This Week’s Comics is the pull list of Comic Books recommended by Hush Comics, with notes and suggestions by co-owner, Sherif Elkhatib.
Recommendations:
Superman: American Alien #1: Operation “Let’s show people that Superman is still cool” continues with this seven-part mini-series. Each issue will be a separate story detailing a different part in Clark’s life. It will likely be terrible, but DC is trying SO hard, you guys.
All-New [Fill in the Blank] #1: There are three new Marvel books with the All-New imprint on them this week, with the launch title Avengers being the biggest. Me, though, I’m stoked about seeing X-23 embrace her inner Wolverine.
Limbo #1: A six-parter from Image title that crosses 50’s pulp noir with 80’s vibes. The art looks fantastic and I get a very Ugly Americans vibe from the setting. Really, anything new and different from Image stays in my to-read list.
Graphic Novels:
Age of Ultron vs. Marvel Zombies (Marvel)
Andre the Giant: Closer to Heaven (IDW)
Cyanide and Happiness: Stab Factory (BOOM!) Batman R.I.P. Unwrapped (DC) Django/Zorro (Dynamite) Drones (IDW) Infinite Loop (IDW) Wolf Volume 1 (Image)
Comic Books:
Archie Comics Sonic The Hedgedog #278
BOOM! Studios Adventure Time #46 Americatown #4 Lantern City #7 Last Sons of America #1 Sleepy Hallow Providence #4 (final issue)
Dark Horse Comics Abe Sapien #28 Harrow County #7 King Tiger #4 (final issue) Mirror’s Edge: Exordium #3 Rebels #8
DC Comics Batman #46 Batman and Robin Eternal #6 Batman Beyond #6 Batman/Superman #26 Catwoman #46 Constantine: The Hellblazer #6 DC Comics Bombshells #4 Fables: The Wolf Among Us #11 Justice League: The Darkseid Wars – Green Lantern #1 Justice League: The Darkseid Wars – Shazam #1 Justice League United #15 Red Hood/Arsenal #6 Slash and Burn #1 Starfire #6 Superman: American Alien #1 Teen Titans #13 Twilight Children #2
Dynamite Entertainment: Alice Cooper vs. Chaos #3 Grumpy Cat #2 Pathfinder: Hallow Mountain #1 Red Sonja/Conan #4 (final issue)
IDW: G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero #219 Last Fall #5 (final issue) Maxx Maxximized #25 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Amazing Adventures #4 X-Files: Season 11 #4
Image Comics: 68 Last Rights #3 8House #5 Airboy #4 (final issue) Astronauts in Trouble #6 Autumnlands: Tooth & Claw #7 Birthright #11 Codename Baboushka: The Conclave of Death #2 Descender #7 Drifter #9 Faster Than Light #3 Goddamned #1 Limbo #1 Mythic #5 Postal: FBI Dossier #1 Southern Bastards #12 The Walking Dead #148 Wicked + The Divine #16
The mythical A+: Classic comic book material. Belongs next to your copy of The Notebookand The Joy of Cooking.
A: Would definitely recommend to all comic book readers. Even more so to fans of the genre or characters
B: Enjoyable read. Fans of the genre or characters will especially like.
C: Non-essential read. Can be enjoyable for fans of the genre or characters, but likely for only one or two events in the books.
D: Unenjoyable book. Read at your own risk. Might find satisfaction if major flaws are overlooked.
F: Please don’t buy this book. Donate your money to a local comic book writer’s workshop instead to inspire future generations to write something better than this trash.
Pick of the Week:
Howard the Duck #1 – A
Writer: Chip Zdarsky
Artist: Joe Quinones
Like always, Howard the Duck ends up being my favorite comic of the week and so much of this is due to my past love of the character, but much of my love for this new and the pre-Secret Wars series are due to Chip Zdarsky’s fantastic writing! It is such a great mix of classic and modern Howard that it melds together better than peanut butter and jelly. This story seems to take place not that far after the events before Secret Wars, but Howard is still depressed and feeling out of place. Despite having his new Skrull friend Tara Tam and Aunt May starting work at his office, Howard still wants to get home to Duckworld, despite hating it there. So Howard and Tara take a trip to ease his stress, only to find out that is was a ruse from Howard to try and find a portal into the nexus of all realties, with help from his old friend Man-Thing. But Man-Thing is busy with the Howling Commandos of Shield, so Howard is left with a couple villains trying to use the portal and ends up in yet another stressful interaction for our duck detective. Also, Gwenpool WTF?!?! – Jacob
Second Opinion (A): Anyone else feel a little uncomfortable with how hot septuagenarian Aunt May is? It’s making me question myself. Seriously though, I really love this duck. – Montgomery
Other Reviews:
BOOM! Studios:
Klaus #1 – A Writer: Grant Morrison Artist: Dan Mora
It’s really hard to not give a Morrison comic an A+ on merit alone. But this book exemplifies why I hate the most commercial aspects of Christmas: the tradition handed down to us from, literally, Woolworth’s is garbage. All the stories are insipid, and the lesson of all of them is that desire is the kindling of magic. This Klaus, however, is awesome in a way our chubby fat guy in a red suit never is. Klaus is a wanderer outside of some place very Germanic and very frozen. He wanders into the wrong town (which used to be the right town) and is kicked out and nearly hunted. The town is run by a despotic and despondent family who, because of desire, have lost all sense of life. There isn’t much exploration of Klaus as a character in this first issue, but an image painted of what kind of world needs a Santa in the first place. This Santa’s pretty metal, and a little psychedelic. – Montgomery
Second Opinion (B): I’ll tread carefully for fear of coal in my stocking, but the book needs to do a better job of merging silly tone with extra-violent theme to really get on my Nice list. The art, though, is freaking incredible. – Sherif
DC/Vertigo Comics:
Justice League Darkseid Wars – Flash #1 – D
Writer: Rob Williams
Artist: Jesus Merino
Man, DC Comics is feeling like a lame college party trying to compete with a new fraternity rush. They are completely being outdone by Marvel in every way. Even the Darkseid Wars, which is one of DC’s strongest arcs right now, is being watered down by the multiple spin-off titles. Batman’s spotlight last week wasn’t bad, but this one was just awful. Barry’s obsession with saving everyone has forced him into a stand-off with Death. Sloppy art and a few “profound” moments later, and you’ve successfully wasted $4. – Sherif
Justice League Darkseid Wars – Superman #1 – F-
Writer: Francis Manapul
Artist: Bong Dazo
I wish I could truly tell the world how much I hate this issue. We get it – dickhead Superman is not relatable. He’s also a douchebag who yells at the waiter for not getting his apple pie in 3 panels. It’s basically a superlative for every stereotype we’ve ever thrown at DC for the Man of Steel. Super seriously, it’s something not even Mad magazine would wipe their ass with. You should be fucking ashamed of yourself, DC. – Sherif
Dynamite Entertainment:
James Bond #1 – B-
Writer: Warren Ellis
Artist: Jason Masters
This was a pretty quick read because there were no words for the first seven pages. Which is a little odd. However, I just finished watching Spectre, and this was a decent read in comparison. I like a story where drugs are considered bad, and this let’s us know from the get-go that we dealing with some bad people. It’s hard to tell how well this story will unfold, but for now, it was a decent first issue. – Adrian
Second Opinion (C+): I liked this iteration of James Bond. I especially like the parts with no words and lots of killing. – Sherif
IDW Publishing:
Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye #46 – B+ Writer: James Roberts Artist: Alex Milne
When I saw Grimlock on the cover, I peed a little. TF:MTMTE has excelled at playing its cards close to its chest, and playing a long game. I think it’s been at least two years since we last saw Grim. Fort Max is sailing the universe rounding up former Decepticon fugitives guilty of selling Cybertronian technology. He runs across The Scavengers, a team of well meaning and mostly harmless Decepticons, who have been unknowingly been involved in a sort of robot trafficking scam. They’ve also been taking care of Grimlock who, the last time we saw him, was wondering aimlessly with seemingly no thoughts in his head. The story isn’t particularly ground breaking, and his return isn’t quite a world breaking fireworks show (nor is it a full return yet, from what we can see), but the whole comic was a sweet character study of some pretty minor characters. – Montgomery
Image Comics:
Monstress #1 – A Writer: Marjorie Liu
Artist: Sana Takeda
Damn. One amazing start to a new story. This creative team is a force not to be reckoned with. To be honest this was the first time I’ve heard of Liu, but after looking her up she has quite the resume on her. She’s worked on Astonishing X-Men and Black Widow. At the end of the comic Liu says she got the inspiration for this comic from this stories her grandparents told about horrors they experienced during World War II. She wanted to write a story about survival, racial hatred, and the concept of fighting something monstrous. I really loved the fact that this was 75 pages instead of the usual 15-25. I don’t think I could have handled this same story taking three week to get to. Maika the main character of the story and are is too good for that. Yes, let me wax poetic about the art. It is come of the most beautiful and intricate stuff I have seen in a long time. I found myself getting lost/wondering in the panels longer than I do with most comic books. It really begs you to sit with it longer. The narrative also treats you like you’re part of the world and doesn’t give you any heavy exposition. You’re exploring the world as the characters move though the plot. Creep factor that still makes me squirm: the witches of this series literally cut the Arcaics into chucks and eat them in order to absorb their power. So very gross, but also interesting in terms of creating a certain type of magical system. I highly recommended that people read this story. I don’t think many will be disappointed in what is all trying to be accomplished here. – Jené
Elephantmen #67 – A-
Writer: Richard Starkings
Artist: Axel Medellin
For Walking Dead fans, I compare this issue a lot to this last week’s episode with Morgan and his Yoda-esque idol Eastman; I am left wondering much like with Glenn, and similarly, I am wondering what happened to Ebony in Elephantmen. This issue, although just as action-packed, gives us little hope for Ebony and even makes us even more terrified of his outcome in seeing one of those damn alligators dragging him and biting his leg before going back to the action with the main crew for this story. Despite the action continuing and all the Elephantmen and their friends being in terrible danger at the start of this issue, we get to see a great flashback with Trench and how he actually saved Agathe years back, which must be pretty damning realizing how many Elephantmen he killed after that day. We leave this issue with just as much anticipation as the last ,wanting to know more now and making sure our heroes are fine… At least in the month until we find out what happens next we will likely find out about Glenn on The Walking Dead. – Jacob
Axcend #2 – B
Writer: Shane Davis
