The Friday Review: Clumsy/Unlikely
By Zack Smith
Jeffrey Brown has made his mark in 2003 with his autobiographical tales of loving and losing. Ninth Art makes a double date with CLUMSY and UNLIKELY, two of Brown's earliest works.
The Friday Review: Hewligan's Haircut
By Brent Keane
An early collaboration by two of comics' most pop-sensible creators, HEWLIGAN'S HAIRCUT may have a little too much of the art school about it, but it certainly entertains. Something for the weekend, sir?
The Friday Review: Watchmen
By Brent Keane
It's the cornerstone of Alan Moore's reputation, and one of the most popular, successful and critically acclaimed comics ever made. Whether you're reading it for the first time or the one hundredth, Ninth Art discovers that it's still worth watching the WATCHMEN.
The Friday Review: Brooklyn Dreams
By Ben Wooller
Themes of fatherhood, spirituality, mortality and self-awareness are common in JM DeMatteis's works, but what may seem too strange in MOONSHADOW, too unresolved in SEEKERS, finds humanity and voice through BROOKLYN DREAMS.
The Friday Review: Beg The Question
By Frank Smith
In Fantagraphics' repackaged collection of MINIMUM WAGE, Bob Fingerman chronicles the lives of oversexed twentysomething hipsters in New York. Sounds fun, but Ninth Art begs to ask, is it worth a quiz?
The Friday Review: Wildcats Version 3.0: Brand Building
By Alex Dueben
New readers may be wary of joining WildStorm's flagship spandex title on its third iteration. Ninth Art sends in a WILDCATS virgin to give his view of this ambitious and unconventional superhero series.
The Friday Review: Stray Bullets: Innocence Of Nihilism
By John Parker
Crime fiction remains an underrepresented genre in comics, but of the few crime comics produced, one series stands head and shoulders above the rest. Ninth Art takes a bullet.
The Friday Review: Stormwatch: Team Achilles
By Brent Keane
From the Rangers to the Beavers, Micah Ian Wright can claim a stranger pedigree than most new writers, and it shows in his debut series, the politically informed and action packed latest incarnation of STORMWATCH.
The Friday Review: Pop Gun War
By Ben Wooller
When an angel abandons his wings in a dumpster, it provides one young boy with an opportunity to see his world from a different perspective. Ninth Art takes flight with Farel Dalrymple's exceptional POP GUN WAR.
The Friday Review: Madman: The Oddity Odyssey
By Frank Smith
With geek as literary chic, Mike Allred has emerged at the forefront of the independents with his willingness to embrace his passion for superhero weirdness. Ninth Art goes crazy for MADMAN.