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Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #422

I Am Groot #1 — Writer: Christopher Hastings;  Art: Flaviano;  Colors: Marcio Menyz All-New Guardians of the Galaxy #2 — Writer: Gerry Duggan;  Art: Aaron Kuder;  Colors: Ive Svorcina Guardians of the Galaxy: Mother Entropy #4 (of 5) — Writer: Jim Starlin;  Pencils: Alan Davis;  Inks: Mark Farmer;  Colors: Matt Yackey Lots of Guardians of the Galaxy comics this week — for obvious reasons; I Am Groot is, naturally, about the current “baby” form of the character and, while it’s rated “T” for “teen,” younger readers should have no problems with it either, with the art making our hero super-cute … Continue reading

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Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #412

Amazing Spider-Man #25 — (Main Story): Writer: Dan Slott;  Pencils: Stuart Immonen;  Inks: Wade von Grawbadger; Colors: Marte Gracia Spider-Man #14 — Writer: Brian Michael Bendis;  Art: Sara Pichelli;  Colors: Justin Ponsor Ms. Marvel #16 — Writer: G. Willow Wilson;  Art: Takeshi Miyazawa;  Colors: Ian Herring The Mighty Thor #17 — Writer: Jason Aaron;  Art: Russell Dauterman;  Colors: Matthew Wilson Patsy Walker, AKA Hellcat #16 — Writer: Kate Leth;  Art: Brittney L. Williams;  Colors: Rachelle Rosenberg Only five Marvel books, six DCs, and fifteen indy books (including nine just from Image) on tap this week, but let’s start with the … Continue reading

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Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #298

The week between Christmas and New Year’s is traditionally very light, and this one’s no exception — but, fortunately, there are still some comics worth mentioning: Abigail and the Snowman #1 (of 4) — Writer/Artist: Roger Langridge;  Colors: Fred Stresing Langridge has delivered a lot of quality humor/bigfoot books over the last few years; his dry British wit and adaptable art made him perfect for The Muppets, and he pivoted from that to a pitch-perfect Elsie Segar-inspired Popeye. On his own, he also produced Snarked, a Lewis Carroll pastiche, and now this: a story about a little girl who meets … Continue reading

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Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #295

Lots of good comics this week, so let’s break them down by company — starting with Image, who’s offered literally dozens of cool debuts this year, making themselves the destination publisher for creators who want to stretch their storytelling skills with minimum editorial interference, and maximum retention of the rights to their work: Bitch Planet #1 — Writer: Kelly Sue Deconnick;  Art: Valentine de Landro;  Colors: Cris Peter Deconnick’s been having a breakout 2014 — her Pretty Deadly, a hallucinatory occult Western, was great, and she’s been making Captain Marvel a smart, galaxy-spanning romp for Marvel. Here, she enters creator-owned … Continue reading

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Phil”s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #262

Kinda boring Marvel/DC titles this week — and does anyone following DC need me to tell them Forever Evil #3 came out? Everyone who cares knows, right? Instead, let’s look at some of the indy books you may not know about, including a quintet of first issues…. Drumhellar #1 — Story, Art: Riley Rossmo; Script: Alex Link Rossmo was last seen drawing Dia De Los Muertos, an anthology mini-series where he illustrated horror scripts from a number of different writers, about this time last year; that established him as a careful craftsman with a knack for appealing-looking, realistic characters caught in fantastic … Continue reading

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