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Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #290
Tooth and Claw #1 — Writer: Kurt Busiek; Art: Benjamin Dewey; Colors: Jordie Bellaire Busiek’s known for his superhero stuff, but he’s very good at sf/fantasy, too — his Arrowsmith, about World War I being fought on an alternate earth where magic works, was worthy of someone like Fritz Leiber or Poul Anderson, and his Shockrockets was a Heinleinien high-tech romp. In this new series, he’s going for anthropomorphic high fantasy: on a world of intelligent animals, magic is dying, and their attempts to fix things have terrible consequences. Dewey has a lush, painterly style and a knack for structure … Continue reading
Posted in New Comics, Reviews
Tagged Amazing Spider-man, Axis, Penny Dora, Rocket Raccoon, The Fuse, The Humans, Tooth and Claw, Usago Yojimbo, Velvet, Zoohunters
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Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #288
The Wicked and the Divine #5 — Writer: Kieron Gillen; Art: Jamie McKelvie; Colors: Matthew Wilson This is a sharp-looking book — you could cut yourself on McKelvie’s precise, thin lines — and the theme’s about death and art, so it can be grim and gory (particularly so in one scene in this issue), but there’s also a warmth in both the words and the pictures, and a passionate humanity at its core that makes everything work. This issue concludes the first arc, and the last scene (which I assume will also be the end of the first trade) is … Continue reading
Posted in New Comics, Reviews
Tagged Arkham Manor, Avengers, Axis, Memetic, Secret Avengers, She-Hulk, Spider-man, Starlight, Stray Bullets: Killers, Stumptown, Superman, The Just, The Wicked and the Divine
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Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #286
Yet another week with a large number of first issues, including a couple of highly-advertised Big Event books from Marvel and DC. Before getting to those, however, there are a couple of less-hyped, but more worthy, books to mention… Batgirl #35 — Writers: Cameron Stewart and Brenden Fletcher; Breakdowns: Cameron Stewart; Art: Babs Tarr Strictly speaking, this isn’t a first issue, but it’s a “soft reboot” of the title, with a new creative team, location, look and tone for the character, so it should count. Also, it turns out to be really good: I was skeptical of a couple of … Continue reading
Posted in New Comics, Reviews
Tagged Axis, Batgirl, Batman, Birthright, Captain Marvel, Deadpool, Earth 2, Grendel, Hawkeye, Klarion, Sabrina, Sex Criminals, Shadow, Thanos, War Stories
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