Artist: Michelle Delecki
Colorist: Morry Hollowell
In the last issue the in game betas started to show up in real life, which also includes the special in game powers. At the start of this issue we are introduced to the real life persona of Rayne. In this case she is a famous pop-singer gamer also called Rain. Rain is that pop star that tabloids love. She’s big on sex, drugs, and drinking. She’s also a world class gamer. She pulls Dog out of the game and they track down Morn and now they are teaming up to stop Ruin before he gets his beta. Ruin is sort of an unstoppable killing machine so it would be in everyone’s best interest if he was stopped. Maybe next issue. – Scott
Paper Girls #2 – B
Writer: Rick Remender
Artist: Cliff Chiang
I like how little dialogue there is in this book. The art and colors are still really mesmerizing to me, which helps me read it quickly. I have more questions than answers this time. Is it demons? Time-travelers? Aliens? The Japanese? I don’t know, but I look forward to finding out. Also, I hope the cool girl isn’t really dead. – Adrian
Second Opinion (C): Just because no Remender book can be normal reading, Paper Girls gets way to convoluted way too quickly. Hopefully Remender can help guide readers to the actual story sooner than later. – Sherif
Nailbiter #17 – C
Writer: Joshua Williamson
Artist: Mike Henderson
That was disappointing. I still love this series, but what a bunch of filler. There was nothing that was memorable. The most important players in this issue have had little to no time in the series before, so any revelations that were to be had seemed minuscule to the audience. Better luck next time, I suppose. – Adrian
Second Opinion (B-): Don’t get me wrong, I still very much enjoy Nailbiter but at this point it feels like they are building up so much intrigue, and so much mystery that there is no way the actual climax will live up to its own hype. I’m really into the new story lines outside of Buckaroo at this point, but I can’t shake the feeling that even after all these issues we all haven’t accomplished much. – Keriann
We Stand on Guard #5 – C
Writer: Brian K. Vaughan
Artist: Steve Skroce
Call me bitter, but I got really bummed when I found out this would be a six-part mini-series instead of an on-going tale. All the momentum and excitement I felt I’d have for years is now going to be boiled down into one final issue, and for that to be the case, I was largely underwhelmed. Turns out that Amber’s brother is still alive, in some weird prison with Chief McFadden. There are some interesting moving parts in the story, but it doesn’t feel much like a climax is building. Vaughan is now killing characters at will now to help wrap things up. I’m just really disappointed – for a minute there, I almost really liked Canadians. – Sherif
Marvel/Icon Comics:
Invincible Iron Man #3 – A
Writer: Brian Michael Bendis
Artist: David Marquez
Colorist: Justin Ponsor
I love everything about this book. I’m ready to let go of all inhibitions and just be an Iron Man fan. Bendis has made this book hilarious but action-packed, the tech upgrades are subtle yet impressive, and the art, holy cow, the art is spectacular. This is by far my favorite book of the All-New All-Different launch, and mostly because it keeps me dying of laughter while actually having a story to tell. Some books fail by being so funny they don’t think there needs to be a story, or taking themselves so seriously that they have been pigeon-holed into not being relatable. This is a complete 180 from the a-hole Tony Stark in Superior Iron Man, and I am loving it. – Sherif
Second Opinion (B+): The art is still off the wall. The “rude” retorts are hilarious. And it is good to note to say “Hail Hydra” to anyone if you want to date them, just to make sure. You never know. – Adrian
Star Wars #11 – A
Writer: Jason Aaron
Artist: Stuart Immonen
Inker: Wade Von Grawbadger
Colorist: Justin Ponsor
The was full of actiony goodness. There was excellent pacing between the three story lines happening at once. It didn’t feel clunky going from storyline to storyline. Watching Chewbacca fight Dengar was pretty sweet. I like these look-ins on these lesser known characters. Luke is busy fighting a giant beast that regularly eats lava monsters, so that’s no good. We finally got the story on the whole Mrs. Solo thing, to so surprise it was a way to con someone. My favorite bit came at the end though when we got Han being Han. – Scott
Doctor Strange #2 – B+ Writer: Jason Aaron Artist: Chris Bachalo
There seems to be a pattern with these new Marvel books of using a two issue arc to tease at a larger narrative. It’s not bad, but it makes the introduction to these “new” (new like the 60s) worlds seem a little shallow. The librarian with the maggot cursed brain continues receiving help from Strange (spoiler: she gets better). Strange’s magic goes wonky. In a serious missed opportunity, she wanders into a room in Strange’s house that leads to a wasteland paved in bones roamed by the walking dead. I want to go into THAT world! I think the problem with this story and the Vision story is half the world is populated by characters we don’t really have much reason to care about (the librarian isn’t a very gripping character, especially given who Strange drinks with) and making them the focus. Whatever. I’m old and nearly dead. These are comics for Dora-the-Explorer hologram children. I can read it or lie in the street and wait for nature to reclaim my corpse. Note: not actually nearly dead. – Montgomery.
Extraordinary X-Men #1 – B+
Writer: Jeff Lemire
Artist: Humberto Ramos
Colorist: Edgar Delgado
What Jeff Lemire does best is taking something that’s been convoluted and over-complicated, and making it feel organic; he did it with Green Arrow, and Justice League Dark, and here again with Extraordinary X-Men. There are some gaps in time that beg some explaining to new readers, but it’s a wonderful transition from the last All-New X-Men canon. Not only is Old Man Logan joining the fold, but Illyana (one of my favorite X-Men who never gets any shine) and Piotr are back. The mutant “situation” is worse than ever, with mutants being hunted down like animals, and the Terrigen Mists eliminating the possibility of new mutants sprouting up. It’s X-Men at its roots, something that I am completely behind. – Sherif
Deadpool #1 – B+
Writer: Gerry Duggan
Artist: Mike Hawthorne, Terry Pallot, Val Staples
This issue starts off in a grand Deadpool fashion with craziness abound. Just like most post-Secret Wars titles, there isn’t much explanation offered as to how things got to where they are. Despite being all over the place, and having TONS of Deadpools, it was very well done, and even ties into the Uncanny Avengers title a little bit, which will help explain how Deadpool is an Avenger now and why and how he is helping fund the Avengers. Gerry Duggan comes back as writer in a grand Deadpool fashion: plenty of laughs, confusion, and bloody action. It also has plenty of nods to Deadpool’s pre-Secret Wars life with glimpses of Shikla, Adsit, and Preston, but not enough to know how they are or why Adsit has a huge beard. Mike Hawthorne’s pencils and Terry Pallot’s inks are fantastic for this issue and give me lot of hope for Deadpool art in the coming future, and Val Staples colors complete the trifecta of art into near Perfect Deadpool fashion. – Jacob
Drax #1 – B-
Writer: CM Punk, Cullen Bunn
Artist: Scott Hepburn, Matt Milla
Drax finally has his own modern series where we see his adventures outside the Guardians, but it proves to be a little lackluster when compared to Rocket and Groot’s solo adventures. I am sure in time this story will flourish and my negativity may just come from the fact I enjoyed/ am enjoying Rocket and Groot’s solo adventures (even if the other is in each others stories). This story worried me from the start though because the modern take on Drax has a very dry sense of humor to it while also having the potential to be extremely violent, very much on the same side as Deadpool, but at least Deadpool knows he is and tries to be funny where Drax is funny by just being dead serious. I do have to say CM Punk (with Cullen Bunn) had a great story here for his debut with his full series for Marvel and can only see him improving which gives me a lot of hope for the future of the series. Scott Hepburn and Matt Milla’s art is a spectacular mix of near surrealism and realism mixed into comic book fashion. Definitely a style I am totally down with. – Jacob
Nova #1 – C+ Writer: Sean Ryan Arist: Cory Smith
Ugh. I hate kid heroes. “How’m I going to balance school work and killing giant lizards? What if Lizzie won’t go to the prom with me? Oh no! All my acne ruptured inside this helmet!” Dumb. What’s with all these “stay in school kids!” messages in all the Marvel books I’ve read this week? This book wasn’t terrible, but I feel like it’s a waste of time to pick up a book about one of Marvel’s cosmic heroes and have half the book be about seeing a movie with your buds and passing an English test. I mean, seriously, I’ve got another five paragraphs in me about this topic. It’s the same reason I hated Sesame Street as a kid: if I wanted to see regular sauce humans stumbling around being horrible and stupid, I’d just pay attention to the noxious swarm buzzing around me 24/7. When I pick up a book called NOVA about space cops, I expect to see some space action, not literally rescuing cats from burning houses. Spider-Man can handle that. I mean, also regular people can handle that. Like I said, the comic isn’t horrible, but if I don’t get equal parts space adventure in my space comic, I couldn’t care less about a hero’s personal life. – Montgomery
Vision #1 – C Writer: Tom King Artist: Gabriel Hernandez Walta
Vision is one of those characters whom I really love and identify with, but for whom finding a good story seems impossible. Since the new Marvel turned things around with Doc Strange, I had hopes for Vision. But I was kind of let down. The premise is that the Vision has made a family for himself and wants to live as normal a life as the thinking feeling son of Ultron can (so, that’s the origin we’re sticking with?). He has a wife, a son, and a daughter. The book has a cool premise, but it spends so much time trying to be literary in that way that screams “THIS IS WHAT SITCOMS THINKS WRITERS DO” that nothing really seems to happen. I mean, it wasn’t terrible, but, look: Because, yeah: nothing screams well adjusted like high schoolers. Maybe the point is that Vision isn’t as intelligent as he thinks he is, but things like this smack more of lazy writing, or perhaps some kind “let’s get the kids reading the comic books” PR initiative, than something the Vision might actually do. I feel 100% convinced that someone as smart as him would watch TV for 15 minutes and, correctly, conclude, “Oh, for sure, school is the last place I want to to send a person I have any hope of being balanced. And then they all get murdered. But probably not. – Montgomery
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That about wraps it up for our reviews this week! Look for next week’s previews coming soon. Any comic books you didn’t see reviewed that you want reviewed? Any grades you didn’t agree on? Let us know in the comments!
