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Author Archives: Phil
Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #226
Walking Dead #100 — Writer: Robert Kirkman; Art: Charlie Adlard This is now officially the best-selling comic of the year, a tribute to both Kirkman’s storytelling skills and luck in catching the cultural zombie zeitgeist at just the right moment, and with just the right media tie-ins and collaborators. Eddie thought it was lazy — it provides just the kind of major-character death that you’d expect, and on top of that it’s got a lot of echoes from the earlier “Governor” storyline. That’s all true; on the other hand, you have to admire the way the brutal, low-tech nature of … Continue reading
Posted in New Comics, Reviews
Tagged Avengers, Batman, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Conan, Punk Rock Jesus, Spider-man, Walking Dead
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It Came From the Back Room #50
Standard recap: I’m slowly going through AABC’s one-million-plus back-issue room, restocking the boxes on the sales floor and pulling stuff to sell as discount/overstock/special items (these are featured at the discount racks at the west end of the store for a couple of weeks after each post, and then go to the discount racks on the east end of the store for a few weeks, and then disappear into our warehouses, so get them while you can). I’m going through the alphabet backwards (don’t ask), and at my speed (even now in the summer, when I’m not teaching), this amounts … Continue reading
Posted in Comics History, Marvel, News & Promos
Tagged Captain America, Jack Kirby, John Byrne, Mark Gruenwald, Mark Waid, Mike Zeck, Rob Liefeld, Roger Stern, Steve Englehart
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Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #225
Casanova: Avaritia #4 (of 4) — Writer: Matt Fraction; Art: Gabriel Ba Invincible Iron Man #519 — Writer: Matt Fraction; Art: Salvador Larroca Fraction’s career arc with critics sometimes reminds me of Bendis’s — people who liked him when he was new and different and an indie star now have a vague resentment for his mainstream success, and are tired of his various literary tics and fallbacks, leading to a lot of bitching about how he’s no good any more. Casanova is the antidote to that, his creator-owned book that (like Powers for Bendis) he’s kept up as a labor … Continue reading
Posted in New Comics, Reviews
Tagged BPRD, Casanova, Daredevil, Dark Horse Presents, Gabriel Ba, Iron Man, Journey into Mystery, Mark Waid, Matt Fraction, Saga, Shadow, X-men
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It Came From the Back Room #49
Standard recap: I’m slowly going through AABC’s one-million-plus back-issue room, restocking the boxes on the sales floor and pulling stuff to sell as discount/overstock/special items (these are featured at the discount racks at the west end of the store for a couple of weeks after each post, and then go to the discount racks on the east end of the store for a few weeks, and then disappear into our warehouses, so get them while you can). I’m going through the alphabet backwards (don’t ask), and at my speed, this amounts to a two-and-a-half-year project. This week, we’re continuing the … Continue reading
Posted in Comics History, News & Promos, Reviews
Tagged Conan, John Buscema, Kurt Busiek, Richard Corben, Roy Thomas, Tim Truman
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Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #224
Popeye #2 (of 4) — Writer: Roger Langridge; Art: Ken Wheaton and Tom Neely I raved about the first issue of this, and the second is just as good, although on a smaller scale — instead of an ocean quest and the Sea Hag, we get one of those neighborhood domestic comedies that Segar was so good at, with Popeye dealing with a rival for Olive’s affections (in one of the Easter eggs Langridge has sprinkled throughout the book, it turns out to be Willie Wormwood, the “actor” who played the Snidely Whiplash-like bad guys in Segar’s early, pre-Popeye versions of Thimble … Continue reading
Posted in New Comics, Reviews
Tagged Avengers, Defenders, Earth 2, grant Morrison, Green Lantern, Iron Man, iZombie, Popeye, Roger Langridge, Superman, Ultimate Spider-man, X-men
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