REVIEW: Generations: Captain Marvel and Captain Mar-Vell

Writer: Margaret Stohl
Artist: Brent Schoonover
Color Artist: Jordan Boyd
Review: William "identity crisis" Dubbeld

So, Marvel has had some...hiccups these past few years.
There's been exceptions here and there, but I've overall been a bit disappointed with the company's direction since the conclusion of Seige.
Some great books serving as connective tissue between mega-events is not an acceptable business model in my opinion, and after duds like Original Sin and Civil War II: Electric Boogaloo, the House of Ideas needs an enema.

But we're in luck, True Believers!
Marvel has listened to the fans, or at least the sales figures, and has pledged a paradigm shift.
Despite foot-in-mouth statements about diversity and some frankly horseshit editorial direction...

Secret Empire was the most divisive storyline I can remember ever having been written in Marvel comicdom, largely due to the proliferation of internet platforms. I'm saving my full barrage about Secret Empire and Nick Spencer for another day, but suffice to say it was a misfire.
To be considerate.
In the wake of Nazi Cap, Marvel is going through a Rebirth. A rebranding. A return to the old ways and recapturing the faith of the reader base.
Or so we're told.                          

REVIEW: Mace Windu #1

Writer: Matt Owens
Penciler: Denys Cowan
Inker: Roberto Poggi
Color: Guru-eFX
Cover: Jesus Saiz
Review: Art Bee

Marvel has its failings but the Star Wars line is not one of them...yet. Thus far Marvel has taken everything good it has ever had, over-inflated it, and over-produced it to the point of mediocrity. Be warned; this day is coming. It’s inevitable unless Marvel abandons its gimmicky profit-hounding and starts to care about the quality of their production.

The newest Marvel series on the Star Wars block is Mace Windu. Guess who this series about?
How did you get so clever?
The series begins shortly after the Battle of Geonosis, well into the Clone Wars. This would put the story after Episode 2 and before the animated series, The Clone Wars.

The Jedi Council has gained intelligence that the Separatists are aggregating on a planet in the Outer Rim called Hissrich. Mace Windu is to lead a small group of Jedi to this planet and investigate and deal with any possible enemy threat. The team Mace pulls together includes Plo Koon (seen in the movies and in The Clone Wars series), Prosset Dibs (a Miraluka), and Rissa Mano.
At this point the series has the feel for a great deal of action but lacks some depth to the plot.
Even though Mace Windu has grown in popularity, not only as a powerful Jedi but also his
uniquely colored lightsaber, I don’t feel that this is the right time to present him as the focus of
his own comic.                    

Kokomo Con 2017

For one day every year in mid to late October, Kokomo Indiana is the center of the known geek universe. The Kokomo-Con fills the Kokomo Event & Conference Center to capacity with all things geeky and pop culture. 

The geeks here in Kokomo are pretty spoiled, really, with our beloved Geek Street. That’s right: a block in downtown Kokomo is lovingly referred to as Geek Street as it is home to Comics Cubed, the grooviest comic book store ever,Kokomo Toys & Collectables, the largest vintage toy and collectable toy store in the state of Indiana, and American Dream Hi-Fi, a vinyl record shop/arcade/live show venue. Geek street is a truly unique place that any self respecting geek MUST visit. 

If Geek Street is our Mecca, Kokomo-Con is our Super Bowl. Every year Kokomo-Con gets better and better, surpassing the pervious years' epicness on all fronts. Each year the organizers, Shawn Hilton, Austin Meissnest, and an army of volunteers work to bring in a huge variety of venders, artists, and creators. There’s literally something for everyone, so I’ll run down a list of a few of this years guests and such.

REVIEW: Offering

Story: Ken Lowery & Kevin Warren
Art: Kevin Warren
Review: Will Dubbeld

Because, dear readers, you have to support the little guy.
Repeat it. Make it your mantra.
Practice it.
Whenever small press or self-published books creep across your nerd-radar, pick 'em up. Sometimes (oftentimes) they cost a bit more, but publishing funnybooks ain't cheap.
Suck it up and drop an extra buck or two.

Offering is not, however, a pricey book.
More on that later.

Offering plays on some classic literary tropes, particularly from the horror genre, and tweaks them a bit.
The stage is set in some foreign land or another, features a local guide, a hapless Western couple, and a foreboding cave. Withholding spoilers, Lowery does a phenomenal job of telling a tight, well-done horror story in the span of under 20 pages.