Rick Spears Archives

Academy Award-winning writer/director/actor Taika Waititi (JoJo Rabbit) and The New Pope star Jude Law may not be looking to "bite the hand that feeds them" with their reported-but-not-yet-confirmed limited series The Auteur, it appears Showtime is looking to bite on the project in a big way. Cubankite / Denis Makarenko (Shutterstock.com) Based on the graphic novel The[...]

When it comes to the most metal comic book ever, Black Metal by Rick Spears and Chuck BB wins it hands down, no questions asked To illustrate something so metal, one must be more metal than Manowar, Black Sabbath, and Metallica combined Thankfully, BB was on hand at the Long Beach Comic Expo this past[...]

And yet, I saw Rick Spears' name on the cover and knew I'd be in for one helluva ride. Spears' dark humor and creative stories have charmed me with his slew of creator owned titles over the years such as Teenagers From Mars, Black Metal, and REPO, but my first encounter with his work was his[...]

In that case, this…this…was a pretty well-crafted comic book. Good luck, Rick Spears and James Callahan We're all rooting for you. Ed Saul's the Entertainer, and he's had to pay his price; the things he did not know at first, he learned by doing twice. By Ed Saul Awhile back, I read through and reviewed the first issue of[...]

In the midst of the psychedelic opening, an Abraham Lincoln of the axe-wielding variety gives him his first (albeit not entirely original) epiphany; and by the end of this first chapter, we find out his second, which is much more intriguing… The art by James Callahan animates the panels in an incredible Mad Magazine style, populating[...]