World Comic Book Review

29th April 2024

Jack Irons: The Steel Cowboy #2 (review)

Writer: Cody Fernandez Artist: Maxi Dall’o Wkd Publishing / IronVerse Comics, October 2019 Crack open your best, cheapest bourbon. Everyone’s favourite hulking, muttering space cowboy returns in Jack Irons #2. We favourably reviewed the first issue back in December 2018 – see https://worldcomicbookreview.com/2018/12/31/jack-irons-the-steel-cowboy-1-review/.  The hook to this title is the droll comedy. The issue opens with … Read more

Warpaint #1-4 (review)

Writer: Kev SherryArtist: Katia Vecchio Sharply feminist and created with artisanal precision, Warpaint is a profound independent publication from writer Kev Sherry and artist Katia Vecchio. It follows the life of a girl called Selene, from the perspective of her high school friend Sophie Ember, years later, learning of Selene’s death and lapsing into the memories … Read more

The Naked Eye #1 (review)

Writer: Jason Doring Artist: Beniamino Delvecchio Independently published, August 2019 Ben (nickname: “Bram”) is a paparazzo who can turn invisible. Tasked by a nudist yoga instructor and fellow paparazzo named Rich, he breaks into a hotel room occupied by a man named Dennis Katz. Katz apparently has a liberally-minded public persona quite different to what … Read more

Curses (Review)

CursesWriter: Josef CastielArtist: Jacob FlemingCursescomic.com One of the most sensible things to do in independent comic book publishing, and one done so rarely done that we cannot think of another example of it, is to deploy an editor. Too many independent comics suffer for the absence of an editor. Writer Josef Castiel and artist Jacob … Read more