Geek Culture Reviews

Simulation Theory #3 heads to Amazon’s Comixology Originals this month, and we’ve got the official preview below.  CHAPTER THREE Captured.  Salvation emerges from unexpected places.  Simulation Theory #3 is heading to the Comixology app on 10th Pctober 2023

Rob reviews ComiXology Original - Eden... Eden marks the comic book debut for television producer Matthew Arnold . Whilst it occasionally reads like the pilot to a highly ambitious television show, Eden keeps you on your toes throughout.  Much like a television drama, Eden throws you into its world from the get-go. The first chapter comes at quite a pace as a handful of prisoners are mysteriously released from their cryogenic slumber. As they escape the facility, the world is a far cry from the one they left behind. With the concrete jungle being replaced by a literal jungle, the group heads off in search of any signs of life.  No sooner are we introduced to this strange world, than  Arnold takes us back in time as he delves into the past of his protagonist; Senator Anna Croft. It's through this flashback that we learn of Croft's distrust of placing prisoners in cryogenic suspension, and of her ambitions as a Senator. Things take a darker turn as ...

Scott Snyder is coming to comiXology Originals in a big way... ComiXology’s exclusive content line, comiXology Originals , and Scott Snyder’s publishing company, Best Jackett Press , announced today that Snyder will be writing eight new titles for comiXology Originals . The titles will be made available as digital first releases exclusively on comiXology and Kindle with all eight titles collected in print and released at a later date by Dark Horse Books.   With these new titles, #1  New York Times  bestselling writer Snyder is returning to his creator-owned roots and collaborating with some of the biggest artists in comics, including Rafael Albuquerque, Greg Capullo, Francesco Francavilla, Jamal Igle, Jock, Tula Lotay, Francis Manapul , and Dan Panosian . Legendary comics editor Will Dennis is overseeing the titles.   “ This historic, multi-title deal with comiXology Originals has enabled us to assemble a murderers’ row of artists and together...

Previewing Snow Angels Season 2... Jeff Lemire and Jock are back with Season 2 of their hit comic Snow Angels.  What's it all about? Well thankfully we've got the synopsis and an extended preview below... 'Milliken and Mae have never left The Trench—it’s all they’ve ever known. They were born in The Trench, and they’ll die there, just like all their people do. The two girls, eight and eleven, are a part of The Trenchfolk, a sprawling settlement of people living inside the massive ice walls of a vast, seemingly endless frozen trench carved into the surface of an otherwise icy wasteland. The Trenchfolk survive in this hostile world by following The Three Testaments of The Trench—golden rules repeated like a mantra from birth to death… 1. YOU MUST NEVER LEAVE THE TRENCH. 2. THE TRENCH PROVIDES. 3. THE TRENCH IS ENDLESS. Milli and Mae don’t really know how their people came to live here. No one does, not even their wise and gentle Father. On Milliken’s twelfth birth...

Previewing Hailstone #1... ComiXology and Stout Club Entertainment have announced their next collaboration with horror thriller,  Hailstone . Written by  Rafael Scavone  ( A Study in Emerald, Hit-Girl and Funny Cree k) ,  illustrated by  Rafael de Latorre  ( SuperZero, Animosity and Black Widow ) with colours by  Wesllei Manoel , letters by  Bernardo Brice , and edits by  Bis Stringer Horne. The 5-issue limited series will be released monthly beginning May 11, 2021 with  Hailstone  issue #1 featuring a cover by   Rafael De Latorre and Rafael Albuquerque ( American Vampire ).  Hailstone  is part of the comiXology Originals multi-book deal with Stout Club Entertainment and will be available simultaneously in both English and Portuguese. “In this gripping and haunting series, the people of Hailstone, Montana are hungry and disappearing. Trapped by relentless snow, the remaining townspeople grow increasingly...

Rob reviews Snow Angels #3... Don't shoot me! Yes, I may have missed out on reviewing Snow Angels #2 . No excuses really, I just plainly forgot! I really need to invest in a diary.  Anyway, apologies aside. I'm back with a look at Snow Angels #3 ... Jeff Lemire and Jock's Snow Angels has been a fantastic series so far. While we're only three issues in, it's been a great mystery that's delivering some fantastic tension within its bleak, snow covered world.  The story so far has followed a Father and his two Daughters who survive this harsh world in the embrace of a vast spanning trench. In the opening issue their settlement was attacked by a mysterious character called the Snowman. Issue 2, then picks up with the family struggling to outrun not just the Snowman, but also the other horrors that lurk in the trench. This time around Snow Angels #3 sees Lemire and Jock deal directly with the Snowman whilst opening up more of the mystery of ...

Rob Lake reviews Snow Angels #1... The trench has three rules:  1. The Trench Provides. 2. You must never leave the Trench. 3. The Trench never ends.  Snow Angels is a 10-part series that's created by writer Jeff Lemire and artist Jock . Snow Angels also marks the first time these two bestselling creators have collaborated together.  To coincide with the launch of Snow Angels , Amazon Original Stories will also be publishing a short story also titled ' Snow Angels '. This short story which is also written by Jeff Lemire will act as an introduction to the world that will be expanded upon within the comic. This can also be read as a standalone teen-fiction novella that's full of Lemire's signature characterisation and vivid world-building.  It's a bleak opening for Jeff Lemire and Jock's new series. Set within a vast frozen wasteland, Snow Angels follows the trio of Pa, Mae Mae and Milliken, who also happens to be this issues nar...