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Entries from August 2008

The Boys #1-6 by Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson

June 19th, 2007 · No Comments

As a writer, Garth Ennis is in a weird place today. He’s in his finest form, whether it’s The Punisher (which shows his handle on telling human stories under the most unlikely circumstance) or The Boys (which shows, just because he’s telling crude jokes about superheroes, he can also get the human element in there), […]

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Tags: Boys · Darick Robertson · Garth Ennis · Wildstorm Comics

Doctor 13: Architecture and Mortality by Brian Azzarello and Cliff Chiang

June 18th, 2007 · No Comments

I’d heard about Architecture and Mortality because some online reviewer was surprised at how Azzarello portrayed the “architects” of the DC Universe (Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka and Mark Waid). He portrays them as… for lack of a better word… douche-bags. For someone who hates writing superhero books (didn’t Azzarello once say that, around […]

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Tags: Brian Azzarello · Cliff Chiang · DC Comics · Doctor 13 · Tales of the Unexpected