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Last Updated 9/1/16
All reviews copyright 2007-2016 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.
Best Books of:
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2015
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, Trades and Graphic
Novels. Any monthlies I still get will be in regular old black.
- January 31,
2016: The Adventures of Jack and Miracle Girl,
The Totally Awesome Hulk #2, Ms. Marvel v2 #3, Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
#2, Invader Zim #6, Gold Digger #228, Astro City #31, My Little Pony Friends
Forever #24, My Little Pony Friendship is Magic #38, Transformers Robots in
Disguise #6 (of 6), The Transformers #49, Transformers Sins of the Wreckers
#3 (of 4), Empowered Special Pew Pew Pew!, Atomic Robo and the Ring of Fire
#5 (of 5).
- February 26,
2016: Batman: Bad Blood (DVD), Monsters, The Totally Awesome Hulk #3, Ms. Marvel v2 #4,
Invader Zim #7, Gold Digger #229, Astro City #32, Toil and Trouble #6 (of 6),
My Little Pony Friends Forever #25, My Little Pony Friendship is Magic #39,
Transformers More than Meets the Eye #49, The Transformers #50.
- March 31,
2016: Lego Justice League Cosmic Clash, DC Super Hero
Girls, Daredevil S2 Eps 1-4, 1999 Book 5, Batman:
The Jiro Kuwata Batmanga vol 3, Invader Zim #8, Marvel All-New
All-Different Universe, Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur #5, The Totally Awesome
Hulk #4, Ms. Marvel v2 #5, Ninjas vs. Aliens #1, Gold Digger #230, Astro City
#33, Saber Rider and the Star Sheriffs #1, My Little Pony Friends Forever
#26, My Little Pony Friendship is Magic #40, Transformers Deviations, The
Transformers #50, Transformers More than Meets the Eye #50-51.
- April 29,
2016: Daredevil S2 Eps 5-13, The Justice League
vs. Teen Titans, The Imitation Game,
Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur #6, Totally Awesome Hulk #5, Ms. Marvel #6, Gold
Digger #231, Astro City #34, Saber Rider and the Star Sheriffs #2, My Little
Pony Friends Forever #27, My Little Pony Friendship is Magic #41,
Transformers Sins of the Wreckers #4 (of 5), The Transformers #52,
Transformers More than Meets the Eye #52.
- Free Comic Book
Day 2016: Awake #0, Drawn & Quarterly Presents Mooncop, Dreamjumper, Rom
#0, Doctor Who FCBD 2016, Dark Horse FCBD 2016, Spectrum #0, The Tick FCBD
2016, Dark Lily & Friends, DC SuperHero Girls.
- May 28,
2016: Hilo vol 2 Saving the Whole Wide World,
Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur #7, The Totally Awesome Hulk #6, Ms. Marvel v2
#7, Gold Digger #232, Invader Zim #9, Astro City #35, Hanna-Barbera Future
Quest #1, Saber Rider and the Star Sheriffs #3, My Little Pony Friends
Forever #28, My Little Pony Friendship is Magic #42 *, The
Transformers #53, Transformers More than Meets the Eye #53.
- June 30,
2016: The Adventures of Jack and Miracle Girl vol 2, F
You Box and Other Observations of My Cat's Inner Dialogue, Overwatch #1-6, Steven Universe Too Cool
For School, Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur #3, Moon Girl and Devil
Dinosaur #8, The Totally Awesome Hulk #7, Ms. Marvel #8, Ninjas vs. Aliens
#2, Invader Zim #10, Astro City #36, Saber Rider and the Star Sheriffs #4 (of
4), Kaijumax Season 2 #1-2, My Little Pony Friends Forever #29-30, My Little
Pony Friendship is Magic #43, Transformers Sins of the Wreckers #5 (of 5),
Transformers More than Meets the Eye #54.
- July 28,
2016: Orchid, Lego DC Comics Super Heroes Justice
League Gotham City Breakout *, Electra Woman and Dyna Girl, Overwatch #7-8, KFC: Crisis of Infinite Colonels, Transformers
Titans Return: the Power of the Titan Masters, DC
SuperHero Girls Finals Crisis, Dreamjumper Book One: Nightmare Escape, The
Drawing Lesson: A Graphic Novel That Teaches You To Draw *, Moon
Girl and Devil Dinosaur #9, The Totally Awesome Hulk #8-9, Ms. Marvel v2 #9,
Gold Digger #233-234, Invader Zim #11, Astro City #37, Hanna-Barbera Future
Quest #2, Kaijumax Season 2 #3, Ragnarok #9, My Little Pony Friendship is
Magic #44, The Transformers #54, Transformers Till All Are One #2,
Transformers More than Meets the Eye #55.
- September 1, 2016
(August comics): The Tick pilot (Amazon Prime
version), DC SuperHero Girls: Hero of the Year, Atomic Robo Hardcover Regalia set, Moon Girl and Devil
Dinosaur #10, Ms. Marvel v2 #10, Gold Digger #235, Invader Zim #12, Blue
Beetle Rebirth one-shot, Deathstroke Rebirth one-shot, Deathstroke #1,
Hanna Barbera Future Quest #3 and #4, My Little Pony Friendship is Magic #44,
My Little Pony Friends Forever #31, The Transformers #55 and #56,
Transformers: Till All Are One #1 and #3, Transformers More than Meets the
Eye #56.
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