Thirteen Minutes focused on weekly reviews of Creator-Owned Comics from 2005 to 2015. Critic @ Poopsheet Foundation 2009-2014. Critic @ Comics Bulletin 2013-2016. Freelance Writer/Editor @ DC/Vertigo, Stela, Madefire, Image Comics, Dark Horse, Boom! Studios, and Studio 12-7 from 2012-Present. Follow @ThirteenMinutes
9.29.2016
10.05.16 [#PicksOfTheWeek]
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"The Road Not Traveled - Rome West's Alternate History Timeline"
Thanks to the folks over at Stela who've created a primer on the alt history timeline for Rome West Season 1, in anticipation of this week's digital release of Rome West Season 2. We open with Chapter 7, in which the Roman/Natives of Rome West battle the Aztec Empire in Panama, in a decades long war. You've never seen anything like it. Rome West is written by me and Brian Wood, with art by Andrea Mutti, colors by Vladimir Popov, and letters by Sal Cipriano. Check it out!
#PicksOfTheWeek is brought to you with generous support from my retail sponsor Yesteryear Comics. Make Yesteryear Comics your choice in San Diego for great customer service and the best discounts possible on a wide selection of mainstream and independent titles. Customers receive an attractive 20% discount on new titles during their first week of release. Yesteryear Comics is located at 9353 Clairemont Mesa Boulevard. Aliens: Defiance #5 (Dark Horse) Frostbite #1 (DC/Vertigo) Deadly Class #21 (Image) Image Plus #6 (Image) Saga #38 (Image) American Blood (Fantagraphics)
#PicksOfTheWeek is brought to you with generous support from my retail sponsor Yesteryear Comics. Make Yesteryear Comics your choice in San Diego for great customer service and the best discounts possible on a wide selection of mainstream and independent titles. Customers receive an attractive 20% discount on new titles during their first week of release. Yesteryear Comics is located at 9353 Clairemont Mesa Boulevard. Manifest Destiny #23 (Image) Horizon #3 (Image) Seven to Eternity #1 (Image) The Wicked + The Divine: 1831 (Image) Revolution #1 (IDW) The Vision #11 (Marvel) Britannia #1 (Valiant)
#PicksOfTheWeek is brought to you with generous support from my retail sponsor Yesteryear Comics. Make Yesteryear Comics your choice in San Diego for great customer service and the best discounts possible on a wide selection of mainstream and independent titles. Customers receive an attractive 20% discount on new titles during their first week of release. Yesteryear Comics is located at 9353 Clairemont Mesa Boulevard. Briggs Land #2 (Dark Horse) House of Penance #6 (Dark Horse) The Massive: Ninth Wave Library Edition HC (Dark Horse) Astro City #38 (DC/Vertigo) Doom Patrol #1 (DC/Young Animals) The Black Monday Murders #2 (Image) Black Science #24 (Image) Hadrian's Wall #1 (Image) Southern Cross #7 (Image) Letter 44 #27 (Oni Press) Moonshot Vol. 1 (AH Comics) Ghosts (Scholastic/Graphix) The Forevers #1 (Black Mask)
#PicksOfTheWeek is brought to you with generous support from my retail sponsor Yesteryear Comics. Make Yesteryear Comics your choice in San Diego for great customer service and the best discounts possible on a wide selection of mainstream and independent titles. Customers receive an attractive 20% discount on new titles during their first week of release. Yesteryear Comics is located at 9353 Clairemont Mesa Boulevard. Sheriff of Babylon #10 (DC/Vertigo) The Fuse #21 (Image) Drifter #14 (Image) Eclipse #1 (Image) Kill Or Be Killed #2 (Image) Paper Girls #9 (Image) Sex #31 (Image) Angel Catbird (Dark Horse) Moon Knight #6 (Marvel) Alters #1 (AfterShock) Thin #1 (American Gothic)
Justin Giampaoli was an award-winning critic at Thirteen Minutes and Comics Bulletin for over a decade. As a writer, his most notable work includes the self-published crime caper The Mercy Killing with artist Tim Goodyear, introductions and bonus content for New York Times Bestseller DMZ at DC/Vertigo, the alt-history epic Rome West and the sci-fi drama Starship Down, both with artist Andrea Mutti at Dark Horse. Other writing and editorial credits include projects for Boom! Studios, Image Comics, and Madefire. Recently, he edited the geo-political thriller California, Inc. with writer Arthur Ebuen and artist Dave Law at Studio 12-7, and was a panelist at San Diego Comic Con 2024.