Dave's Rants Archive
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Last Updated 2/29/24
All reviews copyright 2007-2024 by Dave Van Domelen
This page holds an archive of my comic book reviews for the
past few years. The originals are posted to rec.arts.comics.reviews on
Usenet newsgroups, and some time between Wednesdays I throw in some minimal
formatting and link the file in here. Most of the time these will be
spoiler-free "Capsules", but once in a while I'll go whole-hog on a
review.
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A listing of what I considered to be the best comics of the last few years,
these are all the titles that got a "Strongly Recommended" or better rating
in my reviews at the time, with all the biases that implies. No entries for
2013 and 2014, since I didn't get a lot of books those years.
Recent Columns
Comics of note (Strongly recommended or better, usually) will be in
boldface, with an asterisk if they're Strongly Recommended. While
most of my reviews are spoiler-free capsules, the occasional full review will
be underlined. Categories of material are "Other
Media" (not actually comics, but comics-related), Digital Comics (or ebook novels), Trades
and Graphic Novels (including manga collections). Traditional
"floppies" are in black.
- January 30,
2024: What If? Season 2, Reborn as a Vending Machine, I Now Wander The Dungeon vol 1, Go
Go Loser Ranger vol 8, Kaiju No. 8 vol 9, The Great Cleric vol 7, Cursed
Princess Club vol 3 *, Spider-Man Quantum Quest, Fantastic Four
#15, Moon Knight #30, Vengeance of the Moon Knight #1, Superman Lost #9 (of
10), Gargoyles #11, My Little Pony Classics Reimagined: the Unicorn of Odd
#4 (of 4) *.
- February 29,
2024: The Marvels, Justice League X RWBY Superheroes &
Huntsmen Part Two, Justice League Crisis on Infinite Earths Part 1
*, Adventure Finders Book 3 Chapter 16 Part
1, Chainsaw Man vol 14, Mr. Villain's Day Off vol
1-3, The Way of the Househusband vol 11 *, The Way of the
Househusband: The Gangster's Guide to Housekeeping, Dreadstar vs. the
Inevitable, Hilo vol 10: Rise of the Cat *, Fantastic Four
#16-17, Superman Lost #10 (of 10), Gargoyles Dark Ages #5 (of 6?),
Vampirella/Dracula Rage #4 (of 6), Mech Cadets #5, My Little Pony Classics
Reimagined Valentine's Day Special: Romeo & Juliet.
Rant Archives
This is where older Rants will go to keep the main page from getting
cluttered. Only the files from March 2007 onward will be here, but searching
Google Groups for Dave, Rant and the title of the comic you're interested in
will usually do pretty well, assuming I reviewed the book. (In 2012 I
shifted from weekly to monthly reviews, so the archives shift from months to
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