Kaijumax #6 Review

Kaijumax proves that cartoony and quirky visual aesthetics and dark social commentary go together perfectly, check it out over on All-Comic:

http://all-comic.com/2015/kaijumax-6/

Invader Zim #1 Review

Invader Zim has finally returned, in comic book form.  Jhonen Vasquez and Oni Press team-up to resurrect everyone's favorite off-beat animated series of the early 2000s.  Check out my review over on Front Towards Gamer. 

All-Comic Reviews

So, big announcement time; my reviews will now be featured on All-Comic in addition to Front Towards Gamer.  What this means is that my Front Towards Gamer content will be short, punchy, under-500 word reviews while my work for All-Comic will be longer and more in depth pieces.  All of this works in addition to the various reviews and posts I'll be putting out here at Lido Shuffle.  My first review is already up for All-Comic, a look at Hellbreak #4 that can be found here http://all-comic.com/2015/hellbreak-4/

Panel Vision - Kaijumax

Kaijumax is a comic about a prison for giant monsters that draws heavy inspiration from the various films of Toho Studio’s Godzilla franchise.  The series itself is a great, a winning combination of clever visual gags an meaningful writing that knows how to get the most out of its characters and ideas.  Being a big fan of the Godzilla franchise I thought I’d talk about the various films that Kaijumax is drawing inspiration from, especially with this week’s issue.  In case you haven’t read my mini-review this latest issue puts the series focus on three quasi-new characters of the series.

 There’s Mecha-Zon, a robot monster built by humans to destroy Kaiju but who has turned against mankind and renounced violence, Whoofy, a the bumbling and comical son of Ape-Whale, one of the resident kings of the Kaijumax, and Jeong, son of Kaijumax’s Warden Kang and one of the facilities most powerful guards, able to transform into a monster-sized superhero.  Each of these characters has a key parallel from the Godzilla franchise and even though Kaijumax and I’m going to talk about them, starting with Mecha-Zon and his counterpart Mechagodzilla.