All images taken from ComiXology app and the credit for them goes to the respective publishers; thanks to all the publishers for putting out great books.
After the first episode, where Ash’s stupidity shows – reading the Necronomicon while stoned and trying to impress a woman – we get near double the violence and about ten times the blood this episode! Also, I will give you fair warning to leave before SPOILERS here as they will start right after this sentence – which was written especially long and boring and filled with way too many words to make sure you leave if you don’t want the episode SPOILED. OK, here it goes! In this episode we start off seeing Kelly run off to get to her parents after seeing her dead mom in a video with her dad last episode, and she has absconded with the Necronomicon! So Ash and Pablo head off after her to her parents house to get back that damned book of the dead and to hopefully save Kelly. Who is ready for another bloody, and perhaps possessed, good time this week?
Pros:
Plenty of great Deadite action!: This episode, from the start, has enough stress and fear you expect from these evil Deadites; it carries onto to just about the last second, and man oh man are the fights intense.
A bit more of Jill Marie Jones: This episode gave us a bit more of Jill Marie Jones’ character, Detective Fisher, and what she will bring to the ultimate story. As I said last week, the more we see of her the better her character will get, and after this episode, I imagine Fisher will become quite the character – yet another great female force for the franchise!
Oceans of Blood: This episode has quite possibly the bloodiest death of a demon/Zombie in all of cinema, and all thanks to a broken beer bottle. Holy crap, does it make the blood pour? Unfortunately, it doesn’t cause that much damage. The scene with Kelly’s parents was also intense and very bloody. We can only expect it to get better (worse?) since it is only two episodes in and more Evil Dead style deaths are sure to be in store.
Ash’s One Liners: Ash has plenty of quick-witted quips and one-liners this episode, from the instant classic, “Thanks for the heads up!” followed by a Deadite head being splattered, and the line, “You’re kind of like a young me; Deadites ruined your life and you’re hot as hell.” Definitely going to be hearing Evil Dead fans quote these for many years!
Pablo and Kelly continue to be great additions: When it was announced that Ash would have traveling companions for the series, it left some Evil Dead fans wondering, “But Ash is a lone wolf and the king needs no peasants!” But every second Ray Santiago and Dana DeLorenzo are on screen as Pablo and Kelly, you get a very Ash feeling from them both, although they are both much nicer people. These two, as Pablo said about himself in the first episode, “Have seen some shit!” Now that they both have a basic understanding of what the Necronomicon brings, and what the power of a Deadite truly is, I feel they will be on full badass mode – even if they are only carrying a broken bottle as protection. But really, can we talk about Pablo and his Knife?? And the head attack on Kelly’s Deadite mom? Yeah… Like I said, Badass!
Cons:
No Lucy Lawless: The biggest disappointment this episode was the lack of Lucy Lawless’s character Ruby, but by the looks of next week’s preview, we will likely see her in a much larger role, which makes her absence tolerable… for now.
Why must they only be 30 minutes?: I promise it will be the last review that I complain about this, but man this show needs to be an hour. The thirty minute intervals work and makes each episode insanely epic, but when you think of other shows along the same caliber and entertainment wise, they all tend to be an hour long. Again though, with 5 hours of Evil Dead (with 10 half an hour episodes) and a second season already green-lit, I am sure binge-watching the series will become the norm.
Predictions:
Detective Fisher will both help and hurt Ash’s Journey: It is looking like both Detective Fisher and Ruby, who is likely to come into play next week, will be pursuing Ash because of how he started the Deadite mess, but just like Ash, they want to stop it. I am guessing Detective Fisher and maybe even Ruby will become anti-heroes by the end and actually may end up with the Necronomicon to prevent Ash from releasing evil once again. However, since there will be a second season, they may not do too well of a job protecting it, either.
Pablo is to broken bottle/knife as Ash is to chainsaw hand: This week’s scenes with the broken beer bottle and Pablo’s back of the head stabbing with a kitchen knife may prove to make Pablo with a bottle or knife nearly as iconic as Ash and his chainsaw hand and broomstick. I may be way off base and Pablo could become more and more powerful as far as weapons go, but he sure wields these tools well.
Hush Comics gives “Bait” 10 out of 10 broken beer bottles, or an A+, for continuing to keep up the pace from episode one. Although it is an A+, the bottles are broken for the lack of Lucy Lawless, but like Ash and the car fight with his former manager, this episode was just sharpening the bottles for use later.
October had some hits, but November is the biggest month of the year for hit movies. While Bond will likely take the top spot, there are about a half-dozen other films I’d spend my money on.
November 6 – Kill Your Friends
Starring: Nicholaus Hault, Craig Roberts, Rosanna Arquette, Tom Riley, James Corden
While the premise of this movie doesn’t really push any hot buttons for me – a movie starring a grown man version of Nicholas Hault does. You loved him as Beast in Days of Future Past, and Nux in Mad Max: Fury Road (collective orgasm noise from the audience), but this version of Hault is just as weird. Based off a 2008 John Niven novel, Kill Your Friends explores the ridiculousness of the music industry, and what it takes to stay alive. It could be interesting, but it reaches for a similar demographic that Spectre draws in; are you really going to miss out on Bond to see this? I didn’t think so. – Sherif
November 6 – Spectre
Starring: Daniel Craig, Christoph Waltz, Léa Seydoux, Ben Whishaw, Ralph Fiennes, Naomie Harris
It’s pretty rare when a James Bond movie strings a plot throughout more than one movie, but that is exactly what Spectre is doing. Tying in the story line of all of Daniel Craig’s Bond movies, Spectre pits Bond against the organization SPECTRE, last seen in 1971’s Diamonds Are Forever. Other than how the story has been plotted out, I’m most excited for another Bond movie. The explosions, the cars, the gadgets… it’s just damn cool. And I have wanted to hate Christoph Waltz again for a while now. His performance in Inglorious Basterds was the epitome of evil and seeing him in films as a good guy, while great, is just not the same. – Adrian
November 6 – The Peanuts Movie
Starring: Noah Schnapp, Bill Melendez (archival recordings), Hadley Belle Miller
Did somebody order a feel-good movie?? One that closes the gap between several generations? Charlie Brown and Co. have always been relevant, but the only thing parents have to show their kids are the old Holiday-themed ones from yesteryear. I’m a bit leery of this remake. There’s a decent chance that it will be too corny to incite nostalgia from adults, and too dated for kids to be relevant, but it’s guaranteed to be worth some laughs. The key might be to not walk into the theater expecting something revolutionary, but rather making you remember the simplicity of what made you laugh ages ago. Although, I’m still not on board with a DJ Khaled song making the trailer. – Sherif
November 6 – Trumbo
Starring: Bryan Cranston, Diane Lane, Louis C.K., Elle Fanning, John Goodman, Michael Stuhlbarg, Helen Mirren
You say Bryan Cranston, I say “how high?” The Heisenberg has been on a tear lately, portraying 50’s icons – first by playing Lyndon B. Johnson on Broadway, and now with his title role in Trumbo. Trumbo is based off the story of Dalton Trumbo, a famous Hollywood screenwriter and novelist in the late 1940’s during the Communist witch hunts of America’s post-war paranoia. Instead of adhering to the government’s wishes, he basically flipped them the bird and continued to write classic works like Spartacus and Exodus even though we was openly blacklisted. It’s not my top (or even top 3) choice for the weekend, but it looks like a solid informative biopic. – Sherif
November 6 – Spotlight
Starring: Mark Ruffalo, Rachel McAdams, Michael Keaton, Stanley Tucci, Liev Schreiber, Billy Crudup
Say your Hail Marys; Jesus can’t save the Catholic Church from Mark “F*cking” Ruffalo and the Boston Globe! Honestly, this is a story that needed to be told, and it’s full of headlining actors that push it from being a B-list lame documentary into a movie that people might actually give a crap about – and they should. Not even the infallible Pope Francis can stop this holy shitstorm from hitting theaters. – Sherif
November 13 – Entertainment
Starring: Tye Sheridan, Michael Cera, John C. Reilly, Lotte Verbeek
Let’s make a bold prediction. Entertainment will receive rave reviews. It’ll be considered genius and multi-layered and all the other fancy shit that Academy Award movies get called, but nobody will watch it. It won’t make sense to most of the world, and people will find it hilarious in a non-obvious, cathartic way. Basically like a Wes Anderson movie that takes itself too seriously. The movie’s focus is on small-time showbiz, but I think your focus should be on other movies. – Sherif
