Directly inspired by Winsor McCay's original comic strip from 1905 (seen in the first picture, full list of original comic strips here ), Little Nemo is a story of a boy who is chosen by the princess of Slumberland to be her playmate, but each night when an attempt is made to bring Nemo to the fantasy world, he is woken abruptly and unable to make it to the dreamland!
This story is so beautiful and Gabriel Rodriguez does a really spectacular job at re imagining the original artwork of McCay, while still being true to the original line quality and detail that make these illustrations so remarkable.
This is my favorite story line that I have read thus far. And while I do appreciate the new writing and art, I think the original is more fitting for the storyline. I'm glad I read the first issue though, and thankful that it lead me to Winsor McCay!
Had to make this huge because !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It follows a boy named Poe, covered in feathers, fathered by a man named Gabriel who found Poe in the streets abandoned as a baby. Poe lives in the slums of the city, known as the Maze. Poe meets a new friend named Bianca, an upper class, very privileged but adventurous young girl who has run away from her father while visiting the Maze for their first time.
Together the two are now on a journey of a lifetime, running from danger and experiencing a world that is brand new to both of them.
It is super SUPER SUPER SUPER, and the artwork is absolutely beautiful. Awesome article with writer, Jorge Corona and a sneak peak of the first issue!
(This is the variant cover by Ken Niimura, which I think I have to buy because !!!)
This story is so awesome. A twisted Leave it to Beaver/Mad Men era comic about a killer-for-hire housewife. The lead character, Josie is an immediately likeable antihero who I can't WAIT to read more about.
The first issue has two main scenes - one where she brutally murders this old lady in her home after convincing this woman she is selling Avon products, and then immediately after that Josie is cooking dinner for her Ken doll husband and two blond hair blue eyed twin daughters in her kitchen.
Her family seems to have zero clue that she is a deadly assassin, but her German mother in law is suspicious of Josie. She might just not like her because she is married to her son, but I feel like she doesn't trust Josie which could get them into some trouble.
This story is righteous. Unfortunately right now its set as a 5 run mini-series.
I read this because I had to, but I was pleasantly surprised at this story line. I didn't know anything about Ant-Man before I read this, so it was a good starting off point for me, considering some first issues assume that you'll know some background for characters.
The writing is clever, making Scott Lang a realistic dude who knows his superpower is crazy stupid but is still a likeable guy who really just mainly loves his daughter and does things so that he can provide a good life for her.
The story is so cliche and cheesy that pretty much made a full 360 for me and I actually found Scott Lang's character very endearing at the end of the issue. He really does just want to give his daughter a good life, and will do a lot for her. Like come on, who doesn't want to read a story about a good father.
They're making Ant-Man into a movie which looks ????? If I had been drinking and someone said I needed to create a cast for this movie, I would say Paul Rudd would make a good Scott Lang and also lets put Evangeline Lilly in because why not. But then those are the ACTUAL people in the movie, so I can only assume the person that wrote this script was drunk, and then their wish came true. Which is pretty awesome.
I love squirrel girl.
This character is so incredibly awesome and the writing of this series is 100% very cool. The original writer of the Adventure Time comic book left that comic to start writing for Squirrel Girl, so if you like Adventure Time, then chance are very high that you'll dig this series too. If you don't like Adventure Time then I don't really know whats up but maybe you'll like this anyway.
The first issue follows Squirrel Girl who is going undercover as herself to start her first week of college at Empire State University. She gets in a battle with Kraven the Hunter and outsmarts him, thus still remaining 'unbeatable'.
I knew it was going to be worth it, but man I REALLY ENJOYED THIS SO MUCH. Its light and fun and witty and really charming.
Additionally I should mention that there is one page in the issue where Squirrel Girl goes into a dream scene and the drawings look JUST LIKE the intro to the original Yours Mine and Ours, which happens to be my favorite movie. Super 60s, its really beautiful!
