Science made them. No man can own them. But what exactly are… The DNAgents? Your Major Spoilers (Retro) Review of DNAgents #1 awaits!
Browsing: Eclipse Comics
Science fiction was big in the 1980s. Fantasy was big in the 1980s. And where do those genres meet? Your Major Spoilers (Retro) Review of Ribit! #1 awaits!
Remember the good old days? A time-traveler always does, just in case he needs a place to hide out. But what is the secret of Bridget Chronopolis? Your Major Spoilers (Retro) Review of Aztec Ace #1 awaits!
Oh, sure, you’ve read ‘Understanding Comics.’ But are you familiar with *the rest* of the McCloud oeuvre?
Some comic book stories are all about great and terrible connotations and world-shattering consequences. Others are just about relationships. Of course, even those can still have the world-shattering part… Your Major Spoilers (Retro) Review of Crossfire And Rainbow #1 awaits!
And now, a master class in how to deal with your comic being cancelled… Your Major Spoilers (Retro) Review of The Liberty Project #8 awaits!
And now, because Otter Disaster demanded it, we take a step into the surreal. Buckle your seatbelts, dear friends, ’cause your Major Spoilers (Retro) Review of Reid Fleming, World’s Toughest Milkman #1 awaits!
Today’s Retro Review offering brings with it the reminder that, sometimes, the behind-the-scenes events in comic publishing are as tense and dramatic as anything they put on the page… Your Major Spoilers (Retro) Review of Destroyer Duck #1 awaits!
We’ve looked at unofficial crossover before here in Retro Review corner, such as the Aquaman story that concluded in an issue of Sub-Mariner, and the wild and wacky battle between (for some values of between) The Invaders and The Freedom Fighters. But this sort of thing didn’t only happen in the wild and wacky 70s, as we’re about to find out… Your Major Spoilers (Retro) Review of DNAgents #14 awaits!
Some people like their heroes grim and angry, brimming with venom and covered in the dirt of the filthy streets of a mean city. That’s cool and all, but have you ever wondered what would happy if your hero was incorrigibly happy? Your Major Spoilers (Retro) Review of Zot! #1 awaits!
Dozens and dozens of our favorite comic book characters are created as homages of, tributes to, or blatant rip-offs of previously existing characters. It is, by this point, the nature of the beast, and leads us to more than a few interesting stories. There are many ways to acknowledge your literary influences, but sometimes it’s best to just own up to it… Your Major Spoilers (Retro) Review of Eclipse Monthly #8 awaits!
The history of comics is filled with people whose artistic skill and inventiveness marks them as geniuses in my book, from the stylized wonder of a Gil Kane “flipping-over-backwards-because-I’ve-been-punched-that-hard” panel to the understated beauty of a Wally Wood woman all the way through whatever it is people love about David Finch. Then, there are the unsung heroes, those who do that which no one else ever had the stones to try… That’s where we meet Matt Feazell. Your Major Spoilers (retro) review of The Amazing Cynicalman #1 awaits!
Or – “It’s Strange The Things That Stick With Us From Days Gone By…” It’s interesting to remember that, a couple of decades ago, the city in which I currently live, where I met my wife and saw my kid born, was just the far-off Big City home of my college roommate. My first visit to Topeka involved a visit to the comic shop (one which changed hands in the ensuing decades, but eventually became known as Gatekeeper Hobbies) and the purchase of an ENORMOUS stack of comics out of the Five-For-A-Dollar bin. This book was one of ’em, and…
Or – “The Viewers Are Those Who Make The Painting…” I had a completely different Retro Review on tap for today, which (due to a series of circumstances filled with annoyance and vitriol probably best left undiscussed) will have to be postponed to a later date. I scanned my wall of comics looking for a suitable replacement, and my eyes immediately locked on the box marked “Howard The Duck/Tales Of The Beanworld/Zot!” and remembered something that my grandfather probably never actually said: “When life gives you lemons, sometimes you have to go read about beans…”