Kelly Thompson
My younger brother brought home "Uncanny X-Men" #290 one day from the mall after recognizing Storm from the X-Men cartoon we'd stumbled across. And with that, I had discovered comics, or rather my brother had, but whatever. Love of comics eventually led me to the Savannah College of Art & Design where I got a degree in Sequential Art. Love of comics more recently drove a lot of my blogging, which led Brian Cronin to me and the creation of She Has No Head! and from there the 3 Chicks Review Comics podcast, reviews for CBR, and a comics columnist gig on Lit Reactor. In other words, comics have led me a lot of good places.
I'm also the author of the superhero novel The Girl Who Would Be King and am represented by The Irene Goodman Agency. I live in Manhattan and love it, but constantly whine about returning to Los Angeles so that I can go to Target whenever I want and have less frizzy hair in the summer.
FIRST COMIC: "Uncanny X-Men" #290
FAVORITE CHARACTER: Batman and a smorgasbord of female runner ups? Batwoman, Wonder Woman, Cass Cain/Batgirl, Rogue, Emma Frost, Michonne, Agent 355, Big Barda...the list goes on and on.
Articles By Kelly Thompson
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Gambit #12
Thu, May 16th, 2013 | Category: Review
Gambit and Rogue go up against Tombstone (sorta) as Joelle's story comes to an end in James Asmus and Clay Mann's "Gambit" #12.
The Dream Merchant #1
Thu, May 16th, 2013 | Category: Review
Newcomer Konstantin Novosadov delivers stunning visuals in "The Dream Merchant" #1 a not-quite-great first issue in a new mini-series written by Nathan Edmonson.
Uncanny X-Force #4
Fri, May 10th, 2013 | Category: Review
Things come to a head as the thing possessing Bishop finally makes its move on Ginny and the X-Men fail to stop it in Sam Humphries and Ron Garney's "Uncanny X-Force" #4.
Uncanny Avengers #8
Fri, May 10th, 2013 | Category: Review
Archangel's twins Eimin and Uriel use their devastating power to destroy an entire city, and proclaim the Avengers and X-Men incapable of stopping them, since they can't even get along in Rick Remender and Daniel Acuña's "Uncanny Aven
Avengers Assemble #15AU
Thu, May 9th, 2013 | Category: Review
Captains Marvel and Britain, plus a handful of magical and British heroes team up to stop Ultron from completing its takeover of England in Al Ewing and Butch Guice's "Avengers Assemble" #15AU.
Suicide Risk #1
Mon, May 6th, 2013 | Category: Review
Superpowered people have made a mess of everything in Mike Carey and Elena Casagrande's "Suicide Risk" #1 and it's up to good cops like Leo to even the playing field even if that means becoming superpowered himself.
Ten Grand #1
Fri, May 3rd, 2013 | Category: Review
J. Michael Straczynski and Ben Templesmith's "Ten Grand" #1 offers up an interesting spin on an old tale, but wades too heavily in clichés to feel entirely successful.
FF #6
Mon, April 29th, 2013 | Category: Review
Matt Fraction and Joe Quinones bring another fun-filled but disappointingly slight issue of "FF."
A+X #7
Mon, April 29th, 2013 | Category: Review
Two short stories, one by Zeb Wells and Dale Keown pairing up dueling geniuses Iron Man and Beast; and the second by Christopher Yost, R'John Bernales and Chris Turcotte starring Thor and Iceman, are entertaining but slight in "A+X" #7.
Journey Into Mystery #651
Mon, April 29th, 2013 | Category: Review
Kathryn Immonen and guest artist Pepe Larraz pen "Journey Into Mystery" #651, a standalone tale, with Sif as a minor guest star, but featuring a lot of great Asgardian characters.
Revival #9
Mon, April 22nd, 2013 | Category: Review
Things are coming to a head as people begin to take advantage of the "Revivers Situation" in different ways and Dana's son finds himself in mortal danger in Tim Seeley and Mike Norton's "Revival" #9.
Mara #4
Fri, April 19th, 2013 | Category: Review
Mara finally comes to terms with both what she can do and the peace that can bring her as she breaks free of everything -- including Earth -- in Brian Wood and Ming Doyle's "Mara" #4.
Danger Girl: Trinity #1
Thu, April 18th, 2013 | Category: Review
The latest "Danger Girl" mini-series "Trinity" #1 by writer Andy Hartnell features three artists for each of the ladies stories: John Royle, Harvey Tolibao, and Stephen Molnar.
The Walking Dead #109
Fri, April 12th, 2013 | Category: Review
Maggie settles into her new life, but finds she's not as far from Rick's plans as she may have suspected in Robert Kirkman and Charlie Adlard's "The Walking Dead" #109.
Avengers Arena #7
Fri, April 12th, 2013 | Category: Review
Dennis Hopeless and Alessandro Vitti's "Avengers Arena" #7 takes a side trip (and a step back in time) to discover how Arcade came up with his idea and a bit more detail as to what the Arena is. Hint: it's an arena.
Uncanny X-Men #4
Fri, April 12th, 2013 | Category: Review
Brian Michael Bendis and Chris Bachalo's "Uncanny X-Men" #4 could easily be subtitled "Ripped From The Gutters of "All-New X-Men" #10" -- and it's exceedingly clever.
Polarity #1
Mon, April 8th, 2013 | Category: Review
Suffering from bi-polar disorder, artist Tim has found that living "sane" is pretty unbearable, but when he takes matters into his own hands he finds that there may be more to his insanity than originally thought in "Polarity" #1.
All-New X-Men #10
Fri, April 5th, 2013 | Category: Review
Cyclops and Co. create a New Xavier School and come looking for their student body at Wolverine's Jean Grey School in Brian Michael Bendis and Stuart Immonen's "All-New X-Men" #10.
Glory #34
Fri, April 5th, 2013 | Category: Review
Utterly unlike any superhero comic to come before it, Joe Keatinge and Ross Campbell's final issue of "Glory" is as stunningly unexpected as nearly the entire groundbreaking run.
Justice League Dark #18
Sun, March 31st, 2013 | Category: Review
Magic proves too unwieldy and obscure to feel like a satisfying story in the latest "Justice League Dark" by Ray Fawkes, Jeff Lemire, and Mikel Janin.
