Comic Relief with East of West and Avengers writer Jonathan Hickman
Paste chats with East of West writer Jonathan Hickman. read more
Found in: Books, FeaturesExclusive Image Comics Preview: "Fatale #13"
Writer: Ed Brubaker Artist: Sean Phillips Publisher: Image Release Date: March 27, 2013 We here at Paste are massive fans of the many Ed Brubaker/Sean Phillips productions to grace the comics medium throughout the past two decades: Sleeper, Incognito, and Criminal all hold permanent spots on the top shelf of our library. With this in mind, we’re honored to present an EXCLUSIVE 5-page preview of Fatale #13, out this Wednesday. This new chapter is the third in a 4-part series that explores the history of the cursed Josephine and those who preceded her. Where issue #11 showed the anti-heroine... read more
Found in: Books, NewsConstantine #1 by Jeff Lemire, Ray Fawkes, and Renato Guedes
Writer: Jeff Lemire & Ray Fawkes Artist: Renato Guedes Publisher: DC Release Date: March 20, 2013... read more
Found in: Books, ReviewsComic Relief with Constantine & Green Arrow Writer Jeff Lemire
In Comic Relief, Paste chats with its favorite writers and artists about the art that inspired them their own current projects. Jeff Lemire is a master of the quiet and calm. The creator behind such independent treasures as Essex County and The Underwater Welder defined his craft with desolate vistas of negative space filled with adrift characters searching for themselves among other things. In Lemire’s best moments, lonely and beautiful are usually one and the same. Over the phone, the acclaimed author is thankfully less reserved than his characters, riffing on his new books and the grocery store digests his... read more
Found in: Books, FeaturesThe Top Ten John Constantine: Hellblazer Stories
This Wednesday, DC will usher its magic bastard extraordinaire John Constantine to a brand new title and number one issue, relaunching a character who supported 300 issues of history and talent in the seminal Hellblazer comic. First introduced in Alan Moore’s Swamp Thing after artists Steve Bissette and John Totleben requested to draw a character who resembled Police frontman Sting, Constantine is known more for making terrible decisions and pissing off malicious deities than plucking bass strings. And even though a boozing, womanizing conman might not sound revolutionary in passing, Hellblazer elevated the fledgling mature readers market of the 80s... read more
Found in: Books, NewsPantalones, TX: Don't Chicken Out by Yehudi Mercado
Writer & Artist: Yehudi Mercado Publisher: Archaia Release Date: March 12, 2013... read more
Found in: Books, ReviewsSex #1 by Joe Casey & Piotr Kowalski
Writer: Joe Casey Artist: Piotr Kowalski Publisher: Image Comics Release Date: March 6, 2013... read more
Found in: Books, ReviewsLast Day in Vietnam: A Memory by Will Eisner
Writer & Artist: Will Eisner Publisher: Dark Horse Release Date: March 6, 2013 (Reprint); July 15, 2000 (Original publish date)... read more
Found in: Books, ReviewsThe Adventures of Superhero Girl by Faith Erin Hicks
Writer & Artist: Faith Erin Hicks Publisher: Dark Horse Release Date: February 13, 2013... read more
Found in: Books, ReviewsNemo: Heart of Ice by Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill
Writer: Alan Moore Artist: Kevin O’Neill Publisher: Top Shelf Release Date: February 27, 2013... read more
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