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About Phil

With 40 years of experience in comic reading, collecting and reviewing, English Professor Phil Mateer has an encyclopedic mind for comics. Feel free to ask Phil about storylines, characters, artists or for that matter, any comic book trivia. He will post your questions and answers on the AABC blog. His knowledge is unparalleled! He is also our warehouse manager, so if you are looking for that hard to find comic book, ask Phil!

Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #364

Posted on April 9, 2016 by Phil

Black Panther #1 — Writer: Ta-Nehisi Coates;  Art: Brian Stelfreeze;  Colors: Laura Martin Spider-Women Alpha #1 — Writer: Robbie Thompson;  Art: Vanesa Del Ray;  Colors: Jordie Bellaire Poe Dameron #1 — Writer: Charles Soule;  Art/Colors: Phil Noto Amadeus Cho: Genius at Work #1 (of 1) — Writers: Greg Pak and Fred van Lente;  Art: Takeshi Miyazawa, Gary Frank and Rodney Buchemi Of all the Marvel first issues this week, none has been more anticipated than Black Panther, partly because the company tapped as writer Ta-Nehisi Coates, a prominent author on African-American issues (among other topics), who last year won both … Continue reading →

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Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #363

Posted on April 1, 2016 by Phil

Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur #5 — Writers: Brandon Montclare and Amy Reeder;  Art: Natacha Bustos;  Colors: Tamra Bonvillain The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #6 — Writer: Ryan North with Chip Zdarsky;  Art: Erica Henderson;  Colors: Rico Renzi Jughead #5 — Writer: Chip Zdarsky;  Art: Erica Henderson;  Colors: Andre Syzmanowicz Jem and the Holograms #13 — Writer:  Kelly Thompson;  Art: Sophie Campbell;  Colors: M. Victoria Robado These four books always seem to come out around the same week, and they’re classy, vastly-entertaining all-ages comics that make me happy. Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur wraps its first arc, its pint-size heroine executing … Continue reading →

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Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #362

Posted on March 26, 2016 by Phil

Patsy Walker, A.K.A. Hellcat #4 — Writer: Kate Leth;  Art: Brittney L. Williams;  Colors: Megan Wilson Angela, Queen of Hel #6 (of 7) — Writer: Marguerite Bennett;  Art: Kim Jacinto;  Colors: Israel Silva The Infinity Entity #3 (of 4) — Writer: Jim Starlin;  Pencils: Alan Davis;  Inks: Mark Farmer;  Colors: Wil Quintana Hawkeye #5 — Writer: Jeff Lemire;  Art: Ramon Perez;  Colors: Ian Herring with Ramon Perez I’ve really been liking Hellcat, with its breezy cartoony style and script that manage to acknowledge both the Stan Lee/Dan Decarlo Millie the Model days and the character’s superhero history since. Naturally, since … Continue reading →

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Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #361

Posted on March 19, 2016 by Phil

Spider-Woman #5 — Writer: Dennis Hopeless;  Pencils: Javier Rodriguez;  Inks: Alvaro Lopez;  Colors: Rachelle Rosenberg International Iron Man #1 — Writer: Brian Michael Bendius;  Art: Alex Maleev;  Colors: Paul Mounts The Infinity Entity #2 (of ) — Writer: Jim Starlin;  Pencils: Alan Davis;  Inks: Mark Farmer;  Colors: Wil Quintana Power Man and Iron Fist #2 — Writer: David Walker;  Art: Sanford Greene;  Colors: Lee Loughridge Scarlet Witch #4 — Writer: James Robinson;  Art: Chris Visions and Steve Dillon;  Colors: Chris Visions and Vero Gandini Extraordinary X-Men #8 — Writer: Jeff Lemire;  Pencils: Humberto Ramos;  Inks: Victor Olazaba;  Colors: Edgar Delgado … Continue reading →

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Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #360

Posted on March 12, 2016 by Phil

The Infinity Entity #1 (of 4) — Writer: Jim Starlin;  Pencils: Alan Davis;  Inks: Mark Farmer;  Colors: Jordan Boyd Mockingbird #1 — Writer: Chelsea Cain;  Art: Kate Niemozyle;  Colors: Rachelle Rosenberg The Haunted Mansion #1 (of 5) — Writer: Joshua Williamson;  Art: Jorge Coelho;  Colors: Jean-Francois Beaulieu This week’s Marvel debuts — Infinity Entity #1 continues Jim Starlin’s decades-long (as in, since the ’70s) chronicling of the adventures of Adam Warlock, Thanos, and Marvel’s cosmic characters; he’s been doing this lately in original graphic novels, so it’s nice to see this installment as a good-‘ol floppy comic. Davis and Farmer … Continue reading →

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