Tag: Dark Horse Comics

  • The Guild #1 (of 3) Comic Book Review

    The Guild #1 (of 3) Comic Book Review

    Dark Horse, $3.50 Story: Felicia Day Art: Jim Rugg The Guild is one of those cult online shows that I’ve read nothing but praise for, yet despite my best attempts have so far struggled to “get”. Part of this may be down to my newly realised aversion to MMORPGs, but also the fact that outside…

  • Alien vs. Predator: Three World War #1 Review

    Alien vs. Predator: Three World War #1 Review

    Dark Horse, $3.50 Script: Randy Stradley Pencils: Rick Leonardi Inks: Mark Pennington Colours: Wez Dzioba Anyone who got into comics during the early nineties will likely have fond memories of Dark Horse’s numerous movie tie-ins, the most successful of which by far was Aliens vs. Predator and its thousand or so predecessors. Well, having recently…

  • Mass Effect: Redemption #2 Comic Review

    Mass Effect: Redemption #2 Comic Review

    Dark Horse, $3.50 Story: Mac Walters Script: John Jackson Miller Art: Omar Francia Colours: Michel Atiyeh The universe Bioware have forged for Mass Effect is nothing short of magnificent, but it doesn’t take a particularly keen eye to spot the problem in expanding this blossoming space opera franchise into other media. While the promotional material…

  • Dr. Horrible Comic Review

    Dr. Horrible Comic Review

    Dark Horse, $3.50 Story: Zack Whedon Art: Joëlle Jones, Dan Jackson Doctor Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog was one of those odd cult hits that came out of nowhere yet was instantly embraced by pretty much anyone with a love for Joss Whedon, superheroes or good comedy. Naturally, the music has been omitted for this one-off origin…

  • Sugar Shock! Review

    Sugar Shock! Review

    Dark Horse, $3.50 Story: Joss Whedon Art: Fábio Moon, Dave Stewart Sugarshock! originally debuted as part of the Myspace Dark Horse Presents project, from which it somehow went on to win an Eisner Award for Best Digital Comic. The only possible reasons I can come up with for Sugar Shock (not entirely sure on the…

  • Citizen Rex #1 Comic Book Review

    Citizen Rex #1 Comic Book Review

    Dark Horse Story and art: Mario & Gilbert Hernandez Struggling for a reasonable way to begin this review, I realised that there’s really no point in analysing or discussing Citizen Rex, the new series by two of the three Hernandez siblings. From Love and Rockets to their work on Mister X, the Brothers Hernandez have…

  • Aliens #2 Comic Book Review

    Aliens #2 Comic Book Review

    Dark Horse Writer: John Arcudi Pencils: Zach Howard, Gabriel Andrade Inks: Mark Irwin, Marcelo Mueller, Zach Howard Colours: Wes Bzioba The first issue of Dark Horse’s new Aliens miniseries balanced somewhere between generic and shocking; with a (seemingly) standard plot livened up by Arcudi’s decision to kill his (seemingly) main characters a dozen pages after…

  • Predator #1 Comic Book Review

    Predator #1 Comic Book Review

    Dark Horse Writer: John Arcudi Art: Javier Saltares Colours: Wes Ozioba, Andrew Alder The first issue of Dark Horse’s Aliens comic resurrection released several weeks ago was a solid if pedestrian return to the franchise, saved by some decent dialogue and a genuinely unexpected twist. Hot on that series’ heels is the Predator, that other…