Articles by John Amenta

About John Amenta (74 Articles)

Born and raised in Central Connecticut. Raised on the good stuff, such as Star Wars, Marvel G.I. Joe comics and a heaping spoonful of Saturday morning cartoons. Many years later, still sticking to the ways of younger life, to counteract the terror of adult existence.

Review Brew: Daredevil #1

December 2, 2015 // 0 Comments

Writer- Charles Soule Artist- Ron Garney Confession time. Daredevil is my favorite Marvel hero. Street level, barely superpowered, fights for the common man in [...]

Review Brew: Huck #1

November 18, 2015 // 0 Comments

Writer- Mark Millar Artist- Rafael Albuquerque Huck is the newest series conjured up by Hollywood approved comic scribe Mark Millar. After finishing the first issue, I [...]

Review Brew: The Hangman #1

November 5, 2015 // 0 Comments

Writer- Frank Tieri Artist- Felix Ruiz Archie Comics’ Dark Circle line of books has in the last year reintroduced many classic, yet forgotten superheroes [...]

Review Brew: Sleeping Dogs

October 20, 2015 // 0 Comments

Writer- Fraser Campbell Artist- Lautaro Capristo One of the perks of being a reviewer of comics, is the access to advance copies of books. It’s a nice feeling [...]

Movie Review: The Death Of “Superman Lives”; What Happened?

October 11, 2015 // 0 Comments

Writer and Director- Jon Schnepp Countless scripts are floating around movie studios at any given moment. Many get made into the films we see in the multiplex while [...]

Hartford Comic Con 2015

September 23, 2015 // 0 Comments

This past weekend, September 19th and 20th, Hartford Comic Con returned to the Constitution State for its second year. This edition featured two days of vendors selling their [...]

Cover To Cover: Uncanny X-Men #251

September 13, 2015 // 0 Comments

Covers are the first thing you see on a comic. Simple. The cover could very well be enough of an eye catching tool to get you, faithful reader to plunk down your hard-earned [...]

Review Brew: Exit Generation #1

September 9, 2015 // 0 Comments

Writer- Sam Read Penciller- Caio Oliveira The opening half of the first issue of Exit Generation tells of how most of humanity decided to leave Earth for the stars and [...]

ComiConn 2015

September 1, 2015 // 0 Comments

The weekend of August 14th through 16th of 2015 saw the return of ComiConn, Connecticut’s favorite pop culture convention, as it debuted in its new home at Mohegan Sun. [...]

Review Brew: Sonic Universe #79

August 25, 2015 // 0 Comments

Writer- Evan Stanley Penciller- Tracy Yardley What I know about Sonic the Hedgehog could fit in a very small shoebox. Like toddler size. The original game came [...]