Some may call it narcissistic, but just based off the preview By the Sea looks quite beautiful. Angelina Jolie Pitt’s project (she wrote and directed) stars herself and her hubs Brad Pitt. The film follows a couple who is trying to save their relationship by going on a vacation. It obviously doesn’t end well; however, it does look like a great character study on relationships, people with addictions, and the fine line between love and hate. The two lovers haven’t starred in a movie together since Mr. and Mrs. Smith; this will be a far cry from the comedy. So far the reviews aren’t great. I am still really interested because I find their love incredibly elusive. I just hope this doesn’t turn into Tom and Nicole’s Eyes Wide Shut. – Adrian
November 13 – Heist
Starring: Robert De Niro, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Kate Bosworth, Morris Chestnut, Dave Bautista, Gina Carano
For a moment there, I thought Robert de Niro was really going to accept that he’s an old man now. With movies like The Intern and the upcoming Dirty Grandpa, I thought he was aging gracefully into Morgan Freeman-like roles, but Heist looks like a bunch of cliché garbage that needed to come out solely to keep budgets up for next year. The cast is likable enough, although Morris Chestnut has been in just about one Tyler Perry movie too many to be considered muscle for the bad guy. Seriously, get out of my face, Heist. You’re embarrassing yourself. – Sherif
If a group of sweaty coal miners is your thing, then boy are you going to love The 33. For those of you living under a rock – sorry, that was in poor taste – in 2010, a group of Chilean miners were trapped in a collapsed tunnel for over two months. Everybody got out alive. To be fair, it was a miracle. BUT, to be fair to me as a movie-goer, this does not seem like it would translate into a good movie at all. I’m glad they all survived, but screw going to watch a movie about how they did it. – Sherif
November 20 – Love the Coopers
Starring: John Goodman, Diane Keaton, Marisa Tomei, Amanda Seyfried, Olivia Wilder, Ed Helms, Anthony Mackie
Holiday ensemble movies are a staple in Hollywood, and very rarely do they actually translate into anything timeless, let alone enjoyable. Here, though, I’m hopeful. Reason #1: John Goodman is at the top of my “Celebrities I Wish Were My Grandparent” list. Reason #2: There are funny people of all ages, not just the “main couple” of people to carry the comedy. Reason #3: Olivia Wilde is in it. I like Olivia Wilde. My wife has an unhealthy obsession with Olivia Wilde. The film doesn’t try to hide the dysfunctional family, but rather celebrate it. Love the Coopers might suck, but at least it will suck with good intentions. – Sherif
November 20 – The Night Before
Starring: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Seth Rogan, Anthony Mackie, Lizzy Caplan, Jillian Bell, Michael Shannon, Mindy Kaling
Now that I think about it, I’ve never seen JGL actually cut loose in a movie. He’s always actually acting – weird, huh? This movie smells a lot like a Christmas-themed This is the End, but simplifies the equation with actors that already mesh well together. Reuniting Seth Rogan with Joseph Gordon-Levitt (50/50, the funniest cancer movie ever), and adding in the most harmless token black guy (sorry, Anthony Mackie), The Night Before looks to join the rare breed of original adult comedies in an era crowded by adaptations and franchises. – Sherif
I can’t believe the Hunger Games saga is finally at an end. Get ready for a lot of heartbreak, folks, because the end of the third book is full of it. Primarily focusing on the infiltration of District 13 into the Capitol, there is no going back for Katniss and crew – no more safe points. It’ll be a welcome change of pace from the other movies, and a good way to send the franchise out with a bang. Weird to think that the first movie debuted only 3 years ago; it feels like it’s been forever. So many crappy book-to-movie adaptations have come out in that time. Well, get your handkerchiefs out and sit down with somebody you love to watch the sun set on one of the most epic movie franchises of the decade. – Sherif
November 20 – Secret in Their Eyes
Starring: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Nicole Kidman, Julia Roberts, Dean Norris
I’m sorry, but I burst into tears laughing when I think of any character Julia Roberts plays committing murder in cold blood. Now that Sandra Bullock has successfully stolen any role that Roberts would be typecast for, maybe it’s time to turn over a new leaf. Secret in Their Eyes follows a detective who quit the force when one of the victims she found turned out to be her own daughter. Then she tracks down the killer and is forced to deal with the morality of whether or not to murder him… Welcome to the most recycled plot point in a cop show ever. Pass. – Sherif
November 25 – Legend
Starring: Tom Hardy, Tom Hardy, Emily Browning, Christopher Eccleston, Paul Bettany
Tom Hardy plays twins Ronnie and Reggie Kray, who together ran an organized crime ring in London in the mid-1950s. The “based on real life events” thing comes into play and sort of spoils the ending here – both were arrested and served out life sentences in prison, but that doesn’t mean that a ton of crazy crap happen along the way. Hardy is one of the best character actors around (don’t believe me? Check out Bronson), and I’m sure he’ll do a splendid job playing the homicidal paranoid schizophrenic Ronnie. Crime, violence, and Tom Hardy. I’m in. – Sherif
November 25 – The Good Dinosaur
Starring: Raymond Ochoa, Jack Bright, Sam Elliott, Anna Paquin, Steve Zahn, Jeffrey Wright
It’s an entertaining-looking movie based off a cliché concept: what if dinosaurs were still alive when there were humans? Any time I hear a new “dinosaurs + humans” concept, I start thinking about a reboot of We’re Back, the greatest human-dinosaur movie of all time. However, this is a Pixar movie, and we all know that Pixar movies are on a whole other level visually and in the feels department. It’s movies like this that will make dinosaurs cool again. It’s a buddy movie starring a young Apatosaurus and his pet human (THERE’S a twist). There’s a much larger cast, but it seems as though the movie revolves around these two. – Sherif
November 25 – Creed
Starring: Michael B. Jordan, Slyvester Stallone, Tessa Thompson, Wood Harris
I’m not a Rocky fan by any stretch of the imagination. I make fun of the movies way more than I ever enjoyed them, and my wife has been haunted by Stallone’s guttural moan “Yo Adrian!” ever since she was a little kid. However, I am a huge Michael B. Jordan fan, and Apollo Creed was by far the best rival that Rocky faced in the ring, so a movie with Apollo’s son is interesting enough to get people out to the theaters. Hopefully it’s not full of the same lame nostalgia that Rocky V had. – Sherif
November 25 – Victor Frankenstein
Starring: Daniel Radcliffe, James McAvoy, Charles Dance, Noah Emmerich
Mary Shelley’s work continues to grasp people nearly 200 years later. In the latest rendition, the story is told from Victor Frankenstein’s assistant Igor’s viewpoint. Starring Daniel Radcliffe (Harry freakin’ Potter!) and James McAvoy (Charles freakin’ Xavier!), the two decide to make a man of body parts. Their endeavors find them being investigated by detectives. Because it will be from Igor’s point of view, I don’t know how accurate the movie will be to Shelley’s masterpiece (Elizabeth doesn’t even seem to be in the movie, and she is an integral part to the book). It looks like this will be more about the poor humans, which if you’ve seen this meme, you should know isn’t the point. However, some of the dialogue seems to match with the original work, and the lighting and colors are spot on to what I have imagined when I have read the original 1818 work. Also, the Monster looks damn scary. – Adrian
It’s no secret that the writers of Supernatural may have totally doomed themselves by bringing in a villain like The Darkness, with it being the biggest baddest of all bads and like nothing they’ve ever faced before. For one, how the hell do you top that next season? Not to mention, the writers seem to be floundering a little bit from episode to episode, almost as if they too are still unsure of exactly they’ve unleased upon the world. At least that was certainly the case with episode 5, “Thin Lizzie.” It started in one place, and then ended up all the way across the room from where it began and I don’t think the twist they intended quite paid off.
Pros:
Len: That guy ruled. He was funny and quirky, while also being the one and only element that brought depth to this episode. He was an unlikely hero, and even after losing his soul he made a great sacrifice in order to do the right thing. He was well written and well-acted, and I thank him for making this episode that much better.
It wasn’t the owners of the bed and breakfast: I’m not saying I’m thrilled with the episode ending up being about Amara (and some sad soulless girl) but I sure I am relieved that I was wrong when I thought I had the whole plot figured out in the first five minutes. To elaborate, I was pretty sure that the murders in the Lizzie Borden Bed and Breakfast were either being committed by the son of the proprietor or by some ghoulie they summoned up in an attempt to increase business. To be fair, you know that sounds like a legit episode of Supernatural. Either way, it’s always nice to see that something was not as predictable as I thought.
Cons:
Amara: She sucks. I know that we are unaware of how powerful and awesome she may become, and with that I know that she may become an incredible foe. However, in this in between stage she’s just a poorly acted little brat who doesn’t succeed at being fearsome, evil or creepy.
