Comic Review: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #1-4

As sad as it is to admit, my memories of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are not as strong as I would like them to be.  I couldn’t even tell you which one I “was” based on personality comparison (I mostly wanted to be Leonardo because he wore blue, had swords, and his name also started with an L).  So thank goodness IDW decided to bring them back into my life through comics, because for what little I can remember I sure do remember loving these heroes in a half shell. [Read more...]

My Week in Comics – Woman, Bats, Turtles, and Vamps

Comics 10-3-11In this weeks roundup of comics (still lagging in my write-ups due to waiting to receive my comics in the mail before I move to a digital format), I read a bunch of the DC 52 comics, including Batman #1, Catwoman #1, I, Vampire #1, Nightwing #1, Supergirl #1, and Wonder Woman #1, in this penultimate week of the relaunch, as well as the second issue of IDW’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.  Some work well to bring in new readers, some go more the route of Green Lantern #1 by refusing to baby the reader (which I received in the issues I didn’t really need this, while felt a little lost in those I might have needed a little more help with).  You will probably be able to guess which comic goes in what category based on how much I write about each.  Let the fun begin! [Read more...]

My Week in Comics – Justice League #1 & Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #1

comics justice turtles[Deep breath] Oh comic smell, how I have missed thee.  Yes, A while back I said something about reading more comics, and well, as the piles of unread comics on my dresser goes to show I am a big, stupid liar face.  My excuse?  I decided to take a rowboat trip across the ocean and back because dumbbells are for losers and couldn’t possibly risk getting my issues wet in the salty ocean spray.  So clearly there is no argument that my procrastination is not my fault. [Read more...]