Preview Butterfly #1 BOOM! Studios
Butterfly #1 (of 4) Imprint: Archaia Writers: Arash Amel, Marguerite Bennett Artist: Antonio Fuso On Sale: September 24, 2014 WHY WE (BOOM!) LOVE IT: We’ve all spent hours glued to episodes of shows...
View ArticleArchaia December Titles!
A new mini series, the end of Jim Henson’s Storyteller mini and Butterfly await us from Archaia in December. NEW LAUNCHING SINGLE ROCKET SALVAGE #1 (of 6) Retail Price: $3.99 Author: Yehudi Mercado...
View ArticlePreview/Review Jim Henson’s The Musical Monsters of Turkey Hollow
So it seems Jim Henson was a lot more prolific than I gave him credit for, according to Karen Falk’s (of the Jim Henson Archives) foreward he and Jerry Juhl would sit, spinning yarn after yarn, idea...
View ArticleSecret History Omnibus Volume 3: Am I Missing Something?
The credits page of The Secret History Omnibus, Volume 3 gives us the following backstory: “Since the dawn of time, Dyo, Reka, Aker, and Erlin—the four Archons who headed the Four Houses, have fought...
View ArticleIf Radishes Were Comfort Food — Fraggle Rock: Journey to the Everspring
You might have seen the “How Well Do You Know The Lyrics to The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” quiz (or whatever it’s really called) on Facebook this weekend. I took it, got a 16 out of 18, and promptly...
View ArticleSergio Toppi’s ‘The Collector’ from Archaia
We often get caught up in the idea that the more elaborate something is, the more beautiful it is. The premise that less is more is equally valid, however. Sergio Toppi’s art, if you broke it down to...
View ArticleFraggle Rock Journey to the Everspring #2 Continues to Delight
I reviewed the first issue of Fraggle Rock: Journey to the Everspring last month and fell in love with it. Issue 2 was even more delightful: Boober and Wembley give Shaggy and Scooby a run for their...
View ArticleButterfly #3 Pours on the Familial Tension & Spy Drama
Archaia’s Butterfly series has reminded me more than a little of my favorite spy show of all time: Alias. You’ve got a father and a daughter in the same line of work, but they have no idea how to...
View ArticleArchaia’s Toil and Trouble – Macbeth from a different point of view
Double, double, toil and trouble, fire burn and cauldron bubble… We’ve all heard that line before. The vision of three cackling witches, hunched over their cauldron, evil brewing away – it’s an iconic...
View ArticleJim Henson’s The Dark Crystal: Creation Myths Vol. 2 trade is here!
I can’t begin to describe what a treat it is to have Jim Henson’s The Dark Crystal in comic book form. For those of us that grew up with them they are touchstones of our childhood. The decision to tell...
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