The year is 1014 AD, come the battle of Clontarf, at which Brian Boru, High-King of Ireland, fought against the Norse king Sigtrygg of Dublin. Wrapped around these true historical events, the second volume of Northlanders is a standalone story arc that continues to explore the bloody tales of fierce Norse settlers and their inevitable clash with equally fierce natives, or yet other invaders, as in the previous volume. ... Read more ...

Once upon a time, I was young(er) and used to play Dungeons and Dragons. It was long before the online role-playing games were even conceived, so it was basically good old make-believe adventures, in the strictest sense of the words make-believe. Back then, I used to read all the accompanying literature inspired by these imaginary game worlds - all of them expanded on Tolkien's legacy - wizards, elves, dwarves and dragons... One of these books was The Legend of Drizzt by R.A. Salvatore. It was a good read then, but none the less fun now - in the comics version. ... Read more ...

After the nasty trick, that Rose Red and her probably soon-to-be-ex-boyfriend, Jack of the tales, tried to pull in the first volume of Fables, Snow White decides that she needs to spend some serious quality time with her sister Rose. Hence, while Jack had been sentenced to long hours of community service mopping the shiny marvel floor of fabletown halls, Rose is required to accompany Snow to the semi-annual trip to the enchanted animal farm in upstate New York. The Animal farm is where all the fables that cannot pass as humans hide from the mundys - the regular non-fable people. ... Read more ...

The first thing I'd like to say about Fray is simply that I loved this comic book so much, I actually started reading it all over again right after finishing it. I really wished the story of Fray would have continued into an ongoing series - but for now it's just this first volume. Secondly, this comic book reaches out to Buffy's (the TV show) fans, and if you have watched and liked Buffy, the Vampire Slayer, then you will fully enjoy Fray. I'm guessing newcomers who like the concept of vampires in the future - and a tough young girl (needless to say, beautiful) slaying them - will enjoy this comic just as well, only not as fanatically as I did. But let's get down to the review already. ... Read more ...

What are six rich teenagers from sunny California to do while they are stuck in the game room, waiting for their parents to finish their boring annual-charity-fund-raising-gathering-thing? You got it right - spy on the parents. ... Read more ...

This one is a little hard to describe, nevertheless I will try to. It is a short story, taking upon an unconventional theme, conveying one or two not-very-shallow - dare I even say - profound ideas. ... Read more ...

Last we left Toshi and Kaikou hara in the first volume of Crossing Midnight, they had just been separated by powers that they had only begun to understand. Toshi was taken by the lord of knives, Aratsu, to serve him in the Kami realm. She went with him unwillingly in order to save her mother. Kaikou was left to wander the urban scapes of the gray world - that is how the Kami call the real world - determined to find and retrieve his sister. ... Read more ...

From the bright and warm Constantinople, the greatest city of his time, to the cold shores of his childhood, the tale of Sven the returned sways us immediately into darkly painted sceneries, all the way into the long hard winter of Orkney Islands. ... Read more ...

If you are a fan of the Firefly series like myself, then reading this comic, would probably feel at first, like meeting long gone and much missed old friends. Being as addicted to the "Firefly", you are inclined to be forgiving to the apparent flaws in this comic, which evidently, is far less everything comparing to the tv series. If you're not a fan, I'm guessing you might find the story difficult to relate to, since you will not be getting all the little jokes and references, known to someone who watched the series. ... Read more ...

Sarah Pezzini is a New Yorker detective. Though extremely beautiful, Sarah is more than just your average perfect girl. Sarah is the bearer of a power artifact, called the witchblade. The witchblade makes Sarah a superhero. Next to Sarah, we have two handsome male detectives; ... Read more ...

Zoom-in on Colorado, and look for a small town near the mountains. Zoom-in some more and enter sophomore year in high school. Come a bit closer and meet Penny, our blonde freckled teen heroine, in this light-weighted-fun-girls' comics, the first volume of "Fool's Gold". ... Read more ...

Madame Xanadu is an old DC comics character, first published in 1978. Now, she is recreated in this new vertigo comics series. Madame Xanadu is actually Nimue Inwudu, an immortal forest nymph who lives throughout many centuries and events around the world. ... Read more ...

This excellent comic book takes place in Japan, instantly making it a lot more interesting to me - at last something different! With slight touches of suspense and horror, the story draws us into the fascinating world of Japanese Kami, the world of spirits who reside in just about everything. ... Read more ...

Imagine the very well known and much familiar childhood stories characters, somehow living here, in our world of the 21st century. The comic 'Fables' is all about taking these characters and misplacing them in modern reality. Ready yourselves and enter this agreeably amusing modern fable. If you ever wondered what became of Snow White and her lot, before or after or even during any untold parts of her life, this comic series tries to fill the gap. ... Read more ...