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Tag Archives: Brian Michael Bendis
It Came From the Back Room #46
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 (especially with the school semester in full gear), this amounts to … Continue reading
Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #218
Saga #1 — Writer: Brian K. Vaughan; Art: Fiona Staples Vaughan’s last extended series was Y: The Last Man, so he’s got a reputation to uphold, and this debut issue does so nicely: it’s a fantasy/Star Wars/Romeo and Juliet mashup, with all the sprawl its name implies — but this first issue focuses very tightly on just two characters, and the third one they produce. It’s very well done, and Staples brings enormous talent to the drawing: she’s just the kind of artist I admire, able to work with small human expressions and double-page city-destroying splashes (with giant turtles added!) … Continue reading
Posted in New Comics, Reviews
Tagged Avengers, Becky Cloonan, Brian K. Vaughan, Brian Michael Bendis, Brian Wood, Buffy, Conan, Crossed, Fantastic Four, Fiona Staples, Garth Ennis, Journey into Mystery, Kieron Gillen, Powers, Saga, Shade, Wolverine, X-men
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Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #217
Usagi Yojimbo #144 — Creator: Stan Sakai I’ve sung the praises of Sakai’s long-eared samurai before, and this issue is a good example of why: it’s the conclusion of a two-part story involving rival soy-sauce breweries. Sound boring? Not so: Sakai wraps careful research into this ancient Japanese staple (there’s an improbably-fascinating essay about it in the back of the book) around a plot involving a noble businessman, a lazy cop, a loyal employee, murder and poetic retribution, all in his clear, suspenseful, action-packed style. As always: if you’re missing this, you’re passing up one of the best monthly comics … Continue reading
Phil’s Reviews — Stuff I Bought #187
Jonah Hex #63 — Writers: Justin Gray and Jimmy Palmiotti; Art: Jordi Bernet In a week without a lot of must-buy items, let’s start with an old reliable: as I’ve said here before, Jonah Hex stands or falls on its artists, and Bernet is the best among them; like a lot of European artists, his pleasure at getting to draw the Old West and its quirky, craggy characters and scenery is infectious, and the more terrible their actions (and the retribution that Hex rains down upon them), the more inspired his art becomes. Palmiotti and Gray give him a lot … Continue reading
Posted in New Comics, Reviews
Tagged Aaron Lopresti, Alan Davis, Avengers, Billy the Kid, Brian Michael Bendis, Captain America, Eric Powell, Iron Man, iZombie, Jason Aaron, Jerry Ordway, John Byrne, Jonah Hex, Jordi Bernet, Kevin Maguire, Kyle Hotz, Lobo, Michael Allred, Next Men, Ron Garney, Thor, Weird Worlds
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The Latest and (Mostly) Greatest #9 by Dan!
Oh man, have plenty of other things I could be doing, but here I am writing a blog for you. You owe me! Let’s do this! My Top Five (The Five Best comics of the Week) Amazing Spider-Man #647 Writer/Artist: Various This is one of the rare occasions where a $4.99 price tag actually makes sense. This comic is huge, wrapping up all the pieces of Brand New Day, and setting everything up for the next set of arcs. As it has been for months, this Spidey issue is a lot of fun. It gives a lot of different writer … Continue reading
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Tagged Alex Maleev, Amazing Spider-man, Batman, Batman and Robin, Bendis, Brian Michael Bendis, Cameron Stewart, Catwoman, Chris Burnham, Crossed, David Lapham, Frazer Irving, Gail Simone, Generation Hope, grant Morrison, Howard Chaykin, Iron Man, Irredeemable, Jason Aaron, Javier Barreno, Jim Calafiore, JSA All Stars, Keiron Gillen, Mark Waid, Marvel, Peter Krause, Punisher, Renato Guedes, Rick Remender, Scarlet, Secret Six, Spiderman, Strange Tales, Superboy, Sweet Tooth, Thor, Wolverine
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