The completely missed opportunity with Lizzie Borden: WHY would you start an episode and make it seem like it was based on an infamous serial killer and then completely drop the idea 20 minutes in? And WHY would you then title said episode “Thin Lizzie” when in reality it will have nothing to do with her? On one hand, I’m glad they didn’t pursue the storyline out of fear they would “butcher” her history to meet their own needs. On the other hand, however, it just feels a lot more like they came up with an idea to base something on Lizzie, realized it wasn’t going to pan out, so they ditched it and went with an easy and not well thought out conclusion.
Predictions:
Time will keep on slipping, slipping, slipping…: As in I don’t think they are going to get to the point with Amara/The Darkness anytime soon. This season feels reminiscent of season 6, when they unleashed The Mother and had no idea what to do with her so they wasted time until she came and went with barely a spark. I’m sure The Darkness will be a bigger deal than that, but until they figure out that they’re doing I think we all need to sit tight and enjoy a lot of anticlimactic encounters.
Random Musings and Questions Best Not Asked:
So what is this now about Sam’s never before mentioned serial killer fetish? You mean to tell me in eleven seasons and countless dark encounters it’s never once come up that Sammy has affection for serial killers?
Cas was binge watching The Wire. Ha! Nice shout out guys.
So when Sam and Dean were discussing who they debunked the haunting at the Bed and Breakfast did it really not seem appropriate to mention the creeper Dean saw outside taking old timey photos? How is that not noteworthy?
Sam finds a kid bound and gagged in a closet, in a house where clearly something nasty is afoot. So naturally he sets down his gun and leaves it behind himself, in someone else’s reach so it can be easily grabbed and used to hit him in the head. Is he new at this?
Where the hell is Crowley? Isn’t he Amara’s adoptive father or creepy uncle? Where the hell is he while she’s wandering around earth in her Bat Mitzvah dress sucking souls outside of haunted B&Bs and dive bars?
DID YOU GUYS SEE CONSTANTINE ON ARROW? THAT WAS SO FREAKING AMAZING!!
Hush gives “Thin Lizzie” a C for making a point, then missing said point and then not doing much else.
We were all thinking a few things during “Here’s Not Here”. What happened to Glenn? Why is this all about Morgan? Ok, this is actually pretty good. It’s a lot like The Karate Kid. The original. With Ralph Macchio and Pat Morita. Not the remake. And it’s also sorta like Yoda and Luke. So we are getting a derivation of the Hero’s Cycle. This is good. And it is damn beautiful. This is a nice breather from the first three episodes. That was really good, but seriously, is Glenn okay?
Alright, maybe that wasn’t everybody, that was us, so let’s get on with the review of “Here’s Not Here”.
Pros:
EASTMAN!!!!: First and foremost, let’s take a moment to applaud the acting here. John Carroll Lynch, who just also happened to play Twisty in AHS: Freakshow, was just outstanding. This is also a testament to the writing; however, he had the most dialogue in the episode (and of most episodes for one man in the TWD universe), he had to embody a zen master, a man of the woods, a survivor, and a killer all in one person. It’s amazing, and we are sure there are too many other actors out there who could have brought the same ability to the episode.
As far as the character goes, what a guy! He is absolutely hilarious, for one. When he asks Morgan “What’s your name?” and Morgan replies “Kill me,” Eastman doesn’t drop a beat and says “That’s a stupid name.” What a way to get us to instantly side with this dude. The way his story is unfolded was just brilliant. There were a lot of misconceptions the viewers could have had about him just based off his looks. But as the 90 minutes went on, more and more of his layers were peeled back. This man had more character development in that short amount of time than most characters on TV ever do. Eastman alone made the whole “what the hell happened to Glenn” thing bearable.
MORGAN!!!!!!!: Oh so that is how Morgan got this way. It took a lot of coaxing and coddling and Aikido training to get him from “Clear” to “Here’s Not Here.” The strides he made in this episode alone were significant. Again, the acting here was superb. Lennie James has by far had to deal with the most changes in the shortest amount of time. This episode showed a pretty large scope of emotions for our beloved bo staff wielder. His zen-masterness is finally explained and it was a wonderful ride to watch.
Pacing, story, and character development: While some may have thought this episode was too slow, we thought the pacing was perfect. This was meant to be the full explanation of Morgan’s ways. If his full on crazy to zen master had been rushed, it wouldn’t have been believable. Additionally, the unfolding of Eastman’s story was perfectly executed. His interactions with Morgan and the way he slowly told him (and us) about his past life including Creighton Dallas Wilton, the man who murdered his family, were everything we needed for character development. This episode should be shown to writers who are looking to advance their own skills into how to develop characters.
Call backs: The amount of thought that went into the dialogue here was mind-boggling. The re-use of Morgan’s dialogue into Eastman’s dialogue was incredibly well planned. Practically everything Morgan has said since he resurfaced in season 5 came from his short time with Eastman. From “sorry” to “I don’t have friends” to “All life is precious” it became clear (see what we did there?) that Morgan’s character plotted and that his story is incredibly integral to the overall story.
Video Game Camera: Many people may have hated this, but we personally think it was a great way to make viewers feel like they were “in his head.” Morgan’s manic state was reflected well by the blurred and shaking camera. Thankfully, it was used sparingly.
It was damn beautiful: We are pretty big fans of montages, and this episode had some great ones. The scenes of bo staff training were just breathtaking.
Cons:
Eastman’s exit was wiggity wack: Here we have yet another plot hole we’re going to ignore because the rest of the episode was stellar. We knew Eastman had to die. There was no way a character that dynamic could live past the single appearance he was awarded, but the way he died just felt lazy. He just ran up on Morgan and shielded him like he had a gun pointed at him. He could have easily shoved the walker to the ground, or used, I don’t know, his freakin bo staff?? You could do better, AMC.
Easter Eggs & Other Tidbits:
TMNT: As Chris Hardwick pointed out, there are a lot of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles references in this episode. Morgan has been called Donatello for a while now, but it is safe to say Eastman was the original Donatello. Additionally, Eastman is wearing a shirt with a turtle on it, and his name is Eastman, a.k.a. the co-creator of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Kevin Eastman. It may have all been coincidental, but it had to be noted.
Tabitha: She has her own fan base ya’ll. Not kidding. She more popular than characters that lasted seasons.
The cheese does not wear me: This is a bit of a Buffy reference. All right, it’s a full-on Buffy reference, but if you follow Hush Comics, you know we love Buffy. There was an episode in the series called “Restless” which seemed like an episode that didn’t fit with the rest of the season, but included a lot of references to things in the past and in the future. “Restless” is a cult followed episode because of all the references (and the weirdness of it). In ways, “Here’s Not Here” reminded us of that episode because suddenly there was a lot about Morgan that made a lot of sense.
Wolf in the basement? Why does that sound familiar?: Morgan is (secretly?) hiding the lone Wolf in some random basement. We’ll ignore for now the fact that this will most definitely blow up in his face somehow and focus on the jailing part. It’s a clever parallel to what Eastman did to Wilton in the story, but it’s also a distinct Easter Egg to what Rick does to [some guy] in the comic books after winning All Out War. Neat.
It took Creighton Dallas Wilton 47 days to die?: At first this fact was a bit mind boggling. Would it really take 47 days to starve to death? Welp, it turns out that this number is surprisingly accurate. Gross.
The Art of Peace: The book was written by Morihei Ueshiba who is the founder of the Martial Art Aikido. He developed the art because of three separate awakenings he had between 1925 and 1942. The Art of Peace is widely considered the book of Aikido and its spirituality, but can stand alone from the art.
Morgan is A-OK: We finally get a look at Crazy Morgan marking the trees that we see in the Season 5 opener. It makes me wonder what Morgan actually did before the apocalypse; he’s been asked a few times now and has redirected every time. What kind of normal man would go into full commando mode and exhibit the “clear” tactics Morgan did back in Season 3 (“Clear”).
Morgan and Eastman have a lot in common: Other than both being zen master badasses, of course. Morgan was for a long time a character everyone loved, but had appeared in only one episode. It wasn’t until years later we saw him again. Based off one episode, Morgan had quite the cult following. Nowadays, that title can go to Eastman. Don’t believe me? Just check out Tumblr. Below is some amazing fan art based around this following. You can see the artists whole page here.
Hush Comics gives “Here’s Not Here” an A for an incredibly brilliant and beautiful episode. The way it was filmed, the pacing of story, and the character development created it’s own standalone movie, something all TV series strive for, but rarely attain.
All images belong to AMC and are credited to Gene Page.
After immense success with putting Hip-Hop duo Run the Jewels on the cover of a few of their books, Marvel has expanded the idea to give each and every single book in their All-New All-Different line-up its own Hip-Hop variant. We’ve tracked down each cover, provided information about the album inspiring the variant cover, and given our two cents on whether it fits the subject. We’ll be doing this each month for as long as the All-New All-Different brand keeps putting out variants!
Extraordinary X-Men #1 Marvel Creative Team: Jeff Lemire (Writer), Humberto Ramos (Artist) Cover Artist: Sanford Greene Hip-Hop Album: De La Soul’s 3 Feet High and Rising (1989) Best Tracks off the Album: “Me, Myself and I,” “Buddy,” “Say No Go,” “Eye Know” How well does it fit?: De La Soul were on the front lines of the wacky, relatable, and socially responsible rhymes. With Lemire writing this new X-Men series, it’s about damn time the X-series got back to its roots.
