PICKS OF THE WEEK – Oct. 14, 2020:   RORSCHACH #1: The clock ticks closer to midnight as DC launches us back into the Watchmen universe with a stunning new series by modern superstar writer Tom King and artist Jorge Fornes. Picking up in 2020 during the campaign of a perilous presidential election in the Warchmen world, Rorscach, or a person posing as him, and an accomplice are murdered before an assignation attempt can be executed and thus begins the investigation as to who these costumed crazies are and why they were inches away from causing preposterous political pain and panic....

PICKS OF THE WEEK - Aug, 12, 2020   GREEN LANTERN: EARTH ONE Vol. 2: The long-awaited sequel to 2018’s first volume is finally here and very much worth the wait as the green guardian slings his ring once more to save the galaxy from utter destruction. Corinna Bechko and Gabriel Hardman do a lot of heavy lifting in a short amount of time, catching us up with Hal and the Corps and usher in the arrival of the yellow lanterns and what they bring to the cosmos. Hardman’s art is detailed and stark depicting Earth, space and all the...

PICKS OF THE WEEK - Feb. 5, 2020   MARTIAN MANHUNTER #12: The final issue of the J’onn J’onzz maxi-series is here and it is a grand finale for the manhunter from mars. If you haven’t checked out this series, please do. Steve Orlando paves a winding road for J’onn and does so with style and substance to which the character hasn’t really been shaded with yet. There is a humor and a lightness to Riley Rossmo’s art that helps give the book a more cartoony, animated feel which pumps some heart into a sometimes rather morose character. This ending...