Posted by Karsten School on September 23, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Hearwax’s self-proclaimed comics expert Karsten School and his plucky band of helper-monkeys tackle Week 1 of the DC Comics Relaunch, featuring zombies, faith-healing, terrorists, malevolent celestial bodies and much, much more!
Category Articles, Comics, Reviews · Tags 2011, Action Comics, Animal Man, Batgirl, Batwing, comic, comics, dc, Detective Comics, Green Arrow, Hawk and Dove, Justice League International, Men of War, O.M.A.C., Relauch, Review, Static Shock, Stormwatch, Swamp Thing
Posted by Karsten School on October 16, 2010 · 3 Comments
Part two of our countdown of the greatest comics of all time, featuring zombies, cowboys and the most metal comic ever!
Category Articles, Comics · Tags all time, army of darkness, best, black, blueberry, book, chihuahua, comic, comics, Download, e-book, great, greatest, life of groo, marvel, one-shot, pearl, reign of blood, Review, summer, thor, Zombies
Posted by Karsten School on September 29, 2010 · 3 Comments
There are certain questions that new comic readers like to ask and old school collectors will endlessly debate- what are the greatest comic books of all time? Was Watchmen really as good as people say? How does Batman: Year One stack up against The Dark Knight Returns? How about comics that aren’t about superheroes? For the benefit of you, the Hearwax Universe, I’ll be answering these questions for you over the coming months as I count down the Two Hundred and Fifty Greatest Comics of All Time.
Category Articles, Comics · Tags all, bacchus, beetle, best, blue, bob budiansky, book, comic, comics, curse, Download, dreadstar, e-book, ebook, eddie campbell, END, ever, five, Forever, game, ghost, greatest, immortality, invincible, iron, jim starlin, john rogers, jonathan blaze, man, matt fraction, nightmares, rafael albuquerque, rider, roger stern, salvador larroca, time
Posted by Karsten School on September 11, 2010 · 3 Comments
Karsten’s Pull List returns, with all new reviews!
Category Comics, Reviews · Tags 892, action, age, avengers, comic, comics, dc, deadpool, heroic, hulks, incredible, marvel, Review, Reviews, secret, shadowland, spider-girl, spidergirl
Posted by Julian Papas on July 23, 2010 · 1 Comment
Follow @hearwax There’s something undeniably special about being with people who are united for one single purpose. Be it for whatever reason such as sports, a concert, a film or a convention, there’s a great energy to which everyone contributes. You feel a connection even though you’ve never met most of the people there. This [...]
Category Comics, Reviews · Tags bryan lee o'malley, comic, edgar wright, finest, graphic novel, hour, michael cera, scott pilgrim, scott pilgrim's finest hour, street fighter
Posted by Karsten School on July 18, 2010 · 4 Comments
Follow @hearwax Batman: The Odyssey #1 (DC Comics) Neal Adams (writer and artist). So, here’s a quick history lesson for all you amateur Batmanologists out there. In the early 1970s, artist Neal Adams and writer Dennis O’Neil were instrumental in ridding Batman of the campiness inspired by the Adam West TV show, bringing the character [...]
Category Comics, Reviews · Tags 1, batman, Casanova, comic, comics, Download, hellboy, odyssey, Review, Reviews, shadowland, smurfs, storm, x-women
Posted by Karsten School on July 5, 2010 · 7 Comments
The Summer of 2010 is a good time to be a fan of Marvel’s Armoured Avenger. The movie “Iron Man 2″ is currently tearing up the box-office, pleasing critics and viewers alike. On the printed page, Matt Fraction and Salvador Larroca’s Invincible Iron Man is consistently one of Marvel’s best monthly comics, and Iron Man stands front and centre in Marvel’s hottest new title, the relaunched fourth volume of The Avengers. Starkamania is running wild, but what is it about the man in the red and gold armour that so captures fans’ imaginations? In a comic book world of gods, monsters and mutants, radioactive spider bite victims and Hitler-punching patriots, what makes a guy in a souped up tin can stand out?
Posted by Julian Papas on April 21, 2010 · 4 Comments
Have you ever wanted to be a superhero?
Category Film, Reviews · Tags ass, comic, Film, kick, kick-ass, mark millar, marvel, matthew vaughn, mclovin, nic cage, Review, superhero