It's almost that time again people... it's almost time for me to announce the picks for the best/worst comic book covers of February 2015. If you want to be mentioned, comment below and give your pick. You can be anonymous. You can also give your reasoning why you chose the cover which I could quote you for!

On Comic Frontline I posted another addition of Kickstart the Week featuring Lil' Ninja #1. I also wrote about the upcoming The Spirit series being released by Dynamite Entertainment and written by Matt Wagner! 

Here are the articles I reprinted this week:

"Two issues of potty-mouths, blood, gore, and a talking blue horse, this promising mini-series from the man who made Batman and Robin (creator Grant Morrison) amazingly didn't have much of an effect on me. Until this issue. This was a twisted and pleasant Christmas surprise."

"Deaf Power Publishing has launched a new comic book series, Sign and Voices. I’m honored to be able to cover a series that doesn’t just have an intriguing premise, but also has a powerful purpose: teaching deaf individuals valuable life skills and helping to raise their confidence in their identities in the mainstream community."

"I have never seen a comic book try so hard to do so many things at once. I’ve also never seen a comic book fail so miserably at trying to do so many things at once."

"Starting today, November 14th, the comic book publisher Action Lab Entertainment will be making their digital debut on comiXology – one of the most popular sites to download digital comic books!"

Comic Maven's Archives is back to comicmaven.com! Thank you Google Domains.

This week I debuted my new feature Kickstart the Week which featured Time Stop #1! This new feature is to lend a hand to creators trying to get their work funded through Kickstarter. It includes not only information about the project but interviews with the creative team. I hope you enjoy it. The feature went over so well I will be posting another this Monday! If you have a Kickstarter you are interested in having me spotlight in the future and would be interested in an interview as well, please let me know.

On Entertainment Fuse I posted my review of Secret Identities #1. Are the secrets compelling? Read my review and find out.

For my other feature, Best/Worst Comic Book Covers, I have still received no suggestions from readers! Please let me know your pick!

Here is the article I reprinted this week:

"After the previous issue of Batman and Robin dedicated its entirety to explaining the Absence’s origin, this issue gets back to the action and our heroes.  The story is still great and the artwork has unfortunately remained horrendous, but has its moments."

Happy Valentine's Day everyone!

As you may have already noticed, currently Comic Maven's Archives has returned to comicmavensarchives.weebly.com rather than comicmaven.com. I have been having domain hosting issues which will hopefully be fixed sometimes next week. If you have a suggestion for a good hosting service that can be pinpointed to my Weebly-created website please let me know and sorry for the inconvenience!

I am planning on premiering a new feature called "Kickstart the Week" on Comic Frontline this Monday so be on the look out for that. 

Also, since my new monthly "Best/Worst Comic Book Covers" feature was a lot of fun to list, I've already started working on the February edition. If you have already seen great (or not so great) covers from this month, let me know! You (along with your reasoning for your pick if you include it) may be mentioned on the list unless you wish to remain anonymous.

Here are the articles I've reprinted this week:

"Cassandra Cain is back! That name is enough for a lot of the former Batgirl’s fans to feverishly grab up this issue, but to be warned Cassandra is not in the issue enough for a reader just interested in her to be satisfied. There is enough of an enticing epilogue and nice artwork to have others happily pleased with this well-crafted epilogue to the “Hit List” storyline. You can still skip it and you will not be missing a piece of the plot, but you will miss out on a lot of other things."

"Princeless continues to be charming it's way into my heart with a few more hiccups than the last issue – but it still has a clever ingenuity about it, good humor and heart. As well as a sword-wielding and pissed-off princess atop her mighty mentally-defunct fire-breathing dragon. But in the over-arching story, this issue is not relevant and wastes time this mini-series needs."

"Writer’s block sucks. Especially for Willard Penn, a comic book writer and artist whose comic book starring the Batman-looking-for-love Dark Hour is at a standstill.  And things are about to get a lot more complicated."

Happy Friday everyone!

This week on Entertainment Fuse I posted the first edition of my new monthly feature about the best/worst comic book covers of the month. Check out how January 2015 was! Let me know in the comments if you have a suggestions for the best or worst cover for February 2015. You may be mentioned on the list if your cover (and reason for choosing it if you include it) are picked. 

I also updated the second part of the Comic Book Awards on Entertainment Fuse since I finally found what I believe is the best ongoing comic book series of 2014. In related news, Nailbiter will be crossing over with Hack/Slash. There will be blood!

Here is the article I reprinted this week:

"Back on February 29th, 2012, the 100th anniversary issue of The Darkness was released. The oversize hundredth issue came out shortly after the release of the Darkness II video game, which like it's previous game, has gotten a slew of awe-inspired reviews wailing it's praises. The hundredth issue concludes Phil Hester's run on Darkness, leading to similar creative changes like those after Witchblade #150. "