Recently on the podcast, we covered Watchmen. Honestly, it’s one of my favorite episodes we have ever done. It’s really high quality stuff, and I think we all put in good work discussing an important, brilliant book. But as the show was wrapping up, I brought up something I remembered from my youth. By the time I was an early teen, I started hearing about The … Continue reading Stew’s Reviews: Maus
Conspiracy theories would be fun if they weren’t so dangerous sometimes. As of this writing, we are still in the throes of COVID-19. I am saying it like that because I am hoping very much that by the time this goes out, that will all be over. But… it doesn’t seem likely. Anyway, there are already so many objectively silly theories around our little pandemic. … Continue reading Stew’s Reviews: Illuminati
I don’t tend to review a lot of older books for this column, I know. It’s not entirely a conscious choice. Historically, when I have reviewed books from before, say, the 1990’s, they don’t typically get the attention that books from that era onward do. And I am a man of the people! Folks tend to want to read comics from the timeframe in which … Continue reading Stew’s Reviews: Firestorm
I’ve never been a big Licensed Property kind of guy. When I read comic books, I want to read comic book characters. I don’t pick up a comic book because I want to read Stranger Things story. If I want Stranger Things, I’ll watch the show. When I want a comic book, I want Spider-Man. Or Jubilee. Mostly Jubilee. Not to say I am direly … Continue reading Stew’s Reviews: Street Fighter X GI Joe
As I write this, I am in the middle of “social distancing”. Even though I’m not that far ahead on articles—only about two or three weeks nowadays, whoof—I’m curious where we as a society will be by the time this is published. Coronavirusmania is currently running wild. All public schools are closed for the next two weeks in my state. The NBA and NHL seasons … Continue reading Stew’s Reviews: Daredevil Yellow
Three straight DC articles and then two straight X-Men reviews? Rut City, am I right? No, actually, there is a reason for this. Bear with me. We just recorded a podcast all about X-Titles this past weekend, and I got to go into how I am the biggest X-fan on our show and how I have been enamored of Marvel’s mutants since the beginning of … Continue reading Stew’s Reviews: Battle of the Atom
Missing issues is the worst. Despite the fact that I work close enough to a great comic store that I could walk there, shop, and get back to work all within my lunch break, I have a bad habit of only going comic shopping once every several weeks (if not months). Just this week I made it out to the shop for the first time … Continue reading Stew’s Reviews: Civil War
This is a rather unintentional series I have cultivated. I have previously reviewed DC: Rebirth, Flash War, and Heroes In Crisis in this column. The overarching, Post-New-52 story of those books brings us to the very recently concluded Flash Forward, and here we are. It was never really intentional. Somehow in my blending together or newer and older books, I just kept coming back to … Continue reading Stew’s Reviews: Flash Forward
All right. After a ludicrously cursed attempt last year, I am back to trying to move. I never would have imagined that selling one house and buying another would be such a chore as it was in 2019! We got strung along for four months before our buyer ended up finally telling us that, nope, he couldn’t actually get a loan. Lesson for you out … Continue reading Stew’s Reviews: Astro City – Local Heroes
As I write this, I am about a week removed from having a surprise appendectomy. It’s weird how your body can just turn on you. I’m not here to say it’s a terrible thing compared to what a lot of people go through, but waking up at 3am because you are suddenly in a new pain you never felt before and being in surgery by … Continue reading Stew’s Reviews: Spider-Geddon
What are the time parameters for spoilers? As in, at what point do you bear the burden of protecting yourself from being spoiled rather than depend on social media and society to do it for you? I always say in regards to big blockbuster movies, the limit should be until after the second weekend in theaters has passed. If you can’t see a major release … Continue reading Stew’s Reviews: Heroes In Crisis
I recently ranked 63 comics I reviewed in the last two years against each other for an anniversary celebration to see where they all fit against one another. It was… a lot of work. Digging through old material to remember what books were involved, debating internally as to how they stack up (literally no one cares, on a list of 63, how number 42-44 are arranged, but … Continue reading Stew’s Reviews: Batman – Cataclysm
I’ve never read Dark Knight Strikes Back. From what I understand, I’m not missing much, but I just never got around to picking it up. I think I thumbed through the trade when it was all collected, and it just looked too “busy” for me. So I just never gave it a try. It’s just… some stories really don’t need sequels! Especially something like 20 … Continue reading Stew’s Reviews: Dark Victory
Our podcast got blocked on Twitter by Dan Slott! This isn’t something I take any pride in, so this isn’t like some kind of stupid brag. I’ve seen folks who take getting blocked by a famous person as a badge of honor, and that has never ever been our goal. I’m actually mildly bothered by this! Mostly because I have no idea what we have … Continue reading Stew’s Reviews: Poison Ivy & Harley Quinn
GOD, I loved the first Sin City movie. I left the theater after seeing that flick completely amped. After it came out on DVD, I must have watched it a dozen more times. I waited with baited breath for a sequel to let me return to the visually striking world of meatheads and dames. And I waited. And I waited. About a decade later—WELL after … Continue reading Stew’s Reviews: Sin City – Hell & Back
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