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Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #227
Everybody Loves Tank Girl #1 — Writer: Alan Martin; Art: Jim Mahfood This gets first place this week because Mahfood (who has a big Phoenix connection, having attended ASU and drawn for New Times for a number of years) turns out to be a perfect artist for the ordinance-obsessed Australian riot grrl. With scripts by Martin, her original co-creator, all the characters “sound” right, and, given the typically tossed-off nature of the stories here, Mahfood’s knack for humor, cartoon violence and obsessively-detailed background bits adds just the right ingrediants. If Jamie Hewlitt stays too busy with the Gorillaz to draw … Continue reading
Posted in New Comics, Reviews
Tagged Aquaman, Eric Powell, Goon, Green Lantern, Hawken, Jim Mahfood, Jonah Hex, Prophet, Spider-man, Tank Girl, Tim Truman, Wolverine
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Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #219
Avengers Vs. X-Men #0 — Writers: Brian Michael Bendis and Jason Aaron; Art: Frank Cho Bendis provides a Scarlet Witch story wherein Wanda (a) fights M.O.D.O.K., (b) talks to Carol Danvers, who convinces her to go to Avengers Mansion, and (c) actually goes to said mansion, wherein she meets the Vision (it’s a good idea to read Avengers #24.1 before this book, if you’re wondering what the Vision is doing there and why he acts the way he does), and things don’t go well. The Cho art is fun to look at, in its mildly cheesecakey way, and the story … Continue reading
Posted in New Comics, Reviews
Tagged Avengers, Avengers Vx. X-Men, Daredevil, Hawken, Jonah Hex, Moon Knight, New Deadwardians, Snarked!, Spaceman, Thor, Tim Truman, Unwritten, Vision
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