#stack clean

Stack Clean: Redline #3

I’m finally at the bottom of the stack of physical comic issues I had build up, and I have to say it’s a relief. I’ll be happy to go back to reading digital issues that I actually expect to enjoy.

Redline #3 is a sci fi military noir, and the military part of it is definitely off-putting for me. The story has little hooks that almost make me want to keep reading, but the characters don’t do…

Stack Clean: Savage Things #7

I wasn’t sure what to expect from Savage Things, and was left cold by it. This issue, at least, is a fairly boring take on assassins trained from childhood to kill with plenty of tired tropes.

It’s Cain versus Abel in a showdown for the salvation of New York City. The cat-and-mouse chase comes to its crescendo as the two killers come face to face. But who will have the edge? The Black Forest…

Stack Clean: Wytches #3

After suffering through some rough issues as I clean up my stack of comics, it was great to read a comic I could actually enjoy. This comic feels like a horror movie, with tension, surprises and art that builds a feeling of dread. It’s not a series I was interested in before, but reading an issue with the story mid-stream has me curious.

A parent’s worst nightmare: a beloved child lost in the…

Stack Clean: Eugenic #1

Eugenic #1, unlike the past few issues I’ve cleared from my stack, was engaging. The central science fiction premise is interesting, and the delivery makes the horror of eugenics more approachable. I’m wary of how the creators’ politics play out (there were hints of the toxic centrism of equating left and right in the after matter in the issue), but as an account of someone with great privilege…

Stack Clean: The Eltingville Club #1

The Eltingville Club #1 is another of those comics I’m just not set up to enjoy. It was a slog through the recounting of the worst behaviours of nerds that had no glimmer of hope, humour or fun for me. There was, however a nice rendering of a d6.

After twenty years, three Eisner Awards, and a smattering of hate mail, the Eltingville Comic Book, Science-Fiction, Fantasy, Horror, and…

Stack Clean: Legacy of Luther Strode #1

I’m not the target audience for many of the comics I got in the grab bag that make up what’s left in my stack. Legacy of Luther Strode #1 was just hollow for me; the art didn’t do anything for me, the dialog and story didn’t draw me in and I was just waiting for an end.

Luther Strode returns. For five years, Luther Strode and Petra have been on the run. Now the time for running is over, and…

Stack Clean: The Multiversity: Pax Americana #1 - I've liked the Grant Morrison comics I've read before, but I wasn't sure I had the appetite for his take on Watchmen. The comic is well done, with beautiful art by Frank Quitely...

I’ve liked the Grant Morrison comics I’ve read before, but I wasn’t sure I had the appetite for his take on Watchmen in The Multiversity: Pax Americana #1. The comic is well done, with beautiful art by Frank Quitely and some really compelling playing with form and storytelling. I wasn’t won over by this take on Watchmen, but there were some bright moments. The weird scene with The Question…

I found myself jumping on at the last issue of an Aliens comic, Aliens: Dead Orbit #4. I like James Stokoe's art quite a lot and he captures the feel of the Aliens universe very well.

I found myself jumping on at the last issue of an Aliens comic, Aliens: Dead Orbit #4. I like James Stokoe’s art quite a lot and he captures the feel of the Aliens universe very well. The story was exactly what I would expect from an Aliens story, with no surprises or twists on the typical formula. As a brief dip into that monstrous space, it was solid.