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Around the Tubes

Posted on May 5, 2011 by Brett

Some more political comic book related news yesterday as the Minnesota GOP decided to put Neil Gaiman square in their sites. We’ll have more about it later today. While you either checked to make sure your credit card wasn’t being used by thieves (after yet another Playstation break-in) or participating in the Gaiman dust-up, here’s the news you might have missed.

Around the Blogs:

Kotaku – Week in Comics – Kotaku gives us this week’s new release highlights with a video game focus.

IGN – New Ultimate Hawkeye Series – I keep asking, but is it time for me to check the Ultimate universe out?

Bleeding Cool – New Green Lantern Ad Wants Our Help In Finding The Truth – Love the fact more movies and comics are embracing alternate reality tie-in games.

IGN – Indie Comic Kills Bin Laden – Is this going to be the new Obama in comics? Everyone capping Osama?

Around the Tubes Reviews:

Seattle PI – After Dark, Hot Wire and Ryder on the Storm #3

The Ars Legendi – Batman: The Killing Joke

ICv2 – Blue Exorcist Vol. 1

The Fandom Post – Empowered Vol. 1

Comic Booked – Very Near Mint

Graphic Novel News – We Kill Monsters

Review – Ryder On the Storm #2

Posted on January 24, 2011 by Brett

Ryder On the Storm #2 is an interesting comic. It’s definitely not what I expected and instead of a noir/detective story, we get a horror series full of demons and orders bent on destroying them. This bait and switch has been brought to us by writer David Hine and artist Wayne Nichols.

Ryder learns the truth about his heritage and Charles Monk’s mysterious Order of the Sacred Blood – and what he must do to stop the Dantons from rising to power. After discovering that a Daemon hive queen still lives beneath their city, Monk and Ryder enter the catacombs to exterminate the queen and her brood – but when Ryder takes the fight to Rebecca Danton, he learns of a terrible secret that will shed new light on the mystery of his murdered brother.

I liked the comic, I really did, but at the same time, I can’t feel deflated because of what I thought it would be. I expected a detective series dealing with the occult, instead it’s turned into a story of secret histories, demons orders bent on protecting humanity. It’s original with some interesting visuals, but at the same time, I can’t help but feel a bit let down.

It’s an entertaining story though, that definitely fits it’s mature readers tag. If you like the idea of demons and people trying to stop them then definitely worth checking out, but overall, if you’ve read either the teaser or the first issue, it goes in a direction I wasn’t expecting.

Review – Ryder on the Storm #1

Posted on October 4, 2010 by Brett

In July we gave praise to the tease we received of Radical Publishing‘s Ryder on the Storm #1. The three issue comic book written by David Hine with art by Wayne Nichols is the latest series to hop into the noir genre and it’s a welcome addition.

From the team that brought you FVZA, a new adventure brimming with elements of H.P. Lovecraft, mixed into a noir mystery.

Ryder on the Storm follows Ryder, a private eye hired by the beautiful femme fatale Katrina Petruska to investigate the horrifically bizarre suicide of her lover, Michael Hudson. Ryder’s journey to solve the case and finish Hudson’s work leads him to discover a truth more sinister and terrifying than he could ever have imagined – daemons walk among us. Now, he must team up with the last daemon hunter, Charles Monk, to take down the cabal of ancient evil controlling the city while struggling to reconcile the dark side of his own nature.

We get a more fully fleshed story than what we were shown in that tease a few months ago and it was a buy then, and it’s a definite buy now. The characters top notch and pacing near perfect. This first issue is fantastic in every way and not only works as a comic, but I’d love to see it on the small screen.

The world is reminicent of so much, but at the same time feels original and one I want to learn more about. It’s very familiar, but different at the same time. This is a world of demons and darkness, wrapped up in a detective story.

Definitely something I can get behind and looking forward to more of.

Teaser – Ryder on the Storm #1 from Radical Publishing

Posted on October 1, 2010 by Brett

Official Press Release

RYDER ON THE STORM #1 (1 of 3)

Writer DAVID HINE
Artist WAYNE NICHOLS
Colorist FEIGIAN CHONG and SANSAN SAW of SIXTH CREATION
Letterer RICHARD STARKING and COMICRAFT’S JIMMY BENTANCOURT
Cover Artist FRANCESCO “MATT” MATTINA

On Sale October 6th, 2010
Price: $4.99
Page Count: 56
Format: Full Color

From the team that brought you FVZA, a new adventure brimming with elements of H.P. Lovecraft, mixed into a noir mystery.

