Written by Chris Staros
Art by Bo Hampton and Rich Tommaso
Top Shelf Productions
Cover price: $4.00; Available now
I don't read a lot of autobiographical comics, mostly because a lot of time either I can't really identify with the subject, or it's just badly done and heavy handed. Personal stories can be a hard thing to pull off in any medium. For every poignant story that pulls at the heart strings of the viewer/reader/listener, you get a bunch of self-indulgent crap that no one but the creator can relate to...continue reading this review at Geeks of Doom!
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Showing posts with label Top Shelf Productions. Show all posts
Monday, February 25, 2008
Comic Review: Yearbook Stories 1976-1978
Sunday, February 3, 2008
Comic Review: Black Ghost Apple Factory
Written and Drawn by Jeremy Tinder
Top Shelf Productions
Cover price: $5.00; Available now
Be warned, if you love apples you may not want to be made aware of where they really come from...
Black Ghost Apple Factory consists of seven short comic stories all written and drawn by Jeremy Tinder. The handwriting guidelines on the cover of the book, which Tinder does not follow, belies the mature tone of the stories in Black Ghost Apple Factory, all of which are about love and relationships. Is Tinder exposing himself when he anthropomorphizes, and robotpomorphizes, his feelings or is he making excuses for them? I wish I could blame my sudden lack of feelings for a woman on a "patch" I "downloaded."...continue reading this review at Geeks of Doom!
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Comic Review: Death By Chocolate: Redux
Written and Drawn by David Yurkovich
Top Shelf Productions
Cover Price $14.95; Available Now
Read that title again.
Death By Chocolate.
Do I even need to write this review? I mean, you see that title and you can probably decide on the spot whether you're going to give the book a try or not. You'll either have the, "Now that's just odd enough to make me curious” reaction, or the, "Uh... no thanks. Not my bag” reaction.
You've already had that reaction, haven't you?...continue reading this review at Geeks of Doom!
Wednesday, January 9, 2008
Comic Review: Ghost Stories
Volume Two Of The Essex Country Trilogy
Written and Drawn by Jeff Lemire
Top Shelf Productions
Cover Price $14.95; Available Now
Present-day life for withering-away Lou Lebeuf has become too confusing for him as he deals with his fading memory and inability to hear. At any moment, a distant name, an image, or a location could send him spiraling back across a life that has spanned eight decades. At other times, he forces the triggering of these memories, as he tries to relive his life one last time before it is gone forever. Lou's most often returned to moment in time, and the one that he keeps safely secure in a scrapbook, is his time playing with the Toronto Grizzlies, a now-defunct semiprofessional hockey team, alongside his brother Vince. For that one brief season, nothing was impossible, and his dreams of playing for the NHL were closer than ever...continue reading this review at Geeks of Doom!
Wednesday, December 26, 2007
'Lost Girls' Gets European Release
Sunday, December 23, 2007
Comic Review: Lower Regions
Written and Drawn by Alex Robinson
Top Shelf Productions
Cover price: $6.95; Available now
The inner geek in me is always entertained by a good old-fashioned sword and sorcery tale, and this little book here really scratched that itch. And when I say little, I mean that literally, as the physical dimension of this book really sets it apart from any other comic you’ll normally see. The book is basically the size of a postcard, 56 pages long, and mostly wordless. You won’t read a book quite like it this year. It makes for a nice change from creator Alex Robinson’s regular work, which is usually based in reality and is much longer...continue reading this review at Geeks of Doom!
Monday, December 3, 2007
Comic Review: Super F*ckers #4
By James Kochalka
Top Shelf Productions
Cover price: $5.00; On-sale now
If Watchmen deconstructed the superhero, then Super F*ckers reconstructs them into drug-addicted, egotistical, power-hungry sex fiends.
Super F*ckers is a hilarious, satirical, superhero romp. Of all the bad things you ever thought about doing if you had superpowers, the cast of Super F*ckers outdoes completely because you don't have superpowers and they really do! Vortex alters reality just to impress his girlfriend. When Grotessa asks Vortex if he saved the world again he replies "Yeah, a little."...continue reading this review at Geeks of Doom!
Friday, November 30, 2007
Comic Review: Tales From The Farm
Volume One Of The Essex Country Trilogy
Written and Drawn by Jeff Lemire
Top Shelf Productions
Cover Price $9.95; Available Now
When Lester's mother dies and he is orphaned, Lester's uncle reluctantly brings him to his farm in the small county of Essex in Ontario, Canada. Uncle Ken doesn't really know how to deal with kids, Lester doesn't know his uncle all that well, and their relationship becomes strained and distant almost from day one. While in town getting gas, Lester pops into the store to pick up a new comic book. It is there that Lester meets Jimmy, a ex-hockey player who was injured in the NHL and has been written off as being "slow" and "different." Jimmy and Lester soon become friends, and the pair of them set off on superhero adventures fighting an alien invasion and picking up games of hockey on a frozen pond. Ken, however, is not too fond of their friendship, and while he is determined to keep the two apart, Lester is all the more determined to keep the relationship going...continue reading this review at Geeks of Doom!
Tuesday, November 20, 2007
Bruce Willis Signs On For 'The Surrogates'
Jonathan Mostow (Terminator 3) will direct the sci-fi thriller based on a screenplay by Michael Ferris and John Brancato. The writing duo, who also wrote the upcoming McG-directed Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins, previously collaborated with Mostow on T3...continue reading this article at Geeks of Doom!
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