DC Comics - Lemire / Reis DC Comic’s The Fantastic Four riff is one the newest, strangest, mainstream super hero teams off to a (Tom) strong start. **Spoiler Alert: Plastic Man is discussed often in this review** Music groups can often be like super hero groups; a "super group" comprised of the most talented, most…
Looking in Long Boxes: Jeff Lemire’s Trillium
DC Comics / Vertigo - Jeff Lemire Looking in Long Boxes: Jeff Lemire’s Trillium. A literary journey back in time to the year 2014 discovering Jeff Lemire’s humble space epic Trillium. As a heavily based visual medium, it stands to reason that the biggest names in comics are traditionally artists. Collectors and fans alike become drawn to personal…
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Looking in Long Boxes: The Sensational She-Hulk
Marvel Comics / John Byrne Two years before Deadpool (six years after Ambush Bug) John Byrne’s Sensational She-Hulk was breaking the fourth wall and breaking the rules of mainstream comics. Growing up with comics, it stands to reason that one’s expectations an opinions change over time, that a series once enjoyed as a child may…
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Jesus’ Second Coming Delayed
DC / Vertigo Comics Cancels Mark Russel and Richard Pace Series DC Comics pulls plug on greenlight comic project Second Coming due to public outcry. DC Comics has officially announced the cancellation of an upcoming Vertigo title the Second Coming, where, according to comic writer and co-creator Mark Russel, “is about Jesus coming down and…
Welcome to “The Riz Writes”: Home to the Typing Talking Head of Draw Me In Comics and Opinionated Orator!
Greetings and salutations (read in your best Christian Slater à la Heathers impersonation)! Welcome to the extended written universe of The Riz - writer, musician, teacher, speaker, tech. co-founder- and Draw Me In Comics, the premier source for creator supported independent comics! "That's all fine and good," you may say aloud to yourself while you…
The Journey Begins
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