http://mondomagazine.net We're not geeks! Wed, 23 Nov 2011 18:39:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 http://mondomagazine.net/2009/random-comics-of-the-week-100-the-last-random/ http://mondomagazine.net/2009/random-comics-of-the-week-100-the-last-random/#comments Fri, 08 May 2009 05:00:11 +0000 Comics http://mondomagazine.net/?p=5199 First let me say how proud I am of Random Comics of the Week and of every contributor who worked on it along the way. The writers Owen Craig, Tom Kerr, James O'Connor, Sandra Yao, and, of course, Isaac Mills: to each of them thank you very much for going along with this crazy premise I had two years ago. And thanks to Adam Bourret, former comics editor, who looked at those early reviews and asked us to keep going. This will be the last Random Comics of the Week. This column was designed because I wanted to have comic reviews on the site, but I knew that my own pull list would not be able to sustain anyone's interest but my own. Now, we have a team of four people with varied tastes and the time seems right to jump to a more comprehensive review site. So we've decided to do something special for our last issue, but looking back at the last 99 weeks of Random Comics of the Week. So here it is, the Best of Random Comics of the Week. [...]]]> http://mondomagazine.net/2009/random-comics-of-the-week-100-the-last-random/feed/ 0 http://mondomagazine.net/2009/random-comics-of-the-week-the-literals-spawn-green-lantern/ http://mondomagazine.net/2009/random-comics-of-the-week-the-literals-spawn-green-lantern/#comments Fri, 01 May 2009 05:00:23 +0000 Comics http://mondomagazine.net/?p=5111 Owen's Book The Literals #1 Written by Bill Willingham and Matthew Sturges Art by Mark Buckingham Vertigo Comics, 2009 If you like the Fables universe this will be a lot of fun for you, but despite the large “#1” on the cover this comic is not a good entry point for a new reader. Nor do I think it was intended to be. I think that in planning their Fables/Jack of Fables crossover event Willingham and Sturges decided that they needed a little more room to tell their story, and so here we are. [...]]]> http://mondomagazine.net/2009/random-comics-of-the-week-the-literals-spawn-green-lantern/feed/ 10 http://mondomagazine.net/2009/random-comics-of-the-week-kick-ass-buck-rogers-mighty-avengers/ http://mondomagazine.net/2009/random-comics-of-the-week-kick-ass-buck-rogers-mighty-avengers/#comments Fri, 24 Apr 2009 05:00:18 +0000 Comics http://mondomagazine.net/?p=4931 Sandra's Book Kick-Ass #6 Written by Mark Millar Art by John Romita Jr. Icon, 2009 It was very hard to say, "No," to a picture of a smiling girl covered in blood that was clearly not her own. In her hands were two swords still dripping fresh blood from the severed bodies that lay at her feet. As I finished the last page, there was a sudden fury of questions that flooded to mind, such as "Why have I not read this before? What hole have I been in? Why is Hit-Girl's head so big?" [...]]]> http://mondomagazine.net/2009/random-comics-of-the-week-kick-ass-buck-rogers-mighty-avengers/feed/ 0 http://mondomagazine.net/2009/random-comics-of-the-week-overlook-and-oracle-the-cure/ http://mondomagazine.net/2009/random-comics-of-the-week-overlook-and-oracle-the-cure/#comments Fri, 17 Apr 2009 05:00:01 +0000 Comics http://mondomagazine.net/?p=4838 Miles' Book Overlook #1 (of 3) Written by Joshua Williamson Art by Alejandro Aragon Shadowline/Image Comics, 2009 The cover of my random comic had furry anime girls wearing bikinis in a hot tub. I couldn't bring myself to bring it up to the counter: "It's for a review." "Right." So I went looking for something with a cool cover that could use exposure, and here is that review. [...]]]