Nick Friar

Book of Evil #2 from ComiXology: 2-Minute Review

Book of Evil #2 from ComiXology: 2-Minute Review

Scott Snyder and Jock's Book of Evil from ComiXology is unlike any other title you'll find on shelves. Now two issues in, Snyder and Jock have established their radicalized dystopia. But they've done more than that with their unique approach to telling this story....

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Vanish #4 from Image Comics: 2-Minute Review

Vanish #4 from Image Comics: 2-Minute Review

Vanish has quickly become one of the most compelling stories in all of comics — not just on the indie scene. The fourth chapter of Donny Cates and Ryan Stegman's stories hit shelves just before Christmas, and this all-star creative team continues to deliver. Here's...

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Radiant Black #20 from Image Comics: 2-Minute Review

Radiant Black #20 from Image Comics: 2-Minute Review

Radiant Black #20 from Image Comics hit shelves this week! The guys from GWW Radio's TLDR Comic Book Club podcast — Joe Gilmore and Nick Friar — dug into the latest installment of this Massive-Verse title — a universe that also features Rogue Sun and The Dead Lucky....

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The Dead Lucky #4 from Image Comics: 2-Minute Review

The Dead Lucky #4 from Image Comics: 2-Minute Review

The Dead Lucky #4 from Image Comics hit shelves this week! The guys from GWW Radio's TLDR Comic Book Club — Joe Gilmore and Nick Friar — dug into the latest installment to this Massive-Verse title , which also includes Radiant Black and Rogue Sun. Here's what they had...

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Deathstroke: Year One – A period DC should explore more

Deathstroke: Year One – A period DC should explore more

It’s a shame, but Deathstroke: Year One was an easy one for DC fans to miss. That’s nothing to do with the pages of the actual story, which is part of why I’m discussing this now — as well as on GWW Radio’s TLDR Comic Book Club Podcast. Written by: Ed BrissonArt by...

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WildC.A.T.s #1: DC Comics Review

WildC.A.T.s #1: DC Comics Review

Ever since Matthew Rosenberg and Ryan Benjamin’s Grifter story in the first stages of Batman: Urban Legends, I’ve been itching for DC to turn to WildC.A.T.s again. Between the team’s history and the aforementioned creative team’s handling of the main character, my...

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Damn Them All #1: A comic Constantine fans need to check out

Damn Them All #1: A comic Constantine fans need to check out

Dirty, dark and magic. Not “magical” — no, that’s not at all a word I’d use to describe the first issue of Boom’s new series, Damn Them All. Yes, magic promises to very much be at the center of this title. So in a very basic sense, you could say this story is...

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Star Wars Visions #1 confirms we need more from The Ronin

Star Wars Visions #1 confirms we need more from The Ronin

If you liked the first episode of Star Wars: Visions on Disney+, don’t think twice about picking this one-shot up. The issue captures the essence of that short story, which is probably exclusively due to the fact Takashi Okazaki was the writer and artist. (For those...

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Previously on King Spawn (#14)

Previously on King Spawn (#14)

(NOTE: This is a refresher of Image Comics’ King Spawn, which has issue #15 hitting shelves this week — spoiler-free review coming here Tuesday. If you haven’t already read King Spawn #14, read that before checking out this week’s issue.) King Spawn’s third arc...

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Previously on Once & Future (#28)

Previously on Once & Future (#28)

(NOTE: This is a refresher of Once & Future #28, along with an upcoming spoiler-free review of Once & Future #29 [coming Tuesday]. If you didn’t actually read Once & Future #29 yet, read that before checking out this week’s issue.) BOOM’s hit series is...

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