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It Came From the Back Room #4
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. I’m going through the alphabet backwards (don’t ask), and at my speed (especially with the school year now in full gear), this amounts to a two-year project. I’ve currently finished the letter “N” and started on the indy “M” books. Here are some of the titles I’ve been encountering: The Nam First published in 1986, The ‘Nam was that rarest of birds: a realistic, well-written war comic. Writer Doug Murray and editor Larry Hama were … Continue reading
Posted in Comics History, News and Events, Reviews
Tagged Allred, Doug Murray, Madman, Mage, Matt Wagner, Michael Golden, The 'Nam, The Punisher
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Phil’s Reviews — Stuff I Bought #176
Hellboy: The Storm #2 (of 3) — Writer: Mike Mignola; Art: Duncan Fegredo Hellboy continues to punch his way to a big climax, as this mini, and the one to follow, complete an over-three-year story that began with Darkness Calls. Each issue works alone, though; you don’t have to know everything that’s going on to appreciate Fegredo’s moody, mystic and action-filled art, or to smile at Mignola’s laconic, stubbornly-regular-guy demon (at the end, he looks out a window to see that he’s surrounded by an army of undead, rotting English knights, and mutters, simply, “Crap.” Couldn’t have said it better … Continue reading
Posted in New Comics, Reviews
Tagged Allred, Batman: Odyssey, Caracuzzo, Casanova, Cornell, Ennis, Gabriel Ba, Hellboy, iZombie, Jonah Hex, Magnus, Matt Fraction, Mignola, Neal Adams, Secret Six, Shooter, Simone, Spitfire, The Boys
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Phil’s Reviews — Stuff I Bought #174
Lots and lots of books worth buying this week, kids, so don’t expect more than a sentence or two each on the later ones — and let’s get started: Casanova #1 — Writer: Matt Fraction; Art: Gabriel Ba (plus a back-up story by Fabio Moon) The lead story’s four years old, but it was originally a 16-page, monocolored comic; now it’s been remastered (meaning recolored and relettered), with a backup story by Moon added, making it worthwhile even if you’re one of the few people who have the originals. It’s a superspy romp with tons of narrative tricks (Fraction lists … Continue reading
