Tag Archives: Carlos Ezquerra

COMICS CAN BE AWESOME (6 May 2024)

Given the terrifying escalation of war, nationalism, and climate crisis, to which we can now add mass arrests of students protesting against genocide, it is not surprising that we’re in the midst of a surge of mainstream dystopias, from Civil … Continue reading

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Another dozen 2000 AD covers

As mentioned before, I’m a huge fan of 2000 AD’s covers, especially of the way they spotlight the amazing character designs in those comics. With that in mind, this week I want to single out a specific subgenre of cover … Continue reading

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A dozen classic 2000 AD covers

Since this year’s weekly reminders that comics can be awesome have been focusing on splash pages, double spreads, and short sequences of interior artwork, it’s been a while since I’ve highlighted covers, which are actually one of my favorite features … Continue reading

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COMICS CAN BE AWESOME (13 March 2023)

A war-torn reminder that comics can be awesome. Battlefields #6

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COMICS CAN BE AWESOME (6 June 2022)

A kickass reminder that comic book covers can awesome:

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Gotham crime graphic novels

The trailer for the upcoming The Batman movie looks pretty darn awful, once again doubling down on the gloom without any hint of what makes the source material so much fun in the first place. That said, I suppose the … Continue reading

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Collected war comics

The folks at Dead Reckoning sent a copy of Garth Ennis’ and Carlos Ezquerra’s The Tankies for me to review, so I figured it would be fun to put the book into context by discussing it together with other collections … Continue reading

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2020’s books of the year: honorable mentions – part 2

If you read last week’s post, you know what’s going on. Here are another handful of cool comics that came out in 2020:   BOY MAXIMORTAL Rather than an iconoclastic anomaly, R-rated super(anti)heroes have become a staple of mainstream pop … Continue reading

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Trashy, thrilling sci-fi war comics

Last month, I wrote about the remarkable ending of The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, but that was not the only cool sci-fi/fantasy series to wrap up in 2019. Rick Remender’s and Matteo Scalera’s Black Science finished its blustery, dreamlike barrage … Continue reading

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