By: John C. Mayberry Speaking as a comic book nerd who also enjoys a good sleuth story once in a while, I absolutely love it when a creative team takes the noir-esque feel of a detective story and applies it to comic full of memorable characters and stunning visuals. …
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Project: Cryptid #1-2 – An Ahoy Comics Review
By: John C. Mayberry Of any horror-themed comics released, very few of them can hold a torch to the horror comics of yesterday. There’s just this impression of camp and creepiness they exuded that, to this day, cannot be matched…until maybe now. With the release of another Ahoy Comics…
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Con and On #4-5 – An Ahoy Comics Review
By: John C. Mayberry Honestly, purely, truthfully, not enough great things that I can say about this limited series. After reading the first three issues of Con and On, I greatly anticipated getting the chance to read these final two issues to finish off such a great story. For those…
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Con and On #1-3 – An Ahoy Comics Review
By: John C. Mayberry Okay, I think there’s no secret here on how much of a comic book nerd I am. If I were younger and had the actual energy to do so, I’d seriously move into a convention center, so I could be the very first in line…
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Snelson: Comedy Is Dying #3 – Ahoy Comics Review
By: John C. Mayberry There are truly not enough good things I can say about this miniseries, and for the third time in a row Ahoy Comics’ Snelson: Comedy Is Dying has not disappointed. I’m enjoying following the exploits of Melville Snelson in every issue I read, and the…
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Edgar Allen Poe’s Snifter of Death #5 – Ahoy Comics Review
By: John C. Mayberry I was excited to see I would be reading another in Ahoy Comic’s stellar collection of comics and laughed so hard I think I just destroyed my lungs. Really, my sides still hurt, but in the best possible way. Seeing Poe’s name attached to it,…
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Snelson: Comedy Is Dying #2 – Ahoy Comics Review
By: John C. Mayberry In any story I’ve read in, well, ever, the main thing that’s always kept me engaged was seeing what happens next, what the characters go through, what they experience. In reading issue two of Snelson: Comedy Is Dying, you get both a great continuation of…
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Snelson: Comedy is Dying #1 – Ahoy Comics Review
By: John C. Mayberry The indy genre of comics is full of some pretty damn good reads, unique in the stories they tell and how they’re presented in both dialogue and artwork. Although my love of comics began with the superhero genre, it’s refreshing to see creators that take…