Cover Story - Top 10 Lucifer Covers

In case you hadn’t heard, Fox is premiering a new show entitled Lucifer, allegedly based on the Vertigo comics of the same name.  I say “allegedly” because by all evidence Lucifer the show is about Satan coming to Earth so that he can help the police solve mysteries whereas Lucifer the comic was an exploration of mysticism, cosmology, faith, and identity.  

I get that for a lot of folks Vertigo’s Lucifer was hardly required reading but it stands tall alongside works such as Hellblazer, Fables, and Neil Gaiman’s Sandman as some of the comics that put Vertigo on the comic book map.  Understandably, I’m pretty disappointed the TV adaptation has settled on the most generic stock plot to fill things out, however that doesn’t mean we can’t celebrate the original comics.  That’s what I’m here to do today, bringing you the top 10 Lucifer comic covers.  So, let’s dive into the shallow end and get the cover story on Lucifer.

Panel Vision - Top 10 Comics of 2015

And so 2015 comes to an end, the comics landscape a severely different place than it was but a year ago.  Marvel is caught in the throws of its first reboot, Star Wars comics are on shelves and the best they’ve ever been, Valiant is in the headlines, Prez is back from obscurity, and the DC You is a thing.  Yes it’s been a year full of change as well as a great year for comics.  Seriously, despite the very important points raised over issues of representation, creator rights and credit, and harassment that have blighted the industry this past year there has been a lot of great comics and we’re here today to list them because that’s how we mark the end of the year.  So with that said here are the top 10 best comics of 2015.

Godzilla In Hell #3 Review

I breakdown the literary allusions endemic to Godzilla in Hell and how the creators have set out to recreate the Divine Comedy through the lens of Toho Kaiju iconography, check it out over on Front Towards Gamer:

http://ftg.operationsupplydrop.org/2015/10/01/godzilla-in-hell-3-review-comics/

Panel Vision - Top 10 Godzilla Covers

Edited by Robert Beach

Welcome back to my bi-weekly Saturday cover showcase. We’ll see if I’m committed enough to eventually give it less of a mouthful of a name. Sorry, September has been such a sketchy month for blog posts; hopefully, that will turn around in the latter half of the month, but I make no promises. You can still find my weekly work on All-Comic and Front Towards Gamer, and I’ll still be getting pieces out like this one. 

With that little bit of housekeeping out of the way, Godzilla, where to begin?  In case you’ve somehow avoided one of the largest figures in nerd culture, Godzilla is a giant monster lizard who birthed the Kaiju subgenre of Sci-Fi/Horror films. He’s been around for over 50 years, is the King of the Monsters, and is incredibly awesome. Godzilla’s also appeared on numerous comic covers over the years, and this Saturday we honor him.  

Godzilla In Hell #2

If you've ever wanted to see Godzilla stomp his way through the underworld, accompanied by quasi-biblical narration, ladenned with judeo-christian mythological allusions, boy do I have the comic for you, check out my review over on Front Towards Gamer

http://ftg.operationsupplydrop.org/2015/08/28/godzilla-in-hell-2-review-comics/