PopCultHQ Comic Book Review – Jack the Hunted #1 from Insane Comics

PopCultHQ received a preview copy of Jack the Hunted #1 from Insane Comics. Available now, the creative team for this new series features writing from Dylan Davison & Jasper Korneitchouk, with art by Renatus. Here is PopCultHQ’s spoiler-free review of Jack the Hunted #1… PopCultHQ’s Comic Book Review: Jack the Hunted #1 Explored from the perspective of the courtesans of London, Jack the Hunted is a modern day retelling of the Jack the Ripper murders set in an alternative universe where the victims band together and fight back. Mary Kelly, an ex­ call girl, returns to London to visit her old work

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PopCultHQ Comic Book Review – Planet Zero #1 from Insane Comics

PopCultHQ received a preview copy of Planet Zero #1 from Insane Comics. Available now, the creative team for this new series features writing from Massimo Rosi and artist Stefano Cardoselli. Here is PopCultHQ’s spoiler-free review of Planet Zero #1… PopCultHQ’s Comic Book Review: Planet Zero #1 Planet Zero is a futuristic tale of a dying Earth. The downtrodden inhabitants are forced to flee into outer space in search of a new home. A home of hope. The war ultimately follows them to their new planet and its a fight for survival. Is war an inevitability or can the factions come to an accord?

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PopCultHQ Comic Book Review – Silence of God #1 from Insane Comics

PopCultHQ received a preview copy of Silence of God #1 from Insane Comics. Available now, the creative team for this new mature readers series features writing from Massimo Rosi and artist Stefano Cardoselli. Here is PopCultHQ’s spoiler-free review of Silence of God #1… PopCultHQ’s Comic Book Review: Silence of God #1 A dark, gritty, and sometimes haunting look at the lengths a man will go to avenge the only one he lived for. Would you make a deal with Death to see a family member’s killer be brought to justice? Death lingers and looms in the darkness. A man mourns the loss of

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PopCultHQ Comic Book Review – Grimm Fairy Tales #122 by Zenescope (Out 5/11/16)

PopCultHQ received a preview copy of Grimm Fairy Tales #122 from Zenescope Entertainment. In stores on May 11, the creative team for this new mature readers series features writing from Pat Shand, artist Chris Johnson, colorist Erick Arciniega, and lettered by Ghost Glyph Studios. Here is PopCultHQ’s spoiler-free review of Grimm Fairy Tales #122… PopCultHQ’s Comic Book Review: Grimm Fairy Tales #122 There’s a reason the Grimm Fairy Tales titles have endured through over 100 issues, which is a rare feat these days, and it can all be attributed to the creative team. What GFT #122 delivers is a prime example of what happens

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PopCultHQ Review of American Gothic Press’s – KILLBOX #1

Brought to you from American Gothic Press, comes the newest independent comic smash hit, KILLBOX! Written Tom Riordan and art by Nathan Gooden, it is a tale of, secretly broadcasting the brutal entertainment of watching human hunt human to the elite. The more elite you are and willing to pay for it, you get to see the most graphic content. A game of assassins vs one another, all for the prize of money or just simply quenching a blood thirst. Either way, the contestants of the KILLBOX are all put into an arena of precise size and location. Often these locations can

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PopCultHQ Comic Book Review – GFT Satan’s Hollow #2 (of 6) from Zenescope Entertainment (Out 4/27/16)

PopCultHQ received a preview copy of Grimm Fairy Tales: Satan’s Hollow #2 (of 6) from Zenescope Entertainment. Arriving in stores today, Wednesday, April 27th, the creative team for this new mature readers series features writing from Joe Brusha, interior artist Allan Otero, colorists J.C. Ruiz and Fran Gamboa, letterer Matt Krotzer, and cover artist Ian Richardson. Here is PopCultHQ’s spoiler-free review of Grimm Fairy Tales: Satan’s Hollow #2 (of 6)… PopCultHQ’s Comic Book Review: Satan’s Hollow #2 (of 6) If you are new to the series as I am, here’s the storyline from Satan’s Hollow #1: After the disappearance of a local boy in Blue Ash, Ohio, things

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PopCultHQ Artist Spotlight and Interview with Phenom: Keron Grant

  “Don’t fall into the trap of becoming a “professional” artist where you become “good” and your “anatomy” is so perfect and your work is dead, depressed and lifeless. Above all else, your work has to have a soul. It has to have energy, rhythm, movement. It should be alive.” – Keron Grant Keron Grant is art inspiration, art greatness and most importantly Keron is the embodiment of the word art itself. The true definition of how the philosophy of mind emphasizing the role that the body plays in shaping the mind. Keron loves, breath, lives art and his work speaks volumes if

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PopCultHQ’s Comic Book Review – “Jackpot!” #1 from AfterShock Comics (On sale 4/13/16)

PopCultHQ received a preview copy of Jackpot! #1 by AfterShock Comics which arrived in stores last Wednesday, April 13th. The creative team for this new series features writing from Ray Fawkes, interior artist Marco Failla, and colorist Stefani Rennee. Here is PopCultHQ’s spoiler-free review of Jackpot! #1… PopCultHQ’s Comic Book Review: Jackpot! #1: The debut issue of Jackpot, with the story entitled “The Players,” is hands down one of the best first issues I have read in quite some time. From the very beginning of the book, you immediately find yourself immersed in this story of intrigue, action, and a suspenseful heist. A plot

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PopCultHQ’s Comic Book Review – “Legends of Oz: Tik-Tok and the Kalidah” #1 by Aspen Comics/Big Dog Ink (Out 4/20/16)

PopCultHQ received an advance copy of Legends of Oz: Tik-Tok and the Kalidah #1 by Aspen Comics‘ Big Dog Ink imprint which arrives in stores this Wednesday, April 20th. The creative team for this new series features writing from Rob Anderson, interior artist Renato Rei, and colorist Ceci de la Cruz. Here is PopCultHQ’s spoiler-free review of Legends of Oz: Tik-Tok and the Kalidah #1… PopCultHQ’s Comic Book Review: Legends of Oz: Tik-Tok and the Kalidah #1: Welcome to the Legends of Oz! In the world of Oz, legends come in all shapes and sizes… Big Dog Ink begun its various Legends of

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PopCultHQ’s Comic Book Review – ESCAPE FROM MONSTER ISLAND #3 from Zenescope (Available 4/20/16)

PopCultHQ received an advance copy of Escape from Monster Island #3 from Zenescope Entertainment which arrives in stores this Wednesday, April 20th. The creative team for this new series features writing from Joe Tyler, interior artist Carlos Granda, and colorist Jorge Cortes. Here is PopCultHQ’s spoiler-free review of Escape from Monster Island #3… PopCultHQ’s Comic Book Review: Escape from Monster Island #3: A remote island. An experiment gone wrong. A supposed cure for cancer. A horde of monsters vowing revenge on the very humanity that caused their monstrous transformation. The Elf Queen of the Monsters, along with the horde of hulking, hideous beasts collectively

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