There’s a certain level of stress and annoyance that goes along with not completing things. Some people create lists at the start of the day that not only serve as an itinerary or a task list, but also serve as a source of satisfaction. It’s a mini-reward for me, to …

In 'The Magic Order' #6, the ending is as good as the beginning; the Prestige fulfills the promise of the Pledge; and good magicians always have tricks up their sleeves.

Matthew Rosenberg just saw the printing of Uncanny X-Men #11 today. Reading it, it reminded me of reading of something I figured out when I was a kid. I’m a Mutant. Let me explain. When I was younger, I used to get an excited charge of anticipation opening the door …

The theme is internal conflict and we’re all conflicted in some way, aren’t we? Those conflicts are probably the strongest and most effective method for a reader to relate to a character. After all, we feel those conflicts within characters viscerally and comics reinforce that with visual storytelling. If the …

Didn’t you ever just wish to win the lottery? For three wishes? How about for a fairy godmother? Who hasn’t? People who have either won the lottery or don’t need to, I suppose. But that sort of a wish is an example of the purest escapism, and if Bill Maher …

I think the driving force in a successful story is the amount of curiousity it can inspire in the reader. Comics aren’t an exception to that notion. However, in many respects they have a disadvantage than other media formats. With only 20 to 30 pages per issue, they have a substantially …

The theme for this week’s curated collection of comic titles is the re-creation of decades-old properties for new audiences – or audiences who are interested in seeing new ways that their well-known heroes can be re-imagined. It’s the intention behind the reimagining that makes the quality of the project. If …

Brian Michael Bendis launches Wonder Comics with 'Young Justice' #1, with help from Patrick Gleason, and it's a fantastic start.

Happy New Year and welcome back! This week, it’s the call of responsibility that governs this week’s theme in the comic lists. After all, it’s been a restful and relaxing holiday break but like the rest of the western world is realizing, the holidays are over and it’s time to …

I’m going to need a few more issues with the Silver Surfer to see if this rendition of Norrin Radd measures up, but 'Silver Surfer: The Best Defense' #1 is a pretty solid start.

You know, this is the not just the season for giving, but it’s the season for planning. I mean, at this time of the year, you put together lists, make appointments, arrange to see friends and family – it’s all one huge sequence of elaborate planning. So, of course, that’s …

If 'Doctor Strange: The Best Defense' #1 is any indication, once everything comes together in the upcoming 'Defenders' #1 it's really going to be something else.

Part Two of the lead up to the debut of 'Defenders: The Best Defense.' This issue is focused on Bruce Banner and the Hulk in one of their favorite locales, New Mexico.

“We … do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard; …” That’s a truncation of President John F. Kennedy’s famous Rice Stadium speech exhorting the American public to support the Apollo space program. It’s one of my favourite speeches, not just because it talks …

One of four prelude issues leading up to The Defenders #1. This particular issue focuses on Namor, The Sub-Mariner and his attempt to find allies against the surface world under the sea.