East of West #5: The Beast Incarnate

August 15, 2013

I suppose it was bound to happen. When you’re writing Avengers and New Avengers, plus the Infinity series and East of West, something must give. Sadly, this time, it had to be East of West. While not a bad issue, East of West #5 stumbles, mostly by settling into a formulaic plot line. Until now, writer Jonathan Hickman had created…

Iann Robinson started his career early writing for Sound Views magazine and spreading all the way to Japan Warp. In 1996 he created the wildly popular cable access show Monkey Butt Sex. In the four years it was on Robinson interviewed dozens of bands ranging from Sick Of It All to The Melvins as well as cementing his name in the underground music world. From Monkey Butt Sex, Robinson began MBS Productions, directing small budget videos for Hedpe, H20, Napalm Death, Sick Of It All, Warzone, and others. This led to the next big phase of Robinson’s career, MTV. In 2000 Iann Robinson became an on air news reporter and quickly attracted both bands and fans with his honest and often brutal opinions. After MTV Robinson began writing for Crave Online as well as starting his own small press comic shop Isolation Disorder Comics. Robinson also produced and starred in the on-line pop culture show Dude, That’s Awesome.