Deadpool #1 Marvel Creative Team: Gerry Duggan (Writer), Mike Hawthorne (Artist) Cover Artist: Kaare Andrews Hip-Hop Album: Wale’s Attention Deficit (2009) Best Tracks off the Album: “Pretty Girls,” “Chillin‘,” “Beautiful Bliss” How well does it fit?: The album name definitely fits here, as Wade Wilson is one of the most absent-minded characters in pop culture. Wale isn’t nearly as popular as Deadpooly over here, but he gets to have brunch with Jerry Seinfeld, which is kind of zany for a Hip-Hop artist.
Drax #1 Marvel Creative Team: CM Punk/Cullen Bunn (Writers), Scott Hepburn (Artist) Cover Artist: Mike Choi Hip-Hop Album: KiD CuDi’s Man on the Moon II (2010) Best Tracks off the Album: “Erase Me,” “Revofev,” “Wild’n Cuz I’m Young” How well does it fit?: Drax has been gaining tons of popularity for his sardonic sense of humor, but really hasn’t done anything to make me want to invest time in his solo career. Same with Cudi. His early success that was launched almost solely from Kanye’s sound floundered around until he began his “acting” career. Here’s hoping Drax won’t flop on his own.
Hercules #1 Marvel Creative Team: Dan Abnett (Writer), Luke Ross (Artist) Cover Artist: Theotis Jones Hip-Hop Album: Lil B’s Black Flame (2011)
Howard the Duck #1 Marvel Creative Team: Chip Zdarsky (Writer), Joe Quinones (Artist) Cover Artist: Juan Doe Hip-Hop Album: Ol Dirty Bastard’s Return to the 36 Chambers (1993) Best Tracks off the Album: “Shimmy Shimmy Ya,” “Brooklyn Zoo,” “Raw Hide” How well does it fit?: Before his untimely death in 2004, ODB was one of the grimiest dudes in rap. He was one of the few to transform his Wu-Tang membership into a solid career. His shining characteristic was being able to grab his nuts and throw up his middle finger to the authorities – any authority – just like our fowl friend, Howard. Howard, though, might not have the same FBI file as Dirt McGirt, which includes a shootout with NYPD. Rebel.
Nova #1 Marvel Creative Team: Sean Ryan (Writer), Cory Smith (Artist) Cover Artist: Eric Canete Hip-Hop Album: J. Cole’s Born Sinner (2013) Best Tracks off the Album: “Crooked Smile,” “Power Trip,” “Rich Niggaz,” “Born Sinner” How well does it fit?: Cole is one of Hip-Hop’s brightest stars right now. His ability to relate to listeners with common themes and wrap it up with great music is one of his charming qualities. What makes him an ironic choice for a Nova cover is that this is very much a father-son book; J. Cole often raps about his crappy deadbeat father who abandoned him. Dick move, Marvel.
Vision #1 Marvel Creative Team: Tom King (Writer), Gabriel H Walta (Artist) Cover Artist: Vanessa Del Ray Hip-Hop Album: Wiz Khalifa’s Rolling Papers (2011) Best Tracks off the Album: “Black and Yellow,” “On My Level,” “No Sleep” How well does it fit?: I don’t know what kind of hallucinations that weed is giving Wiz, but they’re not the same one that the Marvel robot gets. Wiz Khalifa looks like the type of kid who got beat up a lot in high school, but he’s been the face of the Hip-Hop skater stoner movement for the past 5 years. Don’t judge him by his appearance, he actually makes some pretty legit feel-good music. A sequel (because album sequels are a thing now) to Rolling Papers is due out next year.
November 11th
All-New All-Different Avengers #1 Marvel Creative Team: Mark Waid (Writer), Adam Kubert/Mahmud Asrar (Artist) Cover Artist: Jim Cheung Hip-Hop Album: The Roots’ Illadelph Halflife (1996) Best Tracks off the Album: “What They Do,” “Ital (The Universal Side),” “The Hypnotic” How well does it fit?: I’m sorry, I have to say it. The Roots are dope as f*ck, and this group of Avengers is dope as f*ck. They might not draw headlines individually (save for Iron Man – he can be the ?uestlove of The Avengers), but as a group, both groups make some wonderful music. This will be a solid book, especially with Mark Waid at the helm.
All-New Hawkeye #1 Marvel Creative Team: Jeff Lemire (Writer), Ramón Pérez (Artist) Cover Artist: Sanford Greene Hip-Hop Album: Pete Rock and CL Smooth’s Mecca and the Soul Brother (1992) Best Tracks off the Album: “They Reminisce Over You (T.R.O.Y.),” “Straighten It Out,” “Can’t Front on Me” How well does it fit?: Hawkeye and Hawkguy are one in the same. Kate Bishop has come under the tutelage of the Avenger Clint Barton, but has pulled his butt from the fire plenty of times. Similarly, Pete Rock and CL Smooth are a rapper/DJ combination so solid that even saying their names separately sounds weird unless spoken together. Near the end of Fraction/Aja’s Hawkeye series, these two split up and the book suffered. Hopefully these two can stick together and whoop some ass.
All-New Wolverine #1 Marvel Creative Team: Tom Taylor (Writer), David Lopez (Artist) Cover Artist: Keron Grant Hip-Hop Album: DMX’s Flesh of My Flesh, Blood of My Blood (1998) Best Tracks off the Album: “Slippin‘,” “Blackout,” “Coming From” How well does it fit?: Unlike DMX, the sun has not set on the possibility for a good Wolverine book. However, X-23 has a lot of unbridled rage that she can channel into a successful stint as the new Wolverine, just like DMX did in songs like “Slippin.” In all seriousness, this album was one of DMX’s weakest, but of all the DMX album covers, this one was too good to pass up.
Carnage #1 Marvel Creative Team: Gerry Conway (Writer), Mike Perkins (Artist) Cover Artist: Ariel Olivetti Hip-Hop Album: Redman’s Dare Iz A Darkside (1994) Best Tracks off the Album: “Bobyahed2dis,” “Cosmic Slop,” “Rockafella,” “Can’t Wait” How well does it fit?: This is one of the best fits out of all the variants – matching the spastic, chaotic Carnage with one of the biggest weirdos in all of Hip-Hop. Redman is off the charts in terms of his individuality, but still garners enough respect to rock with the mainstream artists. Plus, this cover is CLASSIC 90’s Hip-Hop.
The Ultimates #1 Marvel Creative Team: Al Ewing (Writer), Kenneth Rocafort (Artist) Cover Artist: Mike Deodato Jr. Hip-Hop Album: The Fugees’ The Score (1996) Best Tracks off the Album: “Fu-Gee-La,” “Ready or Not,” “Killing Me Softly,” “No Woman No Cry” How well does it fit?: The Fugees exploded onto the scene in the mid-1990’s when Pras, Lauryn Hill, and Wyclef Jean created the Fugees. All solid artists by themselves (except Pras, he sucks), but together make one of the greatest groups in Hip-Hop history. Sadly, emotions got in the way and they split permanently, but we still have The Score to appreciate. When it comes to the book, I’m ready to see a story with Black Panther and Captain Marvel (oh, and Spectrum, I guess).
Web Warriors #1 Marvel Creative Team: Mike Costa (Writer), David Bildeon (Artist) Cover Artist: Damion Scott Hip-Hop Album: The Clipse’s Lord Willin’ (2002) Best Tracks off the Album: “Grindin‘,” “When The Last Time,” “Ma, I Don’t Love Her,” “Cot Damn” How well does it fit?: If you’ve had your ear to the group in Hip-Hop over the last decade, you may have heard of The Clipse, but chances are that this group is unknown to you. Two ex-dopeboys (Pusha T and No Malice) from Virginia lay colorful metaphor after another in this album produced by Pharrell’s Neptunes label. The lyrics are hard and grimy, but there’s a certain grace and intellect in their rhymes that eludes most rappers cut from similar cloths. The Web Warriors I assume are picking up where Spider-Verse just left off, and have a crazy ensemble you would expect to be gimmicky put together a decent story.
November 18th
Black Knight #1 Marvel Creative Team: Frank Tieri (Writer), Luca Pizzari (Artists) Cover Artist: Gyimah Gariba Hip-Hop Album: Lupe Fiasco’s Food and Liquor (2006) Best Tracks off the Album: “The Cool,” “He Say She Say,” “Daydreamin‘,” “Kick, Push” How well does it fit?: Black Knight has actually gone through over a half-dozen iterations since the mid-fifties, the mantle being passed from generation to generation (similar to Azrael in DC). Somehow he’s managed to fly under the radar, even with the most recent iteration in Black Panther (2005). Lupe is innovative and intelligent, but somehow manages to get overlooked by Hip-Hop heads and mainstream fans alike.
Ms. Marvel #1 Marvel Creative Team: G. Willow Wilson (Writer), Takeshi Miyazawa/Adrian Alphona (Artists) Cover Artist: Jenny Frison Hip-Hop Album: Lauryn Hill’s Miseducation of Lauryn Hill (1998) Best Tracks off the Album: “Ex Factor,” “Lost One,” “Everything is Everything,” “Nothing Even Matters” How well does it fit?: Oh hell yeah, this is a combination I can dig. One of the most socially-conscious R&B artists of all time is paired with one of the most socially-conscious superheroes in the Marvel roster. It’s just… perfect. If you don’t know Lauryn Hill, go Miseducate yourself. Right now.
