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This Week’s Best Shots@Newsarama (Comic Reviews)

Monday, March 10th, 2008

This week in our Best Shots column at Newsarama, we cover the following . . .

Feature Reviews:

Justice League: The New Frontier Special; review by The Rev. OJ Flow

Logan #1; review by Corey Henson

Cable #1; review by Jeff Marsick

DC Special: Raven #1; review by J. Caleb Mozzocco

Young Liars #1; review by Richard Renteria

Penance: Relentless #5; review by Richard Renteria

La Perdida; review by Michael C. Lorah

Tonoharu Vol. 1; review by Michael C. Lorah

North World Vol. 1; review by Troy Brownfield

Justice League: The Lightning Saga hardcover; review by Tim Janson

Plus, Pellet Reviews: Grimm Fairy Tales #22 (by Jeff); Justice League Unlimited #43 (by Caleb); Supergirl #27 (by Brian Andersen); Atom Eve #2 (by Brian); Dan Dare #2 (by Troy); Uncanny X-Men #496 (by Troy); Buffy the Vampire Slayer #12 (by Troy); Green Lantern #28 (by Troy); and Gravel #1 (by Troy).

By the way . . . No Vlog this week, but the Siegels shall return soon.

Latest at Newsarama . . .

Tuesday, March 6th, 2007

The Shotgun/Best Shots team is all over Newsarama these days. In addition to various convention-related articles from Michael C. Lorah, Kevin Huxford, and Steven Eks, you’ll find an interview with David Mack by our own Koben Kelly. As for me, the new Your Manga Minute is up, beginning a look at Naruto. On Wednesday, I’ll have two special reviews: Stephen King’s The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger Born #2 and Captain America #25 (that book will be huge). Later in the week, I return to Naruto. So, if you please, stop over at Newsarama and support our boys.

Shotgun Reviews: The Relaunch Commences

Monday, February 26th, 2007

Greetings and welcome to the new ShotgunReviews.com. Since 1999, we’ve done our best to give you worthwhile (and often funny) reviews and columns, and it’s time to shake off the rust and do it a little differently. We’ve kicked around a few ideas regarding how we’d do this new thing, and we hope you like what you see.

The new design comes to us from Barb Hallock, a student of mine with the appropriate attitude for this place (that is, bad). The more bloggish format puts us more on par with the current landscape. After all, we’ve been doing this almost eight full years. It was time for a big change. I think that you’ll agree that the new format, with a huge list of categories and easy searching, is a good one.

As part of that big change, we’ve brought in an influx of new talent from a variety of places. The entirety of our Best Shots team, responsible for the Best Shots column that runs every Monday at Newsarama.com, is now operating here in several capacities. You’ll also meet several talented young writers, including Barb herself, who will be tackling a variety of topics.

However, if you’re one of the rare folks that has read us since 1999, don’t get too worried. Shawn Delaney will still grace us with terrific music reviews, as will Jonathan Birdsong and the Lyrical Lounge crew. The Russ is back on wrestling coverage in full force. L.I. Rapkin’s already kicking in some culture. Eric Barker’s already opened the film vaults. And they aren’t the only familiar faces lurking around.

In the next few days and weeks, you’ll see the roster expand a little more and you’ll see some new recurring columns and features that we hope will become favorites. If you want to check out the old stuff, the old site currently still exists in its full glory under the archive button. If you want to talk about any of the stuff, old or new, visit our newly established forums.

So there’s my big speech. Enjoy yourselves, express yourselves, and invite friends. ShotgunReviews.com never went away, but we are most certainly back. Thanks for your time.