Veronica Gandini Archives

Batman is ready to bring the Red Hood down for good. The ending is also bittersweet and comes with a nice twist. There is something of a back-up tale with the "full" Outlaws lineup (Red Hood, Arsenal, Starfire, Bizarro, Artemis, and Creeper), and it turns out to be a storybook being read by Ma Gunn. Red Hood and[...]

We get to see the battle which has been built since issue one, and it leads back into the mainline Aquaman comic well. Mera: Queen of Atlantis #6 art by Lan Medina, Norm Rapmund, and Veronica Gandini The artwork of Lan Medina soars with this issue The fight is impactful, and the liberal use of superpowers look[...]

Even then, balancing goofy and tragic seems to be the point, and it's an interesting balance to attempt. Red Hood and the Outlaws #24 art by Allison Borges and Veronica Gandini Dexter Soy and Alisson Borges are the artists on this comic, and they balance the comic well Borges handles the Bizarro half while Soy crafts the[...]

The raise the stakes, put more people in opposition against one another, and put our protagonist into a position where she must make some tough choices. Ocean Master continues to be a fascinating character, and I hope he doesn't drop off again after this story. Mera: Queen of Atlantis #5 art by Lan Medina, Norm Rapmund, and[...]

Plus, the scenes with Tula and Erin are especially dull and seem to only serve to reiterate what we are already seeing: Ocean Master is changing as a person. Those scenes with Erin and Tula arguably go somewhere in the end, but it's out of left field and could have been just as well shown without[...]

The finale with Jason Todd and Bizarro watching the stars while the latter's vocabulary deteriorates even threatened to jerk a tear or two from my fetid soul. Also, watching Red Hood get one over on the Penguin likely never get old. In any case, this comic impresses with its ability to capture and assign meeting to the[...]

That's to say nothing of how awful a character Erin has turned out to be. Mera: Queen of Atlantis #3 art by Lan Medina, Norm Rapmund, and Veronica Gandini Lan Medina's artwork is still quite good, even if it's occasional focus on T&A only exacerbates the thematic issues of the comic The detailing is good, and the[...]

I'm very aware that such melodrama is common to the Big Two and has been a part of Dan Abnett's Aquaman, but it feels so much more prominent in this entry. Mera: Queen of Atlantis #2 art by Lan Medina, Norm Rapmund, and Veronica Gandini Lan Medina's artwork is strong, and Ocean Master in particular looks stunning[...]

Welcome to the first official episode of Bleeding Cool’s Comics Chatter! We continue our chat this week by moving on to Mera: Queen of Atlantis #1.

Superman and Wonder Woman make a brief appearance to play dumb while Mera explains why Corum Rath sent the Eel to kill Mera instead of his own soldiers; that was a little clunky and could have been handled better. Mera: Queen of Atlantis #1 art by Lan Medina, Richard Friend, and Veronica Gandini Lan Medina makes up[...]