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Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #267
Since there are a fair number of books this week, let’s be different and break them down by company…. Deadly Class #1 — Writer: Rick Remender; Art: Wes Craig Pretty Deadly #4 — Writer: Kelly Sue Deconnick; Art: Emma Rios Bad Dog #6 (of 6) — Writer: Joe Casey; Art: Diego Greco Image’s business model — for a set administrative fee, they provide a publishing platform for creators, who retain all rights to their work — has attracted a number of excellent writers and artists over the last few years, and led to a sprawling, diverse group of titles. Cases … Continue reading
Posted in New Comics, Reviews
Tagged All-new X-men, Avengers, Bad Dog, Batman, Black Widow, Captain America, Dark Horse Presents, Deadly Class, Elfquest, FF, Hawkeye, Iron Man, Justice League, Mind Mgmt, Pretty Deadly, Unwritten, Wolverine
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Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #260
After all those weeks of DC 3-D books, let’s take a break from the Marvel and DC heroes, and look at all the cool comics published by other companies this week instead: Battling Boy Graphic Novel #1 — Writer/Artist: Paul Pope Pope’s art is like a fusion of Jack Kirby and Robert Crumb; he’s got all their crackling energy and sure lines, and straddles the divide between mainstream superheroics and underground anarchy just perfectly. He’ll work for a major company, but on his own terms (see the remarkable Batman: Year 100), but he’s always been happiest charting his own course, … Continue reading
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Tagged Afterlife With Archie, Astro City, Battling Boy, Coffin Hill, Elfquest, Multiple Warheads, Rocket Girl, Shaolin Cowboy, Three, Walking Dead
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It Came From the Back Room #36
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 two 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 a two-year … Continue reading