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Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #407

Posted on February 10, 2017 by Phil

All-Star Batman #7 — Writer: Scott Snyder;  Art/Colors (First story) — Tula Lotay;  (Second story) — Francesco Francavilla Detective Comics #950 — Writer:  James Tynion IV;  Art (First story) — Marcio Takara;  Colors: Dean White;  (Second story) — Pencils: Alvaro Martinez;  Inks: Raul Fernandez;  Colors: Brad Anderson;  (Third story) — Pencils: Eddy Barrows;  Inks: Eber Ferreira;  Colors: Adriano Lucas Action Comics #973 — Writer: Dan Jurgens;  Pencils: Patch Zircher and Stephen Segovia;  Inks: Patch Zircher and Art Thibert;  Colors: Arif Prianto Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps #14 — Writer: Robert Venditti;  Pencils: Rafa Sandoval;  Inks: Jordi Tarragona;  Colors: … Continue reading →

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Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #259

Posted on September 27, 2013 by Phil

Sex Criminals #1 — Writer: Matt Fraction;  Art: Chip Zdarsky You know how people say, about great sex, “time stopped”? Well, this is a story about a girl who finds out that, when she has an orgasm,  time literally stops; it’s a mutant power triggered by the rush of endorphins or serontin or dopamine or whatever. In the wrong hands, this could be a disastrous premise for a series, all snickering adolescent exploitation, but fortunately Fraction and Zdarsky are made of sterner stuff; Fraction’s got a deep humanism that’s at the core of all of his best writing, making us … Continue reading →

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Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #251

Posted on June 9, 2013 by Phil

Astro City #1 — Writer: Kurt Busiek;  Art: Brent Anderson A new Astro City is always cause for celebration: Busiek and Anderson (plus Alex Ross on the covers) have been telling tales of this book’s title town for almost 20 years, and they’re always clever, human explorations of the superhero genre, packed with interesting characters and situations. Busiek’s been sick for the last few years, and unable to work on a comic as labor-intensive as this one — so the fact that this is a new ongoing series is good news, both for him and for us: check out the … Continue reading →

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Phil’s Reviews — Stuff I Bought #238

Posted on December 22, 2012 by Phil

OK, people, there were a ton of decent books this week — a holiday bounty partly because there will be only a handful for next week (although Amazing Spider-Man #700, and Avenging Spider-Man #15.1, the next chapter in the story after that, will both be out) — so let’s get to them. Marvel’s many relaunches lead the pack; I had my doubts about Marvel Now!, but have to admit that reshuffling the creative teams and starting from scratch led to (a) a lot of satisfying conclusions to the old runs, and (b) a lot of intriguing beginnings to the new … Continue reading →

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Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #198

Posted on June 12, 2011 by Phil

15 Love #1 (of 3) — Writer: Andi Watson;  Art: Tommy Ohtsuka As the title implies, this is a comic about tennis — and, as hinted by the artist’s last name, it’s done in a very straight-ahead, clean manga style. Watson’s a dependably quirky and entertaining writer, very good at getting the small nooks and crannies of everyday life right, and this tale of a young female protagonist who’s good at tennis, but not good enough — and the rumpled coach who tries to help her — is a comfortably familiar story that’s capable of going off in unexpected directions. … Continue reading →

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