Hoang Nguyen's Carbon Grey #1 Comic Review

Carbon Grey takes place in some sort of alternate reality war torn Germany that just learned their leader the Kaiser has been assassinated. Enter the Sisters Grey. Over many generations there have been the Sisters Grey, three sisters, never more that outlined Germany, one representing strength, grace and wisdom, until now. In the current generation there four though, and that seems to be the key to the death and destruction that is laying waste to present.

Carbon grey is the brainchild of writer and artist Hoang Nguyen, who not only was the head writer and artist but also created the premise of the story and the series itself. In addition to Nguyen there are a number of other writers and artists, but he really is the basis of both.

The story is very complex, and will leave any reader lost and perplexed by the conclusion of the issue. The issue follows the storyline of each Grey Sister as they infiltrate and destroy the world around them. One of the things that makes the stories so complex is that the issue does not yield a connection to each other in the slightest, so it is hard to get a grasp on the story aside from the fact that they are all surrounded by death and destruction.

As for the art, the art is spectacular. It has a classic yet modern feel of Japanese art, and really reminds me of artist Sana Takeda who worked on Marvel’s last Ms. Marvel series. Although there is a lot going on in each panel, Nguyen differentiates its all perfectly, never taking away from even the slightest background piece. The book is loaded with blood, gore, and violence, which coupled with this great art really made the book all that it is. If you don’t dig the story the art is worth the price of the book by itself.

Carbon Grey has a very unique feel to it, even though the story is confusing it is hard to dislike and find fault with it because it gives the impression that as the read more of the series, all of the story lines will come together just perfectly creating a story that is worth the confusing wait. One thing that is always great about checking out titles from Indy companies like Image is that you will always get these more complex storylines as well as great, unique art, which will always keep readers coming back for more.

7.5 out of 10

Jimmy Palmiotti's Blog: Listen to Jimmy and his Weekly Post, Sexy Mondays

Comic book writer Jimmy Palmiotti has a blog that I find myself visiting almost daily. His blog Listen to Jimmy is a blog that encompasses movies, music, comics and most importantly: sexy women every Monday. Jimmy's weekly post Sexy Monday is something that will ease up any man's first working day of the week by providing a plethora of sexy women that either either nude, partially nude, or just looking plain sexy in different types of clothing (or lack there of).

This weekly post has been going on for over a year now and has never disappointed. So please, if you're a fan of Jimmy, a fan of comics, or just like looking a good looking girls check out Listen to Jimmy from Jimmy Palmiotti over at his blog.

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Cornbread's Favorite and Least Favorite Comics of the Week - 2/17

Hey everyone!

Had a large week this week, therefore it was hard to pick my favorite and least favorite comic, but low and behold I was able to do it anyways. So here is the verdict:


Favorite Comic: Power Girl #9
*Warning Spoiler Alert*

Ever since I decided to pick up Power Girl as one of my monthly comics, it has never let me down. First of all, I enjoy Amanda Connor's art immensely (as well as her face) and the writing is pretty witty. The comic starts off referring to someone knowing Power Girls secret identity which has been the underlying plot for a few issues now. It segways into a scene where Power Girl is left naked due to her towel falling and is inconspicuously covered up by some very well placed groceries, which Jared found to be annoying, but I think it adds some good humor. The story continues on with the city being attacked by some pretty sweet looking animal solidiers (elephants and rhinos to be exact) and Power Girl comes and beats them up. Then you finally learn that Satanna is here to enact her revenge for what Power Girl did in issue two with super Humanite. I like that the writer is tying together the issues and going with a continuing story line. I thought that it was going to keep being little two issue arcs over and over again, which can get boring quick. So to see that they are going to focus on a larger picture it is pretty cool. Also, the ending of the book was pretty cool with a surprise savior for Power Girl.

8.5 out of 10


Least Favorite Comic: Blackest Night Flash #3
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So first off, I would just like to say that I expected this to be a disappointment. The problem with this Blackest Night mini is that they tried to do too much story line in this small three issue series. The whole thing with both the Flash trying to save Bart, and then you have Mr. Cold or whatever his name is trying to deal with a bunch of other Black Lanterns. When reading this mini I just felt lost most of the time and I feel like it really didnt add really anything to the Blackest Night story line at all. Which is a real disappointment because I really enjoy the Flash and was pretty excited for this tie in. I think this has once again proven that I should just stop reading these mini's and just read the main story line. Out of all of the Blackest Night minis the only good ones have been Wonder Woman and Superman. The others have added little to nothing to the story line or have just been junk all around. Anyways, back to the Flash. Heres the ending so you dont have to read it yourself, it ends up that him and the other Flash save Bart and Cold defeats the Black Lanterns just like Batman did with a cold gun. No surprise there. Great Job!

3 out of 10