> http://mondomagazine.net/2009/random-comics-of-the-week-overlook-and-oracle-the-cure/feed/ 1 http://mondomagazine.net/2009/random-comics-of-the-week-marvel-zombies-ignition-city-and-gen-13/ http://mondomagazine.net/2009/random-comics-of-the-week-marvel-zombies-ignition-city-and-gen-13/#comments Fri, 10 Apr 2009 05:00:08 +0000 Comics http://mondomagazine.net/?p=4678 Miles' Book Marvel Zombies 4 #1 (of 4) Written by Fred Van Lente Art by Kev Walker Coloured by Jean-Francois Beaulieu Marvel Comics, 2009 As much as I liked the original Marvel Zombies series, I haven't bothered to follow it since then. I feel like it was pretty complete on its own and offered me exactly what I wanted: zombie versions of all my favourite Marvel characters. Now, two complete series later, it's offering me a story about Morbius, Werewolf by Night (odd how I read two things about him back-to-back and nothing before that), Jennifer Kale of Witches, and Hellstorm. Who the fuck are these people? I know Morbius through the 90s Spider-man cartoon and a couple random issues where X-Man and Spider-man crossed over in the 90s, but that's it. You're also tempting me with a zombie version of The Hood? Dude's only been in, like, 30 issues of the regular Marvel universe. [...]]]> http://mondomagazine.net/2009/random-comics-of-the-week-marvel-zombies-ignition-city-and-gen-13/feed/ 2 http://mondomagazine.net/2009/random-comics-of-the-week-werewolf-by-night-fantastic-four-and-captain-america/ http://mondomagazine.net/2009/random-comics-of-the-week-werewolf-by-night-fantastic-four-and-captain-america/#comments Fri, 03 Apr 2009 05:00:19 +0000 Comics http://mondomagazine.net/?p=4606 Miles' Book Dead of Night Featuring Werewolf by Night #4 (of 4) Written by Duane Swierczynski Art by Mico Suaya Marvel MAX, 2009 Behind this pretty cover is an ugly comic, but it's an ugly I like. Holding true to its "adults only publishing group," Werewolf by Night is a bloody, fucked up tale. Before this issue begins, Jack Russell (like the terrier), our wolf, has been hiding his transformations his whole life. However, he's just learned that he wasn't so good at that and a secret organization has been following him. Perhaps it's because some other wolf killed his wife and stole their unborn, but somehow alive at the beginning of this issue, baby. Revelations galore then spew out in a couple exposition scenes, followed by a three-way werewolf/vampire/Frankenstein's Monster fight where blood spews out, and then a chilling conclusion that sets up for a follow up miniseries — that also has some spewing blood. [...]]]> http://mondomagazine.net/2009/random-comics-of-the-week-werewolf-by-night-fantastic-four-and-captain-america/feed/ 6 http://mondomagazine.net/2009/random-comics-of-the-week-daredevil-madam-xanadu-and-the-darkness/ http://mondomagazine.net/2009/random-comics-of-the-week-daredevil-madam-xanadu-and-the-darkness/#comments Fri, 27 Mar 2009 05:00:00 +0000 Comics http://mondomagazine.net/?p=4515 Owen's Book Daredevil #117 Written by Ed Brubaker Art by Michael Lark and Stefano Gaudiano Marvel Comics, 2009 Daredevil is probably one of the best superhero comics I haven't read. Well, that's not entirely true. I have read snippets of the Ed Brubaker run, but I have never read any of Frank Miller's or Brian Michael Bendis' runs. It's not due to any dislike for the character, I've just never gotten around to it. Still, I've liked what I've read of Brubaker's, so I was looking forward to my random book this week. [...]]]> http://mondomagazine.net/2009/random-comics-of-the-week-daredevil-madam-xanadu-and-the-darkness/feed/ 3 http://mondomagazine.net/2009/random-comics-of-the-week-amazing-spider-man-2/ http://mondomagazine.net/2009/random-comics-of-the-week-amazing-spider-man-2/#comments Fri, 20 Mar 2009 05:00:38 +0000 Comics http://mondomagazine.net/?p=4491 Isaac's Book Amazing Spider-Man #588 Written by Marc Guggenheim Pencilled by John Romita Jr. Marvel Comics, 2009 It's all Spider-Man, all the time this week — sorry, DC. So now it's just a matter of deciding which Spider-Man adventure to chat about. The Amazing Spider-Man gets the vote for a number of reasons, but mostly for a "cheesy lesson" moment, which I'm always a fan of. But I'll talk about that later. We pick up with Spider-Man about to dive into a fight with a prison full of convicts who wanted to take a pound of flesh from Peter Parker's roommate, Vin Gonzales. After some fisticuffs and webbing, there's this great moment where Spider-Man asks if Vin has voted yet (there's a mayoral race going on in the Spider-verse), and Vin just asks, "Are you kidding?" as he gets pulled up in the air, his face all mangled from getting beaten. Trust me, it's really hilarious. [...]]]