About Ian Menard

When Kieron Gillen and Jamie McKelvie’s Young Avengers burst onto the scene one year ago, it was like a breath of fresh air. More than any comic since Brian K. Vaughan’s Runaways, this …
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Today, Monkeybrain Comics announced a new comic from Joey Esposito and Ben Bailey. ‘Captain Ultimate‘ is an all-ages story that celebrates everything great about comics and super heroes. I was …
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Last issue, everyone made their way into The Deeper Well – Buffy and friends, the Guardians of magic, and the evil duo of Simone and Severin. Issue #23 of Andrew …
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Even from the recap page, it’s obvious that Matt Fraction’s Hawkeye #12 is going to be different. For one thing, it actually recaps information – this time about Barney Barton, Clint’s brother. …
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Issue #7 of Kieron Gillen and Jamie McKelvie’s Young Avengers starts with some pure, simple payback. Specifically against the Skrulls from Issue #1. As revealed in an incredible Instagram montage, those …
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It’s not every series that could pull off an issue about a dog that eats a lot of pizza; then again, Matt Fraction and David Aja’s Hawkeye is not just any …
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Indie comic publisher ComixTribe announced this week that issue #3 of The Standard comes with a good old-fashioned money back guarantee. Should any reader – or retailer – feel …
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John Lees and Jonathan Rector’s The Standard is, on the surface, the story of a “Golden Age” superhero coming out of retirement to investigate a string of murders and kidnappings. In …
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It’s not every series that could produce an issue entirely from the perspective of a one-eyed dog who loves pizza – let alone such an absolutely stellar one. Then again, …
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In the last issue of Mike Carey and Peter Gross’ The Unwritten, things were looking up for Tom Taylor – literally. He had descended into the depths of Hades, found his …
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Issue #13 of Brian Michael Bendis’ and Stuart Immonen’s All-New X-Men opens with quite the bang, as Jean Grey goes full-on Dark Phoenix on everyone in a gorgeous two-page spread. From there, the …
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This month, Young Avengers took some time out of its regularly scheduled programming to catch the reader up with some old friends – David Alleyne aka Prodigy of the New X-Men, and …
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