I’m not sure when I first caught the news of the novel coronavirus, now called COVID-19, but it was early. It was a back page kind of story, relegated to science and health column or international news sections. What struck me immediately was the scale. “Wuhan, a city of 11 […]
Daybreak
I sit here on the cusp of what can only be called some major shit. Tomorrow, my wife and I check into the hospital to begin the modern medical procedure known as “birth.” It’s been 9 impossibly long months in the making, with the day of arrival a white-hot point […]
CRISIS VECTOR #3 is coming!
Lo, there shall be…an ending! The final chapter of CRISIS VECTOR is underway. Samir Simao returns on art duties, with Rob Croonenborghs joining on colors. Take a look at some preview images:
In shops now – FAMOUS MONSTERS #291
Terror Begins at 40! I had a lot of fun covering ALIEN in the new issue of FAMOUS MONSTERS OF FILMLAND, on stands now. ALIEN is an incredible blend of old school cinematic parlor tricks and a relentless sense of new…a truly unique movie with a rich 40 year history. […]
This Week in Comics – September 14, 2019
Few days late getting to my comics this week. Light week, with just two books on the stack. POWERS OF X #4 “Inferno.” The HOXPOX train keeps on running, smooth as a Swiss watch. This week’s entry returns us to the POX portion of the story and takes us to […]
This Week in Comics – September 5, 2019
HOUSE OF X #4 “No more.” HOX #4 picks up right where things left off in last week’s HOX #3. Together, it’s an X-Men adventure for the ages. An Imaginary Story, perhaps? (aren’t they all, as Mr. Moore reminded us). Doesn’t really matter- it bleeds feeling and character and high-stakes […]
This Week in Comics – August 28, 2019
House of X #3 – “From Sticks to Bombs…” It’s the sixth part of the all new, all different X-Men, and it’s another perfect issue. I guess Hickman was pretty serious about this. Homeboy’s created a language, flowcharts, evolutionary cycles, multiple timelines- and that’s just the bonus material. In between […]
This Week in Comics – August 21, 2019
POWERS OF X #3 – Honestly, tell the truth now- did any of you see this coming? I know Jonathan Hickman has a resume that includes universally-lauded runs on creator-owned work, the Fantastic Four, and the Avengers. I know he said he was going to completely reshape the X-Men universe […]
This Week in Comics – 8/14/19
Powers of X #2 – It’s hard to believe the relaunch of the X-Men is just four weeks old. In short time, the dual-series reboot collectively known as HOXPOX (House of X, Powers of X) has rocked the funny book world. Each issue has given us so much to process, […]
This Week in Comics – August 7, 2019
Kicking off a new series on this blog, writing about the comics I pick up at the shop each week. There’s so much good stuff coming out right now, my brain is all itchy with that unmistakable desire to write about comics! So here we go. HOUSE OF X #2 […]
Available now: PROS AND (COMIC) CONS
I have a piece in the new anthology PROS AND (COMIC) CONS from Dark Horse Comics and Bedside Press. My lil essay “A Lonely Place of Trying” delivers a stream of consciousness look at the mind of a writer (me) hanging in Artist Alley at comic conventions. Short version: It’s […]
THE PHANTOM MENACE: The First Movie of the 21st Century
It was released in 1999, but in many ways STAR WARS EPISODE 1: THE PHANTOM MENACE stands as the first movie of the 21st century. It cleared the path for an entirely new way to produce movies, and fought against enormous headwinds from an industry entrenched in a byzantine system […]
Our guinea pig decade
Our guinea pig passed away this week. She was 10, which is ancient for a guinea pig. Google tells me the average life expectancy is 4-8, so she well exceeded that. She fought hard and was relatively healthy and normal right up until her final afternoon, but alas, the reaper […]
Free to Read: CRYPT ZERO
CRYPT ZERO is an independently published comic book written and produced by me, Erik Radvon, with art by Rob Croonenborghs and letters by Micah Myers. Spaceman-for-hire Commander Dal is sent to a remote planet on a scouting mission. He finds an ancient crypt and a whole lotta talking dead things. […]
Free to Read: VOODOO BIRD
My lil’ comic story VOODOO BIRD is now free to read! VOODOO BIRD is a comic written and produced by me, Erik Radvon, featuring art by Rob Croonenborghs and letters by Micah Myers. Inspired by the long-running “Tharg’s Future Shocks” segment found in British comic magazine 2000 A.D., this short story tells […]