> http://mondomagazine.net/2009/random-comics-of-the-week-amazing-spider-man-2/feed/ 0 http://mondomagazine.net/2009/random-comics-of-the-week-batman-battle-for-the-cowl-double-take/ http://mondomagazine.net/2009/random-comics-of-the-week-batman-battle-for-the-cowl-double-take/#comments Fri, 13 Mar 2009 05:00:41 +0000 Comics http://mondomagazine.net/?p=4445 Miles' Take Batman: Battle for the Cowl #1 (of 3) Written and Pencilled by Tony Daniel Inked by Sandu Florea Coloured by Ian Hannin DC Comics, 2009 With Batman considered dead Gotham is in shambles. This happens every time he leaves. He leaves for 30 seconds and the criminal underworld is like "SHIT. YEAH. TIME TO PARTY." And so they do with lots of looting and gang wars. And nothing can stop them. [...]]]> http://mondomagazine.net/2009/random-comics-of-the-week-batman-battle-for-the-cowl-double-take/feed/ 5 http://mondomagazine.net/2009/random-book-of-the-week-pt-2-the-boys/ http://mondomagazine.net/2009/random-book-of-the-week-pt-2-the-boys/#comments Tue, 10 Mar 2009 05:00:13 +0000 Comics http://mondomagazine.net/?p=4414 Isaac's Book The Boys #28 Written by Garth Ennis Art by John Higgins Dynamite Entertainment, 2009 I've read the first few issues of The Boys, and it's a pretty straightforward premise — group of people set to slap down superheroes when they get out of line. In those beginning issues the Boys recruit Hughie even though he has no discernible skills to bring to the team. Yes, Hughie acts as a narrative frame for the stories, but that can't be the only reason he's around. It's 28 issues later, and Hughie is still an unbelievable liability. Were there a couple issues where he had Rick Jones or Franklin Richards' mega-powers, but they just went away? Why is he still here? It's things like this that throw me out of the world of this book. I'm normally pretty good with suspension of disbelief, but with a book like this that has an amount of hyper-graphic violence that I am just not interested in, it has to keep my attention by making sense. I'll forgive a crazily-difficult-to-explain web-parachute, because I like Spider-Man. I don't like these characters, so they can't be making [...]]]> http://mondomagazine.net/2009/random-book-of-the-week-pt-2-the-boys/feed/ 0 http://mondomagazine.net/2009/random-comics-of-the-week-chucky/ http://mondomagazine.net/2009/random-comics-of-the-week-chucky/#comments Fri, 06 Mar 2009 05:00:45 +0000 Comics http://mondomagazine.net/?p=4393 Miles' Book Chucky #1 Written by Jason Burns Art by Christopher Provencher Colours by Nick Deschenes Devils Due Publishing, 2009 If there is one thing that's less interesting than watching reality television, it's reading a parody of one. I've spent more time reading send ups of reality television than I've spent watching them on television. I'm sick of making fun of reality television. There's nothing funny about it except the title (Bro)mance. That's just so funny on so many levels. I've never seen any of the Child's Play movies, so I can't really judge if this is a faithful adaptation. I do, however, know that Chucky is from Child's Play without looking on Wikipedia, so that's something. Anyway, yeah, I hate this comic. It's terrible in every way. [...]]]> http://mondomagazine.net/2009/random-comics-of-the-week-chucky/feed/ 0 http://mondomagazine.net/2009/random-comics-of-the-week-unknown-soldier-and-hackslash/ http://mondomagazine.net/2009/random-comics-of-the-week-unknown-soldier-and-hackslash/#comments Fri, 27 Feb 2009 05:00:02 +0000 Comics http://mondomagazine.net/?p=4294 Miles' Book Unknown Soldier #5 Written by Joshua Dysart Art by Alberto Ponticelli Colour by Oscar Celestini Vertigo, 2009 This is why I love "Random Comics of the Week": for those weeks where you find a gem. A gem you have never even heard of. A gem soaked in blood and anguish. A gem called Unknown Soldier. In a church in Acholiland, Northern Uganda, circa 2002, Moses Lwanga beats the walls just to feel the adrenaline. I don't know what happened to make the man covered in bandages mad, but it seems to be something big. He's approached by an old CIA agent, and that's where this story of civil war and personal horror begins. [...]]]> http://mondomagazine.net/2009/random-comics-of-the-week-unknown-soldier-and-hackslash/feed/ 3