This week read “Abe Sapien: The Devil Does Not Jest & Other Stories,” a collection of miniseries about the aquatic member of BPRD. We discuss subtle character, framed narrative, and give a good colorist his due. For more information on past or future shows, visit www.AtomicPoweredSuperCast.com!
After thoroughly enjoying Hellboy in our “Intro to Indie” arc, we decided to revisit the Mignolaverse with a B.P.R.D. series. We kick things off with “BPRD: Plague of Frogs” by Mike Mignola and Guy Davis. We drool over how well Mignola writes “show don’t tell” and just how great Guy Davis’ surprisingly colorful art works in this supernatural-paranormal-noir-horror world. It turns that all that hype you hear about how BPRD comics are might just be true after all. For more information on past or future shows, visit www.AtomicPoweredSuperCast.com!
The big two comic book publishers come together to make what was billed as the greatest crossover in the history of superhero comics. They put their best writers and artists on the project, and had readers vote on the outcomes of matchups long asked for by fans: Silver Surfer vs. Green Lantern, Lobo vs. Wolverine, and Batman vs. Captain America, to name a few. What the reader gets instead is a deeply disappointing, sometimes disturbingly out-of-touch comic book. If only it hadn’t been written in the 90’s, maybe it could have had a shot at being more than a steaming pile. For more information, visit www.AtomicPoweredSuperCast.com!
