TLDR’S Saga Special Nick Friar and Joseph Gilmore go through what’s new this week in comics (5:07) and celebrate the return of Image Comics’ Saga by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples by looking back at the first 54 issues with their pal Keefe from the #DORK podcast (28:31). If you want to represent the show… Continue reading Saga Returns: TLDR Prepares Image Comics readers for hit series’ 55th issue
Author: Nick Friar
Nick reviews comics for GWW, mainly DC Comics. Sometimes he'll review a show, too.
Nick also likes to share his opinions on the stories within the stories — sometimes in written form, sometimes on his podcasts, TLDR, which is part of GWW Radio.
Image Comics Review: King Spawn #6
Before getting into the actual story, I need to touch on this cover. Spawn books always have amazing covers, comic book diehards know this. But Jonathan Glapion’s King Spawn #6 cover is something else. Javier Fernandez’s variant is cool, too, but the main cover is twisted. Definitely one way to put a punctuation mark on… Continue reading Image Comics Review: King Spawn #6
Spawn News: The Scorched writer Sean Lewis joins TLDR
GWW Radio: SoundCloud | iTunesTLDR: iTunes | Spotify | YouTUBE | TwitchTwitter: @TLDR_pod | @BackCrackah | @Fry_Guy1 Instagram: @TLDR_pod | @BackCrackahTIKTOK: @tldrpodcast Sean Lewis returns to TLDR to talk The Scorched, King Spawn FINALLY! The Scorched is here, and Sean Lewis is back on TLDR to talk with Joseph Gilmore and Nick Friar about his second Spawn book. The guys also get the lowdown on Thumbs, which recently got… Continue reading Spawn News: The Scorched writer Sean Lewis joins TLDR
The Scorched #1 (REVIEW)
The Scorched #1 Sean Lewis has been a great addition to Todd McFarlane’s expanding Spawn Universe, but Stephen Segovia and Paulo Siqueira are the ones who stole the show in The Scorched #1. Violence. Action. Multiple compelling spreads. Bad-ass-looking characters that are drawn with amazing detail. Readers get it all with this series-opening issue —… Continue reading The Scorched #1 (REVIEW)
NOCTERRA: BLACKTOP BILL, DARK KNIGHTS OF STEEL AND MORE: THE GWW PULL LIST
The first full week of 2022 has come and gone, and there were quite a few impressive comics that came out. Here’s what GWW’s writers thought about Nocterra: Blacktop Bill Special, Dark Knights of Steel and the other big books from the first week of 2022: DARKHOLD OMEGA # 1Marvel COmics Written by: Steve OrlandoPencils:… Continue reading NOCTERRA: BLACKTOP BILL, DARK KNIGHTS OF STEEL AND MORE: THE GWW PULL LIST
TLDR January 2022 Solicitation
GWW Radio: SoundCloud | iTunesTLDR: iTunes | Spotify | YouTUBE | TwitchTwitter: @TLDR_pod | @BackCrackah | @Fry_Guy1 Instagram: @TLDR_pod | @BackCrackahTIKTOK: @tldrpodcast TLDR January 2022 Solicitation After discussing what’s new this week in comics (9:54), Joseph Gilmore and Nick Friar go through all the releases they care about from Marvel, DC Comics, Image, AWA Studios, Aftershock, BOOM! and more for the upcoming month. (January 12 – 45:07; January 19… Continue reading TLDR January 2022 Solicitation
Ordinary Gods #6 (REVIEW)
Ordinary Gods #6 Ordinary Gods #6 marks the end of the series’ first arc, and Kyle Higgins could not have put this title in a better spot. On the whole, this issue is one of the best of the first six, but the final panel is what readers will hold onto going into the second… Continue reading Ordinary Gods #6 (REVIEW)