Comics
Starve #1: A Culinary Battle Royale
Image Comics' Starve #1 from writer Brian Wood, artist Daniel Zezelj, and colorist David Stewart has a bone to pick with the modern state of cooking shows. In a world of increasingly hyperbolic culinary tournaments, the simple act of teaching others to cook has morphed...
Review: Chrononauts #1
Written by Mark Millar, Chrononauts is his latest attempt to take a well-trod story and tell it in a more mature and realistic style. If Mark Millar's comics has shown us anything, it's that he has an uncanny way of making new music out of...
The Case For Superman
Welcome to ComiConverse! I will be your friendly neighbourhood Superman writer. Since this is my first posting here, I should begin with an introduction. My name is Kyle King, and I am a lifelong fan of superhero comic books who began reading them in the...
What’s Missing from Jem and The Holograms
IDW's Jem and The Holograms has a great deal going for it, as it rides a wave of 80s nostalgia, positive messages, and critical acclaim.  Over the course of its augural arc Showtime, writer Kelly Thompson, artist Sophie Campbell, and colorist M. Victoria Robado have given...
Secret Wars: The Build Up
Marvel's Secret Wars is coming and we have all the angles covered for you here at ComiConverse! With the great mind of Jonathan Hickman taking over the helm The Avengers has transformed from a Superhero-fest to a straight up Sci-Fi romp. The Secret Wars event...
Airboy #1: Sex, Drugs and Comic Books
Image Comics' Airboy #1 from James Robinson and Greg Hinkle is a sharp, cynical, and uncompromisingly funny look at the comic book industry. In an age of reboots and reimaginings, as nearly-forgotten properties like Marvelman (now published as Miracleman due to legal issues) and Flash...
A Bizarro & Jimmy Olsen Road Trip
Bizarro and Jimmy Olsen take a road trim in Bizarro #1 by DC Comics. I'm not ashamed to admit it. I love the Silver Age. Following Fredric Wertham's assault on crime, horror, and superhero comics and the resulting Congressional hearings on juvenile delinquency, in the 1950s,...
Review: C.O.W.L #1: Principles of Power
C.O.W.L's first issue makes for interesting reading. Published by Image Comics, the Chicago Organized Workers League, hereafter referred to as C.O.W.L, is a post-World War II Cold War era political thriller set in 1962 Chicago that tells the story of a group of super-powered agents...
Nerdcast: The Official Podcast of ComiConverse
Nerdcast! What can we say that isn’t in our name? It’s a podcast, about all things nerd, from the panels to the big screen, simple enough right? Sure that’s a great way to sum up the subject matter of this podcast, but not a very...
Welcome To ComiConverse
ComiConverse. It's not just the name of our startup, its something we all do. Its kinetic. It just comes naturally. Welcome To ComiConverse We ComiConverse every time we speculate about who might be next on the Walking Dead, or who might eventually sit on the...
Forgettable Comics Movies
Comics movies have had some great successes in recent years, but its worth remembering the big screen tragedies; if only to remind us how lucky we've been lately. I want to warn readers who love these characters that you might cry reading this article. You...