I first started doing these “Read This” posts because of a common sentiment in a lot of the Watchmen Prequels discussions. It ran along the lines of “at least I have something in comics to be excited about now.” That just seemed so crazy to me. There are good comics...

All Star Western is an oddity: a fairly straight-up western from a major publisher. Sure, it does feature Jonah Hex and Dr. Arkham (founder of Arkham Asylum) and the latest story line has taken them in the Bat Cave (long before Bruce every discovered it) but there’s not much in the way...

Growing up I was one of those kids. The ones who liked Superman more than Batman. There are probably many ways to justify that, but I was not only nerdy enough to like comics, but nerdy enough that instead of the dark cool billionaire playboy or the sarcastic killer mutant my favorite...

Each Wednesday I single out a comic and tell you to Read This. This week it’s Wolverine and the X-Men. I’m about as cautious when it comes to X-Men comics as you can get. I’m more of a DC guy to start with and, minus a few exceptions, I’ve generally never been able to...