iZombie: Dead To The World Writer: Chris Roberson Artist: Michael Allred Color Artist: Laura Allred Letterer: Todd Klein Publisher: Vertigo Rating: 8/10 Braaaaaaains The spooky season is reaching critical spookiness and to appease the ghosts and ghoulies of the night it’s time to review another Halloween themed book. This week I am revisiting Comic Lounger Gen’s pick from my previous vote, iZombie: Dead To The World, as it was a strongly recommended pick. What kind of monster

A few weeks ago it was announced that the Vertigo imprint at DC Comics was being shut down. Hearing that news made me really reflect on how much of an impact the comics published by Vertigo had on me. It was a hard pill to swallow, knowing that there would never be another new series with the Vertigo banner. I know we can't deny the magnificent books that Image Comics and other indie companies are publishing right now, but there's just something about that Vertigo logo that I

PREACHER: BOOK ONE Writer: Garth Ennis Artist: Steve Dillon Colorists: Matt Hollingsworth and Pamela Rambo Letterer: Clem Robins Rating: 9/10 DC Vertigo has made headlines as of late because it was announced that this beloved mature-reader imprint will cease to exist. DC has decided to abandon its imprints in favor of a rating system instead. DC Kids for the children, DC for teens and up, DC Black Label for mature readers. Upon hearing this news, this pushed me to start picki

SWEET TOOTH: BOOK ONE Writer: Jeff Lemire Artist: Jeff Lemire Colorist: Jose Villarrubia Letterer: Pat Brosseau Publisher : DC/Vertigo Jeff Lemire's SWEET TOOTH is a Vertigo comic that came out in 2009. Upon reading it, I was constantly thinking of a piece written roughly around 380 BC, Plato's Republic. The specific part of the Republic I want to focus on is Plato's Allegory of the Cave. To explain the sheer brilliance of the philosophy behind SWEET TOOTH, we must first exam

Dean Ormston has been illustrating comic book since 1990 when he landed a gig on JUDGE DREDD MAGAZINE. He continued to do work over at 2000 AD before working at DC/Vertigo. While at Vertigo, Dean worked on titles such as SANDMAN, BOOKS OF MAGIC and THE EATERS. Perhaps the book he's best known for would be LUCIFER, with Mike Carey. Dean's dark and ominous style was perfect for the estranged ruler of Hell. The book has been well regarded since it's creation and continues to bri