Savage Critics Archive
Brian once ran a comics review site with many talented writers; it has since been shuttered, but we wanted to make sure the content didn't get erased, so we have it all right here for you to while away an afternoon or three.
Arriving 8/16/17
After all the teasing, Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo join forces once again to tell the biggest Batman story they, or anyone else(?) has ever told. DARK NIGHTS METAL begins this week.
plus the we get the proper start to the final act in Matt Wagner's MAGE, with THE HERO DENIED #1.
Check the cut for the rest of this weeks new comics!
Arriving 8/9/2017
The team behind SHERIFF OF BABYLON, Tom King and Mitch Gerads, reunite to tell the intimate story of Scott Free in the all new MISTER MIRACLE #1! Plus we inch ever closer to the finale of SECRET EMPIRE.
Check the cut to see what else is coming your this Wednesday!
“FEEL THE FLESH.” COMICS! Sometimes I Wanna Know What Love Is!
A very special throwback this time out! As requested some time ago by someone whose name I've mislaid I finally look at a series from way back in the mists of 1990-91. This one is for everyone who has a very special place in their heart for John Boorman's ZARDOZ. This one's for all the dreamers! WORLD WITHOUT ENDby Higgins, Delano and Starkings
![“Azzarello: But there’s always room for a 10th issue. [Laughs]” COMICS! Sometimes The Laughter is Hollow.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a35a63b0f7ac645239db3f7/1785173245246-Y66C9YILWIW10R55CY9N/DKTMRBatB_zpsefjcbpzf.jpg)
“Azzarello: But there’s always room for a 10th issue. [Laughs]” COMICS! Sometimes The Laughter is Hollow.
Some say it’s not the journey but the destination. In this case it’s very much about the destination, which is the final issue of the artistically impoverished big ticket cash-grab from DC Comics, Dark Knight III: The Master Race. After this we’ll all just pretend it never happened and get on with our lives. We shall never speak of this again. EVER. DKIII:TMR by Kubert, Janson, Azzarello, Anderson, Robins & Miller
"Ma! Ma! Ma! Ki! Ki! Ki!" MOVIES! VIDEO GAMES! PARENTING! Sometimes there’s Something For Everyone (Except Comics Fans)!
As I probably said, I’m quite busy at the minute. But I like to write to relieve the stress. So I wrote this. It’s about the Friday The 13th movies, being a dad, the implacable march of time and the Friday The 13th game on PS4. It’s of limited interest, except to students of the pointlessly self-indulgent. But that's never stopped me before!
"And What He IS is GONE." COMICS! Sometimes Persistence Doesn't Pay Off.
Nearly there. Good soldier. Nearly there. DKIII:TMR by Kubert, Janson, Azzarello, Anderson, Robins & Miller
Anyway, this...
DARK KNIGHT III: THE MASTER RACE #8 Pencils by Andy Kubert and Frank Miller Inks by Klaus Janson Story by Frank Miller (Yeah, right) & Brian Azzarello Colours by Brad Anderson and Alex Sinclair Letters by Clem Robins Cover by Andy Kubert & Brad Anderson Variant Covers by Frank Miller & Alex Sinclair, Jim Lee, Scott Williams & Alex Sinclair, Klaus Janson & Brad Anderson, Bill Sienkiewicz and Riley Rossmo Based on THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS by Frank Miller (WITH Lynn Varley, Klaus Janson & John Constanza. Remember them, DC Comics? You should, you really should. You've got one more issue to remember 'em. Then it's spankin' time!) Batman created by Bill Finger and Bob Kane DC Comics, $5.99 or $12.99 (deluxe) (2017)
“Lew's Gettin' Me BUPKIS." COMICS! Sometimes I Wonder Who Will Think Of The Children!
In which I talk about a kid’s comic featuring Space Ghost and Green Lantern. That’s right, I’m 47 years old. It’s called living the dream, baby. Living the dream! RUFF'N'REDDYby Chaykin, Quintana and Brosseau
GREEN LANTERN/SPACE GHOST SPECIAL #1 Art by Ariel Olivetti and Howard Victor Chaykin Written by James Tynion IV: The Voyage Home & Christopher Sebela, and Howard Victor Chaykin Lettered by A Larger Word Studios and Pat Brosseau Coloured by Ariel Olivetti and Wil Quintana Cover by Ariel Olivetti DC Comics, £2.99 (2017) Green Lantern created by John Broome, Gil Kane, Bill Finger, Martin Nodell & Gardner Fox Space Ghost created by Alex Toth, William Hanna & Joseph Barbera Ruff And Reddy created by William Hanna & Joseph Barbera