Mark Waid is running an experiment. He’s offering up a digital comic for free with no DRM-strings attached. It’s in PDF form meaning you can read it using whatever PDF application you want. You don’t have to pay for a single thing to read “Luther”. Go to MarkWaid.com and download it. The more downloads, the more stuff like this we’ll see. But even free might not be worth the price.
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Comic Review: Saga #1
[Note: Saga is a mature title. Please keep that in mind when reading this review.] I hadn’t heard anything about Brian K. Vaughan’s Saga until the day it was published. My Twitter feed exploded Wednesday and evening with praise and adulation and requests for copies as it sold out in shop after shop. Thankfully, one E-mail to my local comic store was able to reserve me one of the few copies they had left. So, I started in with absolutely no pre-conceived notions about what I was about to read. It wasn’t what I expected.
Continue readingComic Review: Transformers: Infestation 2 #1 & #2
I loved Transformers: Hearts of Steel when it was released several years ago. The Transformers saga, set in a different time? Especially a Victorian/steampunk era? It was great! Seven years later, in preparation for this new mini-series, I tried to remember what happened in HoS, and to my surprise, I couldn’t. I remember John Henry being there, I know that the Autobots won and went back to sleep… but the details were lacking. I knew the designs were great, but I couldn’t recall much else. Added to this was the fact that I couldn’t find my copies of the series,
Continue readingToy Review: Transformers Prime Deluxe Wheeljack
Transformers Prime WHEELJACK is one of the famed Wreckers, an elite group of Autobot warriors. Back in the day, he and Bulkhead were teammates, wrecking Decepticons from one end of Cybertron to the other. After Bulkhead left to join Optimus Prime’s crew, Wheeljack kept doing what he did best until the day he had to leave the planet himself. Wandering the stars alone in his ship the Star Hammer, he kept looking for his friend. When you look at Wheeljack, you instantly know he’s an homage to his Generation 1 namesake. But how is he as a toy? Read on!
Continue readingToy Review: Transformers Prime – Cyberverse Vehicon
VEHICON is the name given to the drone-esque Decepticons in the “Transformers: Prime” cartoon. They are vehicle based robots who don’t question Megatron or Starscream. It’s a fear thing, really, not a respect thing. This Cyberverse toy makes for one li’l cute Vehicon, but is the toy any good?
Continue readingComic Review: Transformers: Autocracy #2
The Geek Bits Title: Transformers: Autocracy Issue #: 2 Title: Chapter 2: Parasites Price: $0.99 US – Digital Only Release Date: February 1, 2012 Publisher: IDW Publishing via ComiXology.com Written by: Chris Metzen & Flint Dille Art by: Livio Ramondelli Letters by: Robbie Robbins Editor: John Barber & Carlos Guzman Worth the price? Once again, it’s worth your $0.99 and more. IDW’s digital-only Transformers: Autocracy enters its second chapter. After a strong opening issue, we need to delve more into the actual storyline this time around. Do Chris Metzen and Flint Dille succeed?
Continue readingComic Review: Transformers: Robots in Disguise #1
The Geek Bits Title: Transformers: Robots in Disguise Issue #: 1 Title: The Autonomy Lesson Price: $3.99 US Release Date: January 25, 2012 Publisher: IDW Publishing Written by: John Barber Art by: Andrew Griffith Color by: Josh Perez Letters by: Shawn Lee Editor: Carlos Guzman Worth the price? Yes. Not as good as More than Meets the Eye #1, but still it’s a good starting point for those who have shied away from IDW’s offerings for quite sometime. “Spiraling out of the literally world-changing events of the “Chaos” storyline, Transformers: Robots in Disguise (hereafter referred to as RID) is the
Continue readingComic Review – Transformers: Autocracy #1
The Geek Bits Title: Transformers: Autocracy Issue #: 1 Title: Chapter 1: Law and Disorder Price: $0.99 US – Digital Only Release Date: January 18, 2012 Publisher: IDW Publishing Written by: Chris Metzen & Flint Dille Art by: Livio Ramondelli Letters by: Robbie Robbins Editor: John Barber & Carlos Guzman Worth the price? Hey, it’s only $0.99, so it’s hard NOT to recommend it. For those who yearn for more of pre-war Cybertron history, it’s worth picking up this book Transformers: Autocracy is IDW’s first entry into the digital-only realm of comics publishing. While their Transformers comics have been released
Continue readingComic Review: Transformers: More than Meets the Eye #1
The Geek Bits Title: Transformers: More than Meets the Eye Issue #: 1 Title: Liars, A to D — Part 1: How to Say Goodbye and Mean It Price: $3.99 US Release Date: January 11, 2012 Publisher: IDW Publishing Written by: James Roberts Art by: Nick Roche Color by: Josh Burcham Letters by: Shawn Lee Editor: John Barber Worth the price? Emphatically YES. Not only is it a great starting point for new readers, it’s a hell of a good issue. “Spiralling out of the literally world-changing events of the “Chaos” storyline, Transformers: More than Meets the Eye (hereafter referred
Continue readingSquishable Mini Cthulhu
The Geek Bits Name: Mini Squishable Cthulhu Toyline: Squishable Subline: Squishable Minis Retail Price: $19 USD Released: 2011 Availability: Squishable.com and other fine retailers Includes: Mini Squishable Cthulhu, huggability, fluffiness ** Disclaimer: This product (Squishables Mini Cthulhu) was supplied to us by the manufacturers for review purposes. Other products shown in this review, such as the Squishables Penguin (Version 1) and Puffs brand facial tissues, were purchased on our own. This review is not a paid endorsement of any of the above products. Squishable is an unstoppable juggernaut of spherical plush creatures. Like a giant fluffy snowball, it has swept
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