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Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #445

Posted on November 3, 2017 by Phil

Captain America #695 — Writer: Mark Waid;  Art: Chris Samnee;  Colors: Matthew Wilson Avengers #673 — Writer: Mark Waid;  Art: Javier Pina with Paco Diaz;  Colors: Rachelle Rosenberg Spider-Man #234 — Writer: Brian Michael Bendis;  Art: Oscar Bazaldua;  Colors: Justin Ponsor Power Pack #63 (of 63) — Writer: Devin Grayson;  Art: Marika Cresta;  Colors: Chris O’Halloran Black Bolt #7 — Writer: Saladin Ahmed;  Art/Colors: Frazer Irving Of the new Legacy renumberings this week, the most-anticipated is Captain America; the Waid/Samnee team has produced a good run on Black Widow, and a great run on Daredevil, over the last decade, and … Continue reading →

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Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #398

Posted on December 9, 2016 by Phil

Slapstick #1 — Writers: Reilly Brown and Fred van Lente;  Storyboards: Reilly Brown;  Art: Diego Olortegui;  Colors: Jim Campbell Star Wars: Doctor Aphra #1 — Writer: Kieron Gillen;  Art: Kev Walker;  Colors: Antonio Fabela; (Second Story): Writer: Kieron Gillen;  Art: Salvador Larroca;  Colors: Edgar Delgado Nova #1 — Writers: Jeff Loveness and Ramon Perez;  Art: Ramon Perez;  Colors: Ian Herring Of the Marvel first issues this week, Slapstick is the most unusual, with its living-cartoon character existing in the “real” Marvel world; the cover gives the main idea, that he uses Bugs Bunny-like violence that doesn’t affect him — you … Continue reading →

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Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #389

Posted on October 8, 2016 by Phil

Champions #1 — Writer: Mark Waid;  Pencils: Humberto Ramos;  Inks: Victor Olazaba;  Colors: Edgar Delgado Jessica Jones #1 — Writer: Brian Michael Bendis;  Art: Michael Gaydos;  Colors: Matt Hollingsworth Cage! #1 (of 4) — Writer/Penciller: Genndy Tartakovsky;  Inks: Stephen DeStefano;  Colors: Scott Wills Death of X #1 (of 4) — Writers: Jeff Lemire and Charles Soule;  Art: Aaron Kuder;  Colors: Morry Hollowell Of the Marvel debuts this week, Champions has gotten the biggest push, with its top-tier creative team and  diverse young social-justice-warrior cast. Waid’s been writing the core three — Ms. Marvel, the Miles Morales Spider-Man, and Nova — … Continue reading →

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Phil’s Reviews — Stuff I Bought #208

Posted on October 23, 2011 by Phil

Fables #110 — Writer: Bill Willingham;  Pencils: Mark Buckingham; Inks: Steve Leialoha and Shawn McManus This is just a normal issue of this book, by the normal creators — but it’s a good example of its charms: the monkey Bufkin and his allies are in the Land of Oz, fermenting revolution against the evil emperor Roquat, while in the land of the now-dead North Wind Bigby, Snow White and their children are facing down the other winds, and trying to decide which of the kids will take over as the new replacement avatar; meanwhile, in Mr. Dark’s old palace, the … Continue reading →

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Phil’s Reviews — Stuff I Bought #206

Posted on September 25, 2011 by Phil

The Simpsons’  Treehouse of Terror #17 — Creators: Zander Cannon, Gene Ha, Jane Wiedlin, Tom Hodges, Jim Woodring Hallowe’en comics already? Well, yes… October’s beginning next week, and Safeway already has pumpkins out, so it must be time for the Simpsons’ annual gift to alt-comics fans. Woodring’s the most stellar creator in display here, and his offering, a tribute to sleazy off-brand ’50s horror comics, is great fun. So too for the Cannon/Ha contribution that leads off the book, a beautifully-drawn homage to Nosferatu, the 1922 silent movie that was the first vampire film. The Wiedlin/Hodges offers the most on-model … Continue reading →

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