo comics. Trillium follows two...
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Scott Snyder Creates The Wake at Vertigo
As if it weren’t enough to be writing Batman, Swamp Thing, an unnamed Superman project for DC, and American Vampire for Vertigo, Scott Snyder announced at NYCC that he’ll be adding another brand new...
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Best of 2012 – Aaron O’Neill
Best Writer 1. Mark Waid (Daredevil, Rocketeer) 2. Johnathan Hickman (Manhattan Projects, Fantastic Four) 3. Brian K. Vaughan (Saga) Mark Waid is a man invigorated it seems as he is penning some of the...
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“Punk Rock Jesus #6″
by Sean MurphyVertigo Comics$2.99, 32 Pages You didn’t really think this story was about Chris, did you? The title of the book and the cover caught my eye on the comic shelf months ago when the first...
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New Brother Lono Book and Vertigo News From ECCC
The big news from DC’s All Access Panel about the Vertigo imprint will make your head spin! Several announcements came out of this panel at the Emerald City Comic-Con, for both new books and old. The...
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POINT OF ENTRY: Mandi Picks at the Bones of “Astro City #1″
Astro City #1(w) Kurt Busiek(a) Brent AndersonVertigo Comics, $3.99 Confession time. Josh Epstein had me try on many hats before settling on this long overdue assignment. When he brought up the subject...
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ADVANCE SCOUT: Lean, Mean, and Foxy
SITUATION: It’s almost Halloween, so of course its time for that rare, ugly beast of comics to rear its head: the dreaded FIFTH WEEK. There is very little out from most publishers this week, which is a...
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CW Adapting DC Series iZombie for Television
As first reported by Deadline, The CW is adapting yet another DC series. This time it’s the critically acclaimed yet cancelled series iZombie, by Chris Roberson and Michael Allred. Rob Thomas, of...
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The Unwritten: Tommy Taylor and the Bogus Identity
There are few comic books out there which openly strive to be literature. The Unwritten is one of them, but it is far more than that. Its first volume, collecting the first five issues of the series in...
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DMZ: On The Ground
What if Manhattan sat on the front line of an American Civil War? What if the citizens of a country that hasn’t seen warfare on its doorstep in almost one-hundred and fifty years found itself once...
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POINT OF ENTRY: Sandman Overture
I have never read Sandman. I have also read very little Neil Gaiman (only Stardust and Coraline). Apparently, that makes me a bad person. . . so says my husband. So when I picked up Sandman for him I...
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“American Vampire: Second Cycle #1″ Review: Snyder Returns to His Magnificent...
Reviewer’s Note: The following review and insight contains a small number of spoilers for the issue. If for some reason you haven’t read it yet…change that. Quickly. That American Vampire revitalized...
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Coffee and Comics: What About The Other Guys?
Thanks for coming back to Coffee and Comics! Since our last discussion, Marvel Studios made an announcement that they plan to make movies for the Marvel Cinematic Universe until at least 2028. That is...
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REVIEW: “The Wake #8″ In Too Deep
It’s possible that at this point Scott Snyder and Sean Murphy have spoiled us with The Wake. The Vertigo title has performed miraculous surprise after surprise, to the point that any time I now form an...
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CAPE WATCH 5/14/14: Bandits, Batgirl, Mutants, JLU, and Kung Fu
SITUATION: This week Cape Watch has a dual set of new #1′s and three ongoing titles that remain at the top of the buy pile, every time they are released. There isn’t too much to say about them, other...
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REVIEW: “American Vampire: Second Cycle #3″ Shows Hints of the Future Like...
American Vampire contains three dramatic, series-defining splash pages this month. The first, and probably lesser, finally gives fans the first formidable Skinner Sweet moment. Ultra cool, he no longer...
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