Silk #1 Marvel Creative Team: Robbie Thompson (Writer), Stacey Lee (Artist) Cover Artist: Woo Chul Lee Hip-Hop Album: Yasin Bey’s (Mos Def’s) A New Danger (2004) Best Tracks off the Album: “Ghetto Rock,” “Modern Marvel,” “Sex, Love, and Money,” “Zimzallabim,” “Sunshine” How well does it fit?: Cindy Moon has had enough of your bullsh*t, and now she’s robbing banks with Black Cat. We’re not sure how she got there from the end of the world in issue #7, but whatever. Yasin Bey (formerly known as Mos Def) has the weight of the people behind his voice, and has numerous songs about telling the establishment to eat it (“Dollar Day” and “Rape Over” to name a couple). At the very least, A New Danger is a perfect album cover for knocking over banks.
Spider-Woman #1 Marvel Creative Team: Dennis Hopeless (Writer), Javier Rodriguez (Artist) Cover Artist: Natcha Bustos Hip-Hop Album: Big Pun’s Capital Punishment (1993) Best Tracks off the Album: “Still Not A Player,” “Super Lyrical,” Twins (Deep Cover 98),” “Tres Leches” How well does it fit?: I don’t get it; is this a pregnancy joke? Before Pun’s death at 28 years old, the guy weighed over 700 pounds. I mean that he was so fat, his Wikipedia page should list years active ending way before his death in 2000. Fun fact about Pun: besides being one of the most respected MCs of the mid-90s, was also a notorious wife beater. Smooth move, Marvel.
Star Lord #1 Marvel Creative Team: Sam Humphries (Writer), Dave Johnson (Artist) Cover Artist: Tradd Moore Hip-Hop Album: The 100s’ Ivry (2014)
Venom: Space Knight #1 Marvel Creative Team: Robbie Thompson (Writer), Ariel Olivetti (Artist) Cover Artist: Mike Choi Hip-Hop Album: Kool Keith’s Black Elvis/ Lost in Space (1999) Best Tracks off the Album: “Livin’ Astro,” “Lost in Space” How well does it fit?: Oh, isn’t it obvious?? Venom is a Black Symbiote…in space! Kool Keith has changed personas more than a couple times, but each personality he exudes is funky and relatable.
That about does it for Marvel’s new books and the Hip-Hop variants that come with them. Check back next month for a whole new set of entries.
The Geekly Forecast is a weekly preview of all the neat stuff coming to screens, stores, and living rooms near you!
Recommendations:
BD/DVD: Whether you got a super-deep meaning out of it, or just enjoyed the touchy-feelyness of it, Inside Out is a movie that would do well joining the classic Pixar home collection. You had me at “Bing Bong.”
TV: This week marks the return of a lot of sitcoms for the fall, but we’re still like “yeah, yeah, whatever. The Walking Dead is on!” Movies:Like you even had a chance, Snoopy! Spectre is coming to theaters; this is Bond’s weekend. The movie has shattered UK’s record for openings. However, nobody would blame you for seeing Peanuts or Trumbo instead. Music: Alright fellas, it’s time to “buy the album for your girlfriend” again. This week is highlighted by releases from Ellie Goulding, Sara Bareilles, Charlie Puth, and Sam Smith. “She’ll” love it.
Monday, November 2nd
Netflix: Last Tango in Halifax: Season 3
TV: Blindspot – “Sent on Tour” (NBC) Fargo – “Fear and Trembling” (FX) Gotham – “Rise of the Villains: Mommy’s Little Monster” (FOX) Jimmy Kimmel Live – “Mark Ruffalo, Constance Wu, Mash-Up Monday with “Color Me Bradd” (Color Me Badd & Brad Paisley)” (ABC) Minority Report – “Honor Among Theives” (FOX) Supergirl – “Stronger Together” (CBS) The Late Show with Stephen Colbert – “Allison Janney, Colin Quinn, Margaret Cho” (CBS) The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon – “Bryan Cranston, Rachel Maddow, Andrea Bocelli” (NBC)
Tuesday, November 3rd
Blu-Ray and DVD Releases: 10,000 Days A LEGO Brickumentary Before We Go Black Sails: Season 2 Doctor Who: Series 9, Part 1 Digging for Fire Elf: Buddy’s Musical Christmas Getting On: Season 2 Inside Out Saving Christmas She’s Funny That Way The End of the Tour The Final Girls Tiger House Toy Story That Time Forgot Vacation
Netflix: Do I Sound Gay? (2014) Julius Jr.: Season 2 The Midnight Swim (2014)
TV: Fresh Off the Boat – “Good Morning Orlando” (ABC) iZombie – “Love & Basketball” (The CW) Jimmy Kimmel Live – “Sharon Stone, Dave Bautista, Jason Aldean” (ABC) Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. – “Among Us Hide…” (ABC) The Bastard Executioner – “Broken Things/Toredig Pethau” (FX) The Flash – “The Darkness and the Light” (The CW) The Late Show with Stephen Colbert – “Antonio Banderas, Reed Hastings, John Irving” (CBS) The Mindy Project – “TBD” (Hulu) The Muppets – “The Ex-Factor” (ABC) The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon – “Bill O’Reilly, Paul Bettany, Alanis Morissette” (NBC) Wicked City – “Running with the Devil” (ABC)
Video Games Anno 2205 (Win) Need for Speed (PS4, XBO) Dragon Fin Soup (Win, PS3, PS4, PSVita, Mac, Lin)
Wednesday, November 4th
Comic Books: Wednesdays are comic book days! Check out This Week’s Comics: November 4th, 2015.
Also be sure to check out which Marvel Hip-Hop variants are out this week!
TV: American Horror Story: Hotel – “Room Service” (FX) Arrow – “Haunted” (The CW) Jimmy Kimmel Live – “Seth Rogen” (ABC) Star Wars Rebels – “Brothers of the Broken Horn” (Disney XD) Supernatural – “Thin Lizzie” (The CW) The Late Show with Stephen Colbert – “Daniel Craig, Elizabeth Gilbert, Dr. Eugene Cheng” (CBS) The League – “The Yank Banker” (FXX) The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon – “Aziz Ansari, Christie Brinkley, Wayne Federman” (NBC)
Thursday, November 5th
Netflix: Amapola (2014) Amour Fou (2014) The Runner (2015)
TV: Bones – “The Senator in the Street Sweeper” (FOX) Elementary – “The Past is Parent” (CBS) Grey’s Anatomy – “The Me Nobody Knows” (ABC) Haven – “Perditus” (SyFy) Heroes Reborn – “June 13 – Part 2” (NBC) How to Get Away with Murder – “I Want You to Die” (ABC) Jimmy Kimmel Live – “Sen. Hillary Clinton, Bob Odenkirk, David Cross” (ABC) Scandal – “Even the Devil Deserves a Second Chance” (ABC) Sleepy Hollow – “This Red Lady From Caribee” (FOX) The Big Bang Theory – “The Spock Resonance” (CBS) The Blacklist – “Sir Crispin Crandall” (NBC) The Late Show with Stephen Colbert – “Bryan Cranston, Karl Ove Knausgaard, Shamir” (CBS) The Originals – “The Axeman’s Letter” (The CW) The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon – “Martin Short, Saoirse Ronan, Harry Connick Jr., Stanley Jordan” (NBC) The Vampire Diaries – “Live Through This” (The CW)
Friday, November 6th
Movies: Brooklyn Miss You Already Spectre Spotlight The Peanuts Movie Theeb Trumbo
Music: Bjork – Vulnicura Strings
Bob Dylan – The Cutting Edge 1965-1966: The Bootleg Series Vol. 12 Charlie Puth – Nine Track Mind
Ellie Goulding – Delirium Sam Smith – In the Lonely Hour [Drowning Shadows Edition]
Sara Bareilles – What’s Inside: Songs From Waitress
Seal – 7
Tim McGraw – Damn Country Music
Netflix: Care Bears & Cousins: Season 1 Master of None: Season 1
TV: Grimm – “Clear and Wesen Danger” (NBC) The Late Show with Stephen Colbert – “Whoopi Goldberg, Gov. John Kasich, Glen Hansard” (CBS) The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon – “Christoph Waltz, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Meghan Trainor” (NBC) Z Nation – “Rozwell” (SyFy)
Video Games Call of Duty: Black Ops III (PS4/XBO/PC/PS3/XB360)
Saturday, November 7th
Netflix: LeapFrog Letter Factory: Great Shape Mystery (2015)
TV: Doctor Who – “The Zygon Inversion” (BBC America) Sonic Boom – “Counter Productive” (Cartoon Network)
Sunday, November 8th
TV: Bob’s Burgers – “Gayle Makin’ Bob Sled” (FOX) Brooklyn Nine-Nine – “Into the Woods” (FOX)
Family Guy – “Peter, Chris & Brian” (FOX) Homeland – “Parabiosis” (Showtime) Madam Secretary – “Catch and Release” (CBS) Once Upon a Time – “Nimue” (ABC) The Good Wife – “Lies” (CBS) The Leftovers – “Episode 6” (HBO) The Librarians – “And What Lies Beneath the Stones” (TNT) The Simpsons – “Friend with Benefit” (FOX) The Walking Dead – “Now” (AMC)
This Week’s Comics is the pull list of Comic Books recommended by Hush Comics, with notes and suggestions by co-owner, Sherif Elkhatib.
Recommendations:
James Bond #1: Released right before Spectre hits the theaters, this Dynamite title is most likely a cash crab attempt, so stay leery. BUT! BUT! Warren Ellis is writing this. Whore 007 out all you want, but all is forgiven once you put a quality writer on it. The series promises a return to the narratives of the book series.
