John Rauch Archives

The vagueness of the concepts and plot make it difficult to be too engaged. House of Whispers #1 art by Domo Stanton and John Rauch Domo Stanton's artwork is great at least The visuals are creative and flowing There is an upbeat attitude to the narrative that is well-reflected in the art Ezurie and Monday's visual designs[...]

However, it begins to look like a crutch, and the trail of captions you're intended to follow begins to get loose in the last splash page. Batwoman #18 art by Fernando Blanco and John Rauch Regardless, the comic is fantastic, and Blanco's artwork is as strong as ever in this final installment There is a deceptive simplicity[...]

It's a strange alteration for a few reasons, but I want to see this rehabilitation stick. Batwoman #17 art by Fernando Blanco and John Rauch Fernando Blanco's artwork continues to be a unique perk to this book His work looks a bit different in the generally brighter lighting of this issue, but it still adds a nice[...]

This isn't some flaw in his martial arts or his capacity for compassion; this is a deep-cut dirty move that is really quite brilliant from a writing standpoint. Batwoman #16 art by Fernando Blanco and John Rauch Blanco's artwork makes for an appealing yet cold comic that gives the reader a feel for the dim and brutal[...]

Obviously, there are skilled writers that can put A-List characters through good arcs, but there seems to be a pressure to keep certain qualities for which those characters are known. Batwoman #15 art by Fernando Blanco and John Rauch Fernando Blanco's artwork continues to be a cold and succinctly detailed unnerving style with clever panel layouts to[...]

Sam Lofti and John Rauch do some good work in the Secret Squirrel back-up story too, and it plays with their designs well. Scooby Apocalypse #25 is a surprisingly emotional and well-constructed issue The writing is well tempered, the art looks great, and the overall product pleases This one earns a recommendation Check it out. [rwp-review-ratings id="0"] [rwp-review-form[...]

This character is wildly underrated. Batwoman #14 art by Fernando Blanco and John Rauch Fernando Blanco's artwork shows itself capable of capturing the gruesome moments, the action beats, and the subtle expression spread throughout the comic.  His detailed and shadow-heavy work creates a dark and almost sterile world worthy of Batwoman John Rauch's color work is a[...]

However, it still leaves me interested in where this book is going. Batwoman #13 art by Fernando Blanco and John Rauch Fernando Blanco provides the oppressive and tense atmosphere to make this comic work The house is creepy on its own, but the extra details make it even better and are hidden enough to not be overt[...]

Things seem a little freer to get weird and…well, not experimental-in-terms-of-the-medium, but certainly experiemential-in-terms-of-who-a-big-company-lets-work-on-their-IP? And that's always fun to see. Like, for example, when Beto did a Wonder Woman story, part two of which I'm going to look at here. ("Beto" being Gilbert Hernandez, of Love & Rockets fame, joined here by John Rauch on colors.) PAGE TWENTY-ONE[...]

Why the delay? Well, some suspected it might have something to do with John Rauch being dropped as the colourist, heralding the current delay on the book. On the Image Comics forums, Rezourcesman posted, Can't speak for the general regular delays on the book, but this one is particularly long because there will be a new colourist going forward, so[...]

And there are only four issues of Wasteland left to go, anyway. DD: One thing that immediately jumped out to me when I first read Umbral was its color palette.  How involved are you and Chris with the color design with John Rauch and Jordan Boyd? Do you give overt color direction in scripting? AJ: I give[...]

By Alasdair Stuart Here we are again, with Antony Johnston’s writer’s notes for Umbral Issue #2 featuring new cast members, new locations and just the

By Alasdair Stuart Umbral is, in a year crammed full of insanely good Image comics, one of the very best. I’m really fond of it, as you may have noticed.

Antony Johnston, Christopher Mitten, John Rauch and Thomas Mauer's new fantasy series is brutal, dirty-fingernailed fantasy of a sort that doesn't get enough press Following Rascal, a female thief who sees something horrific begin its invasion of her kingdom and her friends, the book is Invasion of the Bodysnatchers by way of fantasy, steampunk and[...]

I'm reviewing live with first looks at today's releases here at my local comic shop, Conquest Comics in New Jersey, and it's another week of tough choices

As welcome as this would probably be as a film treatment, this first issue alone strongly suggests that there are things that comics can simply do better, and should. Umbral is out this week from Image, a "dark fantasy" according to ads, and its "scribe" is Antony Johnston, "Illuminator" is Christopher Mitten, "Painter" is John Rauch,[...]

Umbral is Johnston and Mitten's next project, where they're joined by John Rauch and Thomas Mauer It looks set to do for fantasy what Wasteland did for post-apocalyptic SF. The book follows Rascal, a young Thief whose best friend (And not quite boyfriend) happens to be Prince Arthir Rascal is funny, gloriously profane and has a[...]