Author: Hunter Sandlin

Some of the biggest eSports tournaments in the world generate more money and bring in abigger audience than some big tournaments in world-renowned, established professional sportslike tennis, boxing, and American football. Due to the fact this demand has soared over such ashort period, dozens of other games are trying to stake their claim among the biggest names ineSports. Since the beginning of professional video gaming and eSports leagues in their modern format,games like Dota 2, Counter-Strike, League Of Legends, and Fortnite have put themselves intotheir own bracket above other games, with these four dominating the highest prize pools andviewing figures.…

Haha #4 Image Comics Writer: W. Maxwell Prince Artist: Patrick Horvath With only two issues left, W. Maxwell Prince has teamed up with Patrick Horvath for another engaging installment of Haha. Anyone who’s been reading Haha or Ice Cream Man will know what to expect from this issue. That is to say, they know it will be unique but that they will probably be a little heartbroken after reading it. Haha #4, however, might be one of Prince’s most uplifting books. I can’t help but wonder if that was a highly intentional decision for the sake of a fourth-wall-breaking joke.…

Radiant Black #1 Image Comics Writer: Kyle Higgens Artist: Marcelo Costa Radiant Black is the all-new ongoing series from Image Comics, pitched as a mix of INVINCIBLE and The Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. Writer Kyle Higgens is best known for his work on various Batman adjacent titles at DC and for his work on Mighty Morphin Power Rangers over at BOOM Studios. Marcelo Costa has also worked on Mighty Morphin Power Rangers in the past, working on the same book as Higgens on a couple of occasions. I’m not very familiar with The Mighty Morphin Power Rangers so I can’t…

Haha #1 Image Comics Writer: W. Maxwell Prince Artists: Vanesa R. Del Rey and Chris O’Halloran W. Maxwell Prince, best known for Ice Cream Man, is one of the most creative voices in comics. His writing pushes the comic book format to its limits and leaves a lasting effect on the reader. In this book, he teams up with Vanesa R. Del Rey, who is best known for her work on Redlands, and Ice Cream Man’s very own Chris O’Halloran. This one-shot issue has an amazing lineup of talent and that does not disappoint. Considering Ice Cream Man is comprised…

Nailbiter Returns #8 Image Comics Writer: Joshua Williamson Artists: Adam Guzowski and Mike Henderson This series continues to impress with its consistent quality and shockingly fast progression. It seems like every issue is more important and bigger than the last. Keeping this theme, Joshua Williamson packs a ton of exposition and character development in an exciting twenty-two pages. Every issue of this series is a revelation. As a reader, you are always just finding out what’s going on with every issue, despite not feeling too lost before. In issue #8, we are filled in with so much information I wonder…

Origins #2 BOOM! Studios Writer:  Clay McLeod Chapman Artists: Jakub Rebelka & Patricio Delpeche  In issue one of the new 6-issue sci-fi book, Origins, from Boom Studios, little was revealed but much was promised. Issue two followed through with the promise but left even more questioned unanswered. Much like the first issue, writer Clay McLeod Chapman, illustrator Jakub Rebelka, and colorist Patricio Delpeche come together to present a piece of a story that begs to be read on paper. The story is captivating and the art is unrivaled.  Going into the first issue you may not know much about the…

Nailbiter Returns #7 Image Comics Writer: Joshua Williamson Artists: Adam Guzowski and Mike Henderson As crazy as this series has been so far, this issue decides to throw all reason to the win without straying too far from where you might expect the series to go. In this issue, artist Adam Guzowski gets to show of his creativity with some jarring and bizarre imagery we haven’t seen in this series yet. The lore of Buckaroo was expanded but not yet explained and more information about the backstory of the Nailerbiter himself was teased. This issue gives the reader a lot…

Punchline #1 DC Comics Writers: Sam Johns & James Tynion IV Artists: Mirka Andolfo and Romulo Fajardo Jr. Back in June, the Joker had a special 80th-anniversary issue and in it, we got our first glimpse of James Tynion IV’s new character, Punchline. She has been playing an important role in his Batman story arc “Joker War” ever since. In a recent interview on the Absolute Comics podcast, Tynion mentioned that he originally planned to have this character in their own book from the start. It wasn’t until he started writing Joker War that he realized, with some modifications, that…

Dead Day #4 Aftershock Comics Writer: Ryan Parrott Artist: Evgeniy Bornyakov and Juancho Dead Day is Ryan Parrott’s third book with Aftershock and his first with artist Evgeniy Bornyakov. Together they tell the story of a family amidst Dead Day; an irregular holiday where some of the dead come back to life. They only come back after sundown and by the next morning will be back in their grave. Issue one started the evening before and each one after takes us further into the night. As with every issue of this series, it opens with a death related poem from…

The Walking Dead Deluxe #1 Image Comics Writer: Robert Kirkman Artists: Dave McCaig and Tony Moore With Halloween approaching, Image’s Skybound imprint has decided to start re-releasing issues of The Walking Dead in full color. Starting now, we will get two issues of TWD in full color and with an all new cover. Additionally, the issues will include installments of “The Cutting Room Floor.” These will be a behind the scene look at the creation of and creator commentary on The Walking Dead. Having an excuse to reread the first issue of The Walking Dead was pretty exciting. The story…