WONDERCON 2017 / CZARFACE [#GeekSwag Reviews]: Hip-Hop and Comics – First Weapon Drawn.

Hip-Hop and Comics are arguably two of the most historically popular and influential forms of entertainment media, so it's only natural that they would have a confluence of fans and a panel at WonderCon 2017 to bring them together. As a pair of #GeekSwaggers who are quite obviously huge fans of both mediums, both "Pasto" …

IRON FIST [Season 1 Face-Off Review]: Iron Fist, or How I Learned to Strongly Dislike Protagonists.

Kevin "Pastor" Palma: Dojo history lesson time: I first started reading comics week-to-week in late 2007, and one of the very first series I got into was Matt Fraction, Ed Brubaker and David Aja's Immortal Iron Fist. I jumped in with the story arc "The Seven Capital Cities of Heaven" and was off to  the races …

AMERICA / GRASS KINGS / RAT QUEENS / GREEN ARROW / COSMIC SCOUNDRELS [Reviews]: Pledging Allegiance.

America #1 is an intriguing first ish from Gabby Rivera (the YA novel, Juliet Takes A Breath) about a young Latina girl with superpowers--who happens to be a lesbian--navigating her way in a world where she sits opposite many of her counterparts. Breaking out in Ultimates 2, America Chavez is forced to start her new …

BULLSEYE / BLOOD BLISTER / DARTH MAUL / BATMAN / PLANETOID PRAXIS [Reviews]: A Bloody Good Time!

Giving one of the best veteran assassin/bad guys ever in Marvel Comics his own book is such a damn fun idea. Before there was Deadpool and all his smart-ass, four-wall-breaking, self-aware-commenting villainy, there was Bullseye from Daredevil’s rogue’s gallery. And here he is, back from what everybody thought was his demise, to continue in his …