Ryder on the Storm follows Ryder, a private eye hired by the beautiful femme fatale Katrina Petruska to investigate the horrifically bizarre suicide of her lover, Michael Hudson. Ryder’s journey to solve the case and finish Hudson’s work leads him to discover a truth more sinister and terrifying than he could ever have imagined – daemons walk among us. Now, he must team up with the last daemon hunter, Charles Monk, to take down the cabal of ancient evil controlling the city while struggling to reconcile the dark side of his own nature.

Review – Ryder on the Storm

Posted on July 31, 2010 by Brett

Noir is in and Ryder on the Storm written by David Hine and art by Wayne Nichols is the latest series to hop into the genre and it’s a welcome addition. The series follows a detective who’s hired to investigate the suicide of a woman’s lover.

From the team that brought you FVZA, a special $1.00 preview comic for the upcoming 3-issue, bi-monthly, miniseries, brimming with elements of H.P. Lovecraft, mixed into a noir mystery.

Ryder on the Storm follows Ryder, a private eye hired by the beautiful femme fatale Katrina Petruska to investigate the horrifically bizarre suicide of her lover, Michael Hudson. Ryder’s journey to solve the case and finish Hudson’s work leads him to discover a truth more sinister and terrifying than he could ever have imagined – daemons walk among us. Now, he must team up with the last daemon hunter, Charles Monk, to take down the cabal of ancient evil controlling the city while struggling to reconcile the dark side of his own nature.

Even if this issue was a few bucks it’d be a buy, but for $1 it’s a MUST buy. The set up for the mystery and hints of supernatural ties into the story are great. The characters top notch and pacing near perfect. This first issue is fantastic in every way and not only works as a comic, but I’d love to see it on the small screen.

For $1 dollar, you have no excuse not to get this comic, especially since it’s such high quality.

It’s a Radical Week for Releases

Posted on July 28, 2010 by Brett

Official Press Release

Radical dropped seven (yes seven) new comics on us all coming out this week. Below is what you can expect and many of them look very cool. Expect reviews as we make our way through them over the next few days.

TIME BOMB #1 (1 of 3)

Creators and Writers JIMMY PALMIOTTI & JUSTIN GRAY

Artist PAUL GULACY

Colorist RAIN BEREDO

Cover Artist PAUL GULACY & RAIN BEREDO

Mature Readers

Price: $4.99

Page Count: 56

Format: Full Color

From Jimmy Palmiotti and Justin Gray (Jonah Hex), with interior illustrations from multi-award winning industry veteran Paul Gulacy!

When a hidden city is discovered beneath the streets of Berlin, Hitler’s ultimate doomsday weapon – an Omega bomb designed to wipe out the human race – is accidently activated. Now, crews of specialists with state-of-the-art weapons and equipment must travel back in time to stop the bomb from going off. However, they soon discover that, rather than going back in time as intended, they’ve been sent back into the heart of Hitler’s Germany.

DRIVER FOR THE DEAD #1 (1 of 3)

Creator and Writer JOHN HEFFERNAN

Artist LEONARDO MANCO

Cover Artist LEONARDO MANCO

Mature Readers

Price: $4.99

Page Count: 56

Format: Full Color

Radical introduces a new supernatural horror set in the heart of Louisiana, from John Heffernan and illustrator Leonardo Manco (Hellblazer).

Alabaster Graves is a driver for the dead. As a veteran of funeral homes, mortuaries, and coroners’ offices across the Deep South, Graves chauffeurs hundreds of bodies to their final resting places. But now, Alabaster must cover the distance from Shreveport to New Orleans to retrieve the remains of Mose Freeman, renown voodoo priest, with Freeman’s sultry granddaughter riding shotgun. What he doesn’t know is that he’s being pursued by a resurrectionist named Fallow – a necromancer who gets his power from stealing body parts… and for whom the corpse of Mose Freeman would be the ultimate prize.

