Hi there.  I’m new to Comics Nexus.  My intent is to share my thoughts on my comics and comics-related reading on a weekly basis.  I have been a comics reader for about thirty years – I can’t remember a time in my life when I didn’t read comics – and my tastes are all over [...]

Join Brick as he reviews Air and Unknown Soldier. Sofie 5 delivers We3, and a special appearance by our favorite Brown Lantern. Special guest G.Willow Wilson

The Countdown to Baltimore Comic Con. continues as Mathan shares the list of trades and graphic novels he’s hoping to find (moderately priced) at the con.

Story & Art: Jeff Lemire
Publisher: Vertigo (DC Comics)
Well well, another new Vertigo series, and one that continues with the excellent pricing policy of just $1 for the first issue to entice readers in (other companies trying to launch / re-launch a series at a $3.99 price point please take note – though little chance of [...]

Your soundtrack for today is The Au Pairs – Playing With a Different Sex and Jimmy Eat World – Clarity.
Writer: Ian Rankin
Artist: Werther Dell’edera
Publisher: Vertigo Crime
Ian Rankin’s Dark Entries, a John Constantine graphic novel that serves as one of the first titles in Vertigo’s new Vertigo Crime sub-imprint (one assumes they’re just going to create [...]

Last week’s X-Factor hot and bothered man-on-man action? Long time coming, but NOT quite NOT The Mainstream Comic Book World’s First Gay Kiss.

This, on the other hand…

Following Vertigo’s current new book policy (a la Mike Carey and Peter Gross’ The Unwritten), the $1 price tag makes this issue well worth a punt, and I think there is more than enough here to bring open-minded readers back for more.

The Unwritten does everything the first episode of a mystery should, establishing interesting characters within a storyline that twists and turns without hiding behind a cloud of confusion. The interplay between fantasy and real-life is pitched so perfectly that it confidently zig-zags across the line between blur and juxtaposition.

Did you miss me?

This edition we tackle Barry Allen, expose Static, confront Final Crisis and address the Watchmen.

Oh yeah, it’s going to be an exciting read. Probably.

This edition is full of rebellion!

Ok, technically it’s just full of R.E.B.E.L.S. (with a pinch of L.E.G.I.O.N. for good measure). There’s also some Secret Six and Young Justice. Oh and I fix the Titans franchise.

You need more incentive to read? Two words; Crazy Quilt!

In honor of Valentines Day we present the things we loved most about comics in 2008. It’s the annual Nexus Awards like you’ve never seen them before!

This week we speculate about Checkmate, coach Sturges & Willingham, dream of Grant Morrison and theorize about the Doom Patrol.

Oh yeah, this week is a wild ride. Join us, won’t you?

This week in the column we look to the future and the past. We check out changes in the status quo and how lasing they’ll be. We also devote some time to Lady Chronos and her origins.

We speculate about Nightwing & Flamebird and differentiate between Li’l Lobo and Slobo. There’s even room for a little bit of Bloodwynd and everyone knows that everything’s better with a pinch of Bloodwynd.

C’mon and check it out, you’re piqued curiosity will be satisfied.

A weekly review show reviewing comics and action figures. Join Tiger and Brick as they review what’s hot and what’s not. This week they talk to Bill Willingham of Fables and Steven T. Seagle, writer for American Virgin and It’s a Bird.

Welcome to the inside of my thought bubbles. I’m Aaron Glazer, as you no doubt noticed (giving you a bit of credit to start) and I used to write East of Gotham and comic reviews for the Nexus. Well, after awhile that all fell apart because, you see, despite a passion for comics and some really great feedback, I always thought I kind of sucked. So, never one to settle for mediocrity, I took a hiatus and focused on my Pulse Wrestling writing for the time being.

A mad mad week from DC: Ambush Bug returns, Women in Refrigerators on Sale, Clayface eats Gotham, Scarecrow crashes a slumber party, JLA doubles its fishnets quotient, Wonder Woman’s bondage fetish explained… and Batman’s dad travels to Krypton to hang out with Jor-El!?!

Jason Aaron rules this week with the two best Vertigo books in a long long while. Batgirl and Flash are faring better outside their solo books, and the Bat-villains go solo: Two-Face, Poison Ivy and the Tangent Joker! Plus, because you requested it: Simon Dark!

When I originally started this series of five columns I was super gung ho about my beef with retailers. Time, however has softened my stance.
Originally I’d planned to rail against the prevailing notion that comic shops should cater to all thing geek. I don’t dig it as a business model.
I mean I get [...]

Batman can be such a sweetheart when he lets himself – and twice this week! Meanwhile, Brainiac is on a bottling spree, the Penguin finds his lovebird, Rip Hunter’s identity is revealed, Hush returns, Martian Manhunter is celebrated, Arm-Fall-Off Boy tries out for the Legion, the Justice Society meets God, Wonder Woman goes Savage, and [...]

Madame Xanadu, by Matt Wagner and Amy Reeder Hadley, is the latest book in a long Vertigo tradition of revising and reimagining overlooked DC characters in a new context. Already possessing ties to both DC’s supernatural contingent and to characters like John Constantine and Timothy Hunter who have been consigned to the opposite side of the Vertigo Wall, Xanadu’s a natural choice for a Vertigo series, and as one of the more complicated, if underutilized, characters in the DC pantheon, she certainly merits it.