Playing Catch-Up: What I've Been Doing

So.

After my two-week break, I'm back to talk comics. Or to catch you up on the comics I've been talking about elsewhere at least.

Since I last posted, I reviewed a whole bunch of comics for CBR (with linkery for you to enjoy):

Daredevil Noir #1
Northlanders #16
Batman Confidential #28
Captain America #49
Punisher #4
Squadron Supreme #10
Green Lantern Corps #25
Astonishing X-Men #29
Skrull Kill Krew #1

And I tackled the career of the awesome Bernie Mireault in a two-part retrospective/interview in "When Words Collide":

Me on Mireault's Masterpieces
Me talking comics with Mireault

But you already knew that, I'm sure.

What do I have in store for the future of "Geniusboy Firemelon"? I don't know, but I'm back!

Daredevil #114 Review

Recently reviewed by me at CBR: Daredevil #114, about which I write the following sentences: "The legal drama alternates with kung-fu action, as the Black Tarantula follows-up on a White Tiger situation from last issue. Black Tarantula? White Tiger? These are absurd characters -- second rate Daredevils and Black Panthers -- but Brubaker makes them a convincing (even essential) part of Matt Murdock's gritty world."

Read the entire review HERE.

Daredevil and Captain America: Dead on Arrival #1 Review

Recently reviewed by me at CBR: Daredevil and Captain America: Dead on Arrival #1, about which I write the following sentences: "Certainly Larry Hama is responsible for the word choice here, and because it seems like his task was to take the translated script and wedge it into the already extant word balloons, he is sometimes forced into redundancy, as when Nick Fury -- in full-on Basil Exposition mode -- describes Death-Stalker's current status: 'Cold meat,' he says, 'Pushing up daisies. Deader than a doornail…' It's a bit much, isn’t it? Perhaps it's a faithful translation of Faraci's words, but it feels like filler. It feels like something had to be used to fill up those word balloons. And it doesn't make for a particularly pleasant reading experience, even though the rest of the issue is relatively less dialogue heavy."

Read the entire review HERE.

Daredevil #112 Review

Recently reviewed by me at CBR: Daredevil #112, about which I write the following sentences: "As dark as this issue is, and it's literally very dark -- full of heavy blacks and plenty of night scenes -- 'Daredevil' feels more vibrantly alive than it has in a long time. This is a far cry from a light-hearted comic, but it seems to have shaken off the shackles of the burdensome melodrama. Brubaker and Lark have embraced the Frank Miller building blocks of this series, adding 50% more ninjas and giving Daredevil a mysterious new costumed foe who just happens to be a beautiful, and deadly, woman."

Read the entire review HERE.