HOTWIRE: DEEP CUT #1 (1 of 3)

Created by STEVE PUGH and WARREN ELLIS

Writer and Illustrator STEVE PUGH

Letterer STEVE PUGH

Cover Artist STEVE PUGH

Price: $3.50

Page Count: 32

Format: Full Color

Detective Exorcist Alice Hotwire is back! After the events of Hotwire: Requiem for the Dead, the city’s only supernatural investigator is taking some much needed R&R. But when a Blue Light from her colored past appears in front of her door, it sparks a series of events that lead Hotwire and Mobey across the city attempting to stop the results of a secret government project from turning the city into another living nightmare. With backup from Coroner Love and Metro Police, can Hotwire and Mobey save the day one more time? Join groundbreaking creator/writer/illustrator Steve Pugh for a glimpse into Alice Hotwire’s past and peer through a gateway into her future.

AFTER DARK #1 (1 of 3)

Creators ANTOINE FUQUA and WESLEY SNIPES

Writer PETER MILLIGAN

Artist JEFF NENTRUP

Additional Art by SARA BIDDLE

Cover Artist FRANCESCO “MATT” MATTINA

Mature Readers

Price: $4.99

Page Count: 56

Format: Full Color

From celebrated director Antoine Fuqua (Brooklyn’s Finest, Training Day), acclaimed actor Wesley Snipes (Blade) and award-winning writer Peter Milligan (X-Statix, Skreemer) comes the post-apocalyptic saga of After Dark!

Guided by an amoral drifter, a crew of jaded mercenaries must travel into the dark places of the ruined planet, and the even darker places of their own pasts, on a journey to find a woman who might just save the world. But maybe the world is past saving. And maybe the people who still inhabit that world aren’t worth saving. After Dark is a story of hidden demons and the passion for survival, set in a future that could very well be ours.

SHRAPNEL: HUBRIS #2 (2 of 3)

Creator MARK LONG & NICK SAGAN

Writer NICK SAGAN & CLINNETTE MINNIS

Artist CONCEPT ART HOUSE

Cover STEPHAN MARTINIERE

Price: $4.99

Page Count: 56

Format: Full Color

Consumed with advancing their War of Unity on multiple fronts, the Solar Alliance may be vulnerable to an audacious, high-risk assault on one of their most valued possessions. So rests the hopes of oppressed Helots across the System as a plot against the oldest extraplanetary colony moves forward. Once loyal marines now turned freedom fighters, Captain Narayan, Colonel Rossi and their troops have a golden chance to slow down the enemy war machine…but at what cost?

RADICAL PREMIERE: THE RISING

Creator and Writer E. MAX FRYE

Artist J.P. TARGETE

Cover Artist J.P. TARGETE

Price: $1.00

Page Count: 32

Format: Full Color

Creator/Writer E. Max Frye (HBO’s Band of Brothers) and artist J.P. Targete (illustrator for Pixar’s John Carter of Mars film adaptation) present a very special $1.00 introduction to launch the upcoming miniseries.

After years of war, economic chaos, and mankind, itself, teetering on the verge of thermonuclear extinction, an alien force invades the planet. When a deadly virus is released, this militaristic empire massacres the world’s defense forces and most of the human population. The survivors are forced into slavery, helpless as they watch this new enemy plunder the remaining natural resources of Earth. Jarrett Jakes, chosen to fight and die as a gladiator, escapes from Zone R.X. 84 (formerly New York City) to lead a ragged band of guerrilla warriors in hopes of inspiring a downtrodden world to rise up against their alien oppressors.

RADICAL PREMIERE: RYDER ON THE STORM

Writer DAVID HINE

Artist WAYNE NICHOLS

Cover Artist FRANCESCO “MATT” MATTINA

Mature Readers

Price: $1.00

Page Count: 16, No ads.

Format: Full Color

From the team that brought you FVZA, a special $1.00 preview comic for the upcoming 3-issue, bi-monthly, miniseries, brimming with elements of H.P. Lovecraft, mixed into a noir mystery.

Ryder on the Storm follows Ryder, a private eye hired by the beautiful femme fatale Katrina Petruska to investigate the horrifically bizarre suicide of her lover, Michael Hudson. Ryder’s journey to solve the case and finish Hudson’s work leads him to discover a truth more sinister and terrifying than he could ever have imagined – daemons walk among us. Now, he must team up with the last daemon hunter, Charles Monk, to take down the cabal of ancient evil controlling the city while struggling to reconcile the dark side of his own nature.