| Brian LeTendre | 8 reviews averaging a rating of 4 |
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From www.secretidentitypodcast.com:
With “Dragon Age: The Stolen Throne,” writer David Gaider adds another level of depth to the world that he helped create for the “Dragon Age: Origins” video game.
“The Stolen Throne” is set approximately thirty years before the events of the “Dragon Age: Origins” game. The nation of Ferelden has been invaded and taken over by the Orlesian Empire, whose only major resistance is a group of rebels led by the former Queen Moira Theirin. When the Rebel Queen is killed, her son Maric escapes and ends up meeting a group of outlaws. With the Orlesians on his trail, Maric and an outlaw named Loghain Mac Tir escape into the wilds and eventually meet up with the remaining rebels. Maric then reluctantly takes up his mother's cause and embarks on a mission with Loghain and his betrothed Rowan to try and gather an army to overthrow the Orlesians. Love triangles, spies, Darkspawn and epic battles area all part of Maric's journey to the throne of Ferelden.
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Rating:  [4 of 5 Stars!] |
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| | Shane O'Connor | 353 reviews averaging a rating of 4.1 |
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The best opening is one that immediately grabs people’s attention. How it does so is less important than whether or not it does so at all; if you can get eyes on you, then you’re doing fine. A prime example of this is a comic book with the title “Jesus Hates Zombies.” The fact that it then throws in “Featuring Lincoln Hates Werewolves” is almost funny for how for unnecessary it is – after telling us that this book is about Jesus hating the walking dead, do you really need to follow it up with something else?
Curious, I took the next logical step in investigating what this comic was all about, and downloaded the preview on its sales page. On the first page, Jesus sits brooding on a rooftop in a manner that reminiscent of Batman as he inner-monologues. “The first time I came down here it was to save your souls…” he grimly narrates as he readies a baseball bat, “this time I’m here to save your asses.”
One page in, and I knew I had to read the rest of this comic.
Jesus Hate Zombie...
Rating:  [5 of 5 Stars!] |
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| | Sean Holland | 188 reviews averaging a rating of 3.6 |
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The Silencer #4, Created by Fred Van Lente and Steve Ellis and published by Moonstone Books. It is a twenty-eight-page product (two of which are advertisements).
The Silencers are drawn by Ellis who has a good feel for the classic look of the American superhero comic and, while rough at times, captures the mood of the story quite well. The entire comic is in full color, as superheroic action should be.
The Silencers are not you typical supergroup. They are criminals, superpowered enforcers previously employed by the mob and now fighting for their own survival against the forces of the criminal Syndicate and its powered enforcers as well as trying to avoid the law. The Silencers have to act carefully so as to avoid attracting the attention of the “tights” (costumed superheroes) of their world, which is a little amusing as all of the Silencers have bought into the same game, and all of them have code names and flashy costumes.
This issue concludes the first story arc begun back ...
Rating: [4 of 5 Stars!] |
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| | Flames Rising | 17 reviews averaging a rating of 4 |
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A Flames Rising Review:
DragonArt covers all the nuts and bolts of basic critter illustration from what is functionally a stick figure, to basic shapes like cylinders/ tubes, boxes, etc. It gets in to anatomy in comparison to real animals (which is crucial in “selling” the image to viewers) as well as perspective and scale. Basic shading (stippling, hatching, cross-hatching, etc) as well as Ink and Color are touched on.
Not only is the basic “western dragon” covered from almost every angle, but so are other varieties. A sizeable portion is given to “other fantasy creatures” such as gargoyles, gryphons, pegasi and unicorns, etc. All of the foundations used previously apply here as well…stick figures, shapes, detailing, pencils, ink, and color.
Overall it’s a fun book with a wealth of good info for new as well as experienced illustrators who are interested in drawing fantasy critters. It definitely has a place on my shelf. The writing is solid and clear. Layout nice and crisp. A...
Rating: [5 of 5 Stars!] |
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| | Jason Thorson | 17 reviews averaging a rating of 3.3 |
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Grim Crew is back with another installment of their zombie anthology, Dead Future Issue 2. The first issue is a surprisingly fresh set of stories given that zombies are becoming an extremely limiting literary resource these days. While issue 2 doesn’t attain the same standards of originality, it’s a fun read and, more importantly, its existence is justified merely by virtue of those aforementioned zombies.
The first story, With a Whimper is written by Sebastian Piccione and illustrated by Martinho Abreu who also contributed artwork to Dead Future Issue 1. Piccione’s protagonist is the last living man on earth, at least as far as he can tell, and he’s no longer concerned with trying to fight the zombie horde nor is he concerned with survival. His only concern is that he doesn’t die by their hands and become one of them.
The only negative aspect of With a Whimper is its lack of originality which is apparent immediately. Whimper’s problem starts with the genesis of the modern zombi...
Rating:  [3 of 5 Stars!] |
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