Klaus #1: Synopsis – Grant Morrison writes a totally barbaric version of Saint Nick that is decisively less jolly than usual. I can’t help but get a Simpson‘s “Bonestorm” vibe from this, so I’ll just leave this here…
Uncanny X-Men #600: Brian Michael Bendis’ swan song is here. I’m sad, yet excited to read this last issue. It’s been such an enthralling series so far that even if Marvel has moved on, I’m gonna go down with the ship on Uncanny.
More All-New All-Different Books Debut: Aside from Mavel annoyingly putting out books every two weeks (I got sh*t to do, Marvel!), I’m anxious to get my hands on all the new books coming out this week, most notably: Howard the Duck, Deadpool, and Extraordinary X-Men.
Graphic Novels:
Adventure Time: The Time Flip Side Mathematical Edition (BOOM!) Archie vs. Predator (Dark Horse) Shaper (Dark Horse) Sandman Overture Deluxe Edition (Vertigo) Suiciders Volume 1 (Vertigo)
Bob’s Burgers: Medium Rare (Dynamite) Copperhead Volume 2 (Image) Surface Volume 1 (Image) Star Wars Kanan Volume 1: The Last Padawan (Marvel) Star Wars Princess Leia (Marvel)
Comic Books:
Archie Comics Hangman #1
BOOM! Studios Klaus #1 Regular Show #29 Toil and Trouble #3 UFOlogy #6 (final issue)
Dark Horse Comics Angel and Faith: Season 10 #20 Barb Wire #5 Call of Duty: Black Ops II #1 Dead Vengeance #2 Joe Golem: Occult Detective #1 Lara Croft and the Frozen Omen #2
DC Comics Batman and Robin Eternal #5 Batman: Arkham Knight #10 Bat-Mite #6 (final issue) Detective Comics #46 Green Arrow #46 Green Lantern #46 Harley Quinn and Power Girl #5 Justice League: The Darkseid Wars – Flash #1 Justice League: The Darkseid Wars – Superman #1 Lobo #12 Midnighter #6 Mortal Kombat X #12 Survivor’s Club #2 Unfollow #1
Dynamite Entertainment: Aliens-Vampirella #3 Bob’s Burgers #5 Cage Hero #1 James Bond #1 Train Called Love #2
IDW: Angry Birds: Super Angry Birds #3 Atomic Robo and The Ring of Fire #3 Donald Duck #7 Insufferable #7 Mickey Mouse #6 October Faction #10 Sherlock Holmes: The Seven-Per-Cent Solution #4 Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye #46
Image Comics: Axcend #2 Black Science #17 Citizen Jack #1 Dark Corridor #4 Elephantmen #67 Humans #9 Lazarus #20 Monstress #1 Nailbiter #17 Paper Girls #2 Rasputin #10 Saints #2 Sex #25 Stray Bullets: Sunshine and Roses #9 Velvet #12 We Stand on Guard #5
Marvel: Amazing Spider-Man #3 Contest of Champions #2 Deadpool #1 Doctor Strange #2 Drax #1 Extraordinary X-Men #1 Hercules #1 Howard the Duck #1 Invincible Iron Man #3 Max Ride: Ultimate Fight #1 Miracleman by Gaiman and Buckingham #4 Nova #1 Star Wars #11 Uncanny X-Men #600 Vision #1
It has been 34 years since the first Evil Dead hit us with a whole new genre of filmmaking, made our Achilles tendons hurt and showed us that when you have Candarian demons at your door, the only way to escape is to be Ash or join them. Along that 34 year journey, we got a sequel – which was actually more of a reboot with added comedy – and another sequel to finish the trilogy involving time travel and King Arthur, and even a dark gritty reboot not involving Ash at all, despite still being fun and with a great after credits scene! Enough about the past and what it took to get here; we are in the present and Ash is back in all of his glory. Well, Ash doesn’t have much glory, but yeah, you get the point. Also, this will be filled with tons of SPOILERS, I mean, of course it will. Ash would spoil the whole series for you already if it were up to him. I hope you have watched the episode and if you have any interest and have not seen it you must be on the phone ordering Starz now so you can watch it on Starz Play ASAP.
Pros:
ASH IS BACK!: For many years, fans have been pining for another film with Ash Williams and to see Bruce Campbell take his chainsaw hand on another adventure, and not only do we get five hours worth of Ash (thirty-minute episodes and a ten-episode season, but it was just renewed for a second season before it even premiered! Which means we get more Ash than we could have ever hoped for with just a fourth Evil Dead film.
The whole cast is outstanding: We got to see a lot of the new characters with Pablo played by Ray Santiago, Kelly played by Dana DeLorenzo, a little less of character Detective Amanda Fisher played by Jill Marie Jones, and very little of Ruby played by Lucy Lawless. This cast did an amazing job with the first episode and were implanted into my mind as mainstays in Evil Dead alongside Ash for the whole ride that is this show. Ray Santiago and Dana DeLorenzo compliment Bruce Campbell’s Ash perfectly as both have very unique character styles that will likely help inspire and help Ash tremendously in his journey against evil. The story line with Detective Fisher and Ruby did not get too far in this first episode, but can guarantee they will both shine incredibly once Jones and Lawless’s characters get more screen time.
The plot is actually right on par: This entire episode felt just like an adventure you would expect Ash to be in from him mistakenly reciting some of the Necronomicon while high and trying to hook up with a woman, to his horrible lies about his hand and how he saved an eight year old from being hit by an oncoming train in order to, well, hook up with another woman. The story centered so much on the egotistical and pure asshole behavior we expect from Ash. It is definitely believable as far as having the Candarian demons return. Actually, I am baffled Ash did not do something like this years ago to awaken the dead again, but thirty-some years seems like a good time for him to forget just enough to do something insanely stupid.
New types of Deadite’s: We have seen previews of what is to come in new forms but this episode in particular we saw one of the first attacks on Ash come from a cute doll in the stock room of Value Stop. Although quite terrifying, it also made sure to be very comedic. For example, Ash can hardly fight this doll, so how will he ever end up defeating the Deadite army this time around? Then, “SPLAT!” Pedro comes in with a shovel and shows us exactly why Pedro and Kelly will be so useful to Ash in this adventure to finally rid the world of the Candarian demons.
The 1973 Oldsmobile Delta 88 is back as well: If having Ash, his chainsaw, and boomstick wasn’t enough, we get to see his classic Oldsmobile return in tip-top shape. This Oldsmobile has been in every Evil Dead film and is actually Sam Raimi’s car in which he has found a way to stick into just about every one of the films or shows he has directed. The car beautifully named “The Classic” is a staple for Raimi much like Stan Lee Cameos are to Marvel films and would be sorely missed without being the main car in which our heroes travel in. Always good to see a ’73 Olds still in working shape even with it being shipped to New Zealand to film this series.
Sam Raimi directed the first episode: Who else would be better to start of this series than the original director and brilliant filmmaker Sam Raimi. Raimi’s style is very iconic to any film fan and seeing him use his classic camera moves brought chills to any die-hard Raimi and Evil Dead fan.
Perfect mix of gore and comedy: Right from the start, we see Ash being his normal debacle of a self and lying to seduce a woman in a bar, and almost jump straight into the gore from there seeing Detective Fisher be stabbed in hand with scissors by a Deadite only to have her partner blow half the Deadites face off and then subsequently be knocked into the air onto a pair of elk horns. Within the first ten minutes, we see this show will likely get to be more gruesome than some of the worst Walking Dead moments and even if not, there will be a lot more blood. But we can not forget the comedy aspect that has made Evil Dead 2 and Army of Darkness so famous and we get a ton of that from Ash’s bar trip and especially once we see him in his new workplace, Value Stop, where we see him drop a while box of light bulb’s in a grand slapstick fashion.
Cons:
C.G.I.: To be honest, it didn’t bother me too much because you expect it frequently in modern times, but I will say sometimes the special effects seemed blatantly obvious and sub-par to the other very practical effects they had going as well.
Just 30-45 minutes? : I really wanted this series to be full of hour-long episodes each week and had been expecting it to be that since it was announced. Maybe an hour of Ash a week is too much for some people, but I say, bring on the hour episodes for season two!
Army of Darkness not mentioned: This is definitely a studio issue and how Army of Darkness is owned by Universal, so although we all would have liked to have seen Ash with his robotic armor hand, or still working for S-Mart, these aspects from the trilogy may never make an appearance dues to the same damn studio issues that keeps the X-Men from ever meeting the Avengers.
Predictions:
Lucy Lawless’s Ruby will be a major pain in Ash’s behind: It has already been reported these two will not get along and that Ruby is on the hunt for Ash and blames him for everything happening. Her blame is actually spot on since he did start this whole mess, but he is also the only one who can stop it, and I expect Ruby will not understand the latter of that predicament since she will be a badass who thinks she can stop it herself.
Pablo and Kelly will be become heroes just as much as Ash: Even from some of the first moment of Pablo on screen saving Ash from the possessed doll, to his actions during the fight in the trailer, I imagine he will become a hero more suited to the title than even Ash. Plus we all know from the second Kelly grabbed Ash’s arm and held him against the counter that she would end up a HUGE badass.
Don’t expect the demons to all get vanquished: After all we know there will be a second season already and we know the second season won’t just be a new family vacation to Cabo with Ash and the gang where they get drunk every night and have hangovers. Wait… They could probably do that and I would still watch it every week.
Hush Comics gives “El Jefe” one thumb up plus a whole chainsaw hand – in other words an A+ for being exactly what fans have wanted for 20+ years while also adding new aspects that make what seemed to be a perfect franchise even better..
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