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Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #196
Hellboy: Being Human #1 (of 1) — Writer: Mike Mignola; Art: Richard Corben A Hellboy story by the Mignola/Corben team is always cause for celebration, and this one-shot is no exception: it doesn’t have the over-the-top backwoods craziness of their The Crooked Man, from a few years ago, but there’s enough Southern gothic atmosphere, with crumbling mansions and various decayed corpses (as an old woman, scorned and unjustly institutionalized, enacts occult revenge against long-dead adversaries) to remind everyone of why Corben’s always had such a fine reputation for horror work — and to show that, even in his seventies, he … Continue reading
Posted in New Comics, Reviews
Tagged Avengers, Batman, Chaykin, Flashpoint, Geoff Johns, grant Morrison, Hellboy, Mike Mignola, Punisher, Richard Corben, Spider-man, X-men
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Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #195
Hate Annual #9 — Creator: Peter Bagge This doesn’t come out that often, but it’s always a pleasure to read, and a comfort to know that Bagge is still out there, chronicling the continuing adventures of Buddy and Lisa and their respective families (and that they’re all just as screwed-up and oddly compelling as always). Unlike a few of the recent issues, this one focuses almost all of its time on the key characters, making it even more of a find; as a link to the best of the ’80s and ’90s indy scene, and a reminder of just how … Continue reading
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Tagged Action Comics, Avengers, Bachalo, Batman, Bendis, Carey, Dr. Solar, Flash, Flashpoint, Fraction, Hate, Morrison, New Mutants, Peter Bagge, Shooter, Thor, Turok, X-men
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The Latest and (Mostly) Greatest #21
Let the records show, I finished this early. It’s going to be a very busy weekend, but I can’t fail you humble readers! Let’s do this! My Top Five (The Five Best Comics of the Week) Dark Horse Presents #1 writers/artists: Various So yeah, this was really, really rad. It starts with a pretty good Concrete story, “heads” to a strange Howard Chaykin story, and “leads” to a weird Neal Adams story. And that’s just the first 25 pages. AND THERE ARE 80 TOTAL. The Adams story is, of course, weird cuz’ he’s written it (oy vey.) There were also … Continue reading
Fresh Eyes on Old Books #19 by Dan!
It’s now a Sunday! So you know what that means… More old stuff! Let’s do this! Green Lantern #47 from 1966 So this is an absolutely classic Gil Kane comic, and it’s absolutely amazing to look at. The story is completely doofy, but what do you expect form the 60s? Hal Jordan has to fight a red alien creature that is spreading diseases across the universe, including an alien that uses 100% of it’s brain (editors note reminds us that we don’t use all of ours). With all the problems of the “red disease” that this issue has, I start … Continue reading
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Tagged Batman, Detective Comics, Green Lantern, Turok Son of Stone
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The Latest and (Mostly) Greatest #19
Oh man, I’m getting way more efficient with this whole thing; look at how early these are done! My Top 5 (The 5 Best Comics of the Week) Batman Inc #4 Writer: Grant Morrison Artist: Chris Burnham You ever get tired of me worshiping this title? Well get over it. I’m not a huge fan of Paquette, the artist for the first three issues, but I love me some Chris Burnham. Take Frank Quitely. Mix him with Geof Darrow, and you get yourself some Burnham. It’s so freakin’ pretty to look at. Because we’re only four issues into Morrison’s “grand … Continue reading
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Tagged Batman, Captain America, Deadpool, Fantastic Four, Green Lantern, Hellblazer, Justice League, Namor, New Mutants, Spawn, Uncanny x-men
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