MITNG reviews Road to Oz by Eric Shanower and Skottie Young

What can I say? Everything about Marvel’s Road to Oz series just gives me the warm fuzzies. Adapted by Eric Shanower from L. Frank Baum’s 1909 novel, “Road to Oz: In Which is Related How Dorothy Gale of Kansas, The Shaggy Man, Button Bright, and Polychrome the Rainbow’s Daughter Met on an Enchanted Road and

The Adventures of Superhero Girl HC Collection arrives in February

From Dark Horse comes the hardcover collection of Faith Erin Hicks’ The Adventures of Superhero Girl: 100 short scenes in the life of an ordinary girl with extraordinary powers. This book collects the entirety of the delightful webcomic from November 2010 to August 2012 (and in color too!!). The Adventures of Superhero Girl is about a

John Layman and Rob Guillory offer another six action-packed issues in Chew Vol. 6

Image Comics has just released the sixth volume of their hit series Chew, and, as always, I’m in love. John Layman and Rob Guillory never fail to amaze me with Chew’s ever creative subplots, its quirky artwork, and its unceasing comedy. This is one of those that you can’t put down until you’ve reached the

So much bad at the Everything is Terrible! Holiday Special, and that’s good!

Christmas on Deathrow. An American Christmas Carol taken majorly out of context. Ricky Caldwell from Silent Night, Deadly Night 2. A montage of crazy, murderous Santas. Lots of bad singing, bad acting, and bad ideas. And dancing cats. It’s the Everything is Terrible! Holiday Special 2012, and once you have gotten over just how profoundly weird

There are no heroes in Jonathan Hickman’s The Manhattan Projects

The New Year is on its way, and with it the tenth issue of Image‘s The Manhattan Projects. Written by Jonathan Hickman—known for his other awesome series, The Nightly News—and the up-and-coming Nick Pitarra, this series is a conspiracy theorist’s delight. Check it out: What if the research and development department created to produce the first

First Second brings us Curses! Foiled Again

Aliera Carstairs, full-time high-schooler and newly appointed Defender of Faerie, returns to kick Unseelie butt in Curses! Foiled Again. Written by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Mike Cavallaro, this second installment to First Second Publishing’s Foiled series will be made available on January 8th. For those unfamiliar with the story thus far, here’s a recap:

Dark Horse takes on the master of deduction in The Hound of the Baskervilles

From co-publishers Dark Horse and Sequential Pulp comes a classic retold in graphic brilliance: The Hound of the Baskervilles HC. Author Martin Powell and illustrator Jamie Chase have created a pretty faithful adaption of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s novel of the same name, deviating only slightly to build that level of suspense necessary for any

Cherubs! HC to be released by Dark Horse in January

Among Dark Horse’s early 2013 releases is the Cherubs! hardcover, which combines Cherubs! Paradise Lost, previously published by Desperado in 2007, with the completed story in “Hell on Earth.” The novel is written by Bryan Talbot with art by Mark Stafford. The story follows five insanely bored cherubim who witness a heinous act committed by

A Very Merry Sci-fi Christmas: Drinks, a variety show, and…square dancing?

On Friday night, Nerd Nite Phoenix and Dr. Diabolic teamed up to put on a holiday event for all the Star Wars fans in the valley. As was promised, the event included photo opportunities with Darth Santa and his Mandalorian Merc elves (with a bonus Stormtrooper thrown into the mix!), a fun yet educational presentation

MITNG reviews Nowhere Men Issue #1 by Eric Stephenson

The first issue of Image’s new release, Nowhere Men, seems to be the perfect teaser for a promising series.  Written by Eric Stephenson and with art by Nate Bellegarde and Jordie Bellaire, this first glimpse will leave you with dozens of deliciously unanswered questions. The story thus far seems to focus on a band of four