Back with a weekly capsule round up from this weeks stash. Siege #2, Nova, WoNK, Blackest Nigh Wonder Woman and More. Come by and talk about these and more!!!
It was the last week for back-issue sales at my comic store, which also means it’s the last week for a while (hopefully) where I’ll be buying too many comics.
Best Comic of the Week:
Unknown Soldier #16
Written by Joshua Dysart
Art by Alberto Ponticelli
One thing that has nagged at me since the beginning of this series is [...]
I want to see Fabian Nicieza write Teen Titans. I want to see the book roll over creative teams, again, and hand the reigns of this title that has yet to get back to where it was when Geoff Johns left it, over to Fabian Nicieza. I want Fabian to work with Kon, Cassie, Bart, [...]
HAPPY BIRTHDAY to ‘Brain Science‘ by Alex Patterson and Ian King as it turns 25 this week, just as Pedro Hernandez’s ‘Company Man’ gets nearer to its own 200th panel anniversary next week! Here at the Nexus we say ‘let us have cake’!
If you are checking out our feature for the first time, you can [...]
Marvel has released a teaser poster to the comics press today featuring what we at the Comics Nexus would consider a trully amazing Avengers line-up… Wait and see?
Meanwhile click on the image below for a poster of truly HEROIC proportions and read the accompanying text Marvel supplied with the release of the teaser.
This ended up being another big week for me, as my store is now selling off recent DC overstock at $1 a book. I’m buying way too many comics lately.
Best Book of the Week:
Joe the Barbarian #1
Written by Grant Morrison
Art by Sean Murphy
I’m not too sure how to respond to this first issue. I see [...]
WW is on a roll again with two new webcomics each week! This week: Pedro Hernandez’s ‘Company Man’ in another action-packed sequence and the hunt for the bestest brain in ‘Brain Science‘ by Alex Patterson and Ian King!
If you are checking out our feature for the first time, you can read the comics [...]
This was a pretty good week for comics. There wasn’t a lot published, but my store started selling off recent Marvel overstock at 10 for $10, so my pile ended up being pretty big.
Best Book of the Week:
Daytripper #2
by Fábio Moon and Gabriel Bá
This issue of Daytripper is very different from the previous. Where the [...]
Not everyone will understand this, but sometimes I enjoy movies more than I enjoy books. It’s a rare occasion, but sometimes there’s a movie that’s done so perfectly, yet altered certain aspects of the book it was based off of in a way that change it entirely. That sounds odd, [...]
GET IN ON THE GROUND FLOOR WITH IMAGE FIRSTS THIS APRILLine of $1 Image Firsts Coincides with Free Comic Book Day 2010
BERKELEY, CA — 12 January, 2010 — Just in time for the ninth annual Free Comic Book Day, Image Comics is releasing Image Firsts: a line of titles re-presenting ten key first issues as [...]
Twenty glorious weeks of Wednesday Webcomics! Company Man our lead feature continues with another jam-packed action sequence while Brain Science returns with a brand-new comic after a month’s hiatus!
If you are checking out our feature for the first time, you can read the comics archives here. Are you a comics writer/artist? Would you like [...]
Everything I Love About Marvel Comics in Just Two Panels
When I was about 8 years old, my father returned from a trip to his childhood home with a two boxes overflowing with comic books. It was the greatest night of my young life.
From then on, my childhood was a happy blur of newsprint-stained fingers, my [...]
Well, 201o is off to a good start, with a good showing of impressive Indie books, and some quality product from the Big Two.
Best Book of the Week:
Stumptown #2
Written by Greg Rucka
Art by Matthew Southworth
I’m really enjoying this title. On the surface, this is a pretty simple book – girl private eye who seems to [...]
While everyone else around the internet is compiling and debating ‘Best of’ lists, I wanted to take a few moments to look at some of the mysteries of 2009 – the books that never arrived!
To my knowledge, none of the following books were cancelled by Diamond Distributors – they just never showed up on the [...]
An action-packed start to the New Year with Pedro Hernandez’s ‘Company Man’ in part 2 of “Why We’re Fighting!”
If you are checking out our feature for the first time, you can read the comics archives here. Are you a comics writer/artist? Would you like to have your work featured in Wednesday Webcomics? Contact the [...]