And
Then Emily Was Gone #0: FCBD Special (Comix
Tribe, cover date, 2015)
I
went to 8 stores on Free Comic Book Day this year so that I could get
as many different comics as possible. I was pleasantly surprised by
And Then Emily Was Gone,
as it has a weird overall tone, both in writing and artwork. The
Oxymoron
back-up story was also very enjoyable. Who knows, maybe I will pick
up one of their books after all.
Junk
Food For Thought rating: 3.5 out of 5.
2000
AD Free Comic Book Day Prog 2015 (2000 AD, cover date 2015)
A
smorgasboard of past, present, and future 2000 AD properties, the one
that stood out for me was Judge Dredd. Nothing else really grabbed me
but everything was certainly readable. I was pleased to see the
announcement that there will be a second Daily Dredds
hardcover collecting more of the UK Judge Dredd strip.
Junk
Food For Thought rating: 3 out of 5.
Free
Comic Book Day: The Phantom (Hermes Press, cover date 2015)
Predating
Superman and every other masked hero that you know of, “The Ghost
That Who Walks” is one of those characters that I was interested in
but not enough to buy a hardcover of blind. Enter this sampler from
Hermes Press, reprinting several short stories from the middle era
(1960s-1970s) of the character, including a story with artwork by the
godlike Jim Aparo. I will try to resist hunting down this line of
books, as several are out of print and expensive.
Junk
Food For Thought rating: 4.5 out of 5.
Terrible
Lizard #1: Free Comic Book Day Edition
(Oni Press, cover date May, 2015)
Huh.
Well how about that? Cullen Bunn isn't the first name that springs to
mind when thinking of light-hearted, fun, all-ages comics, but I'll
be darned if this isn't a slick comic that I am not afraid to share
with my kids. It's a story about a 14 year old girl whose father does
some dimensional breach bit and brings back a dinosaur of some kind
who bonds/imprints with the girl. Good stuff.
Junk
Food For Thought rating: 3.75 out of 5.
Jurassic
Strike Force 5
Free Comic
Book Day One-Shot (Silver
Dragon/ Zenescope, cover date May, 2015)
Hot
on the heels of Terrible Lizard comes this offering from
Zenescope's non-cheesecake all-ages imprint, Silver Dragon. This is a
hybrid of a number of different concepts that isn't anything
particularly fresh, nor is it particularly bad. It's readable enough
although I don't think that I would pay for it. My 8 year old son
enjoyed it quite a bit.
Junk
Food For Thought rating: 3 out of 5.
Tales
Of Honor Volume Two #0 (Top Cow/ Image, cover date May, 2015)
I
can take or leave outer space stuff that isn't Star Wars or
Star Trek, and Tales Of Honor is no different. While
it's a solid and polished concept with decent artwork I don't care
enough to spend any money on it.
Junk
Food For Thought rating: 2.5 out of 5.
