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Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #268
Trees #1 — Writer: Warren Ellis; Art: Jason Howard Ellis is, at base, an sf guy — his earliest big hit, Transmetropolitan, was a near-future, high-tech riff on Hunter S. Thompson, and he has a soft spot for space opera, aliens, hard-science speculation, and all the other trappings of the genre. This offering is a good example: ten years ago, huge tree-trunk-like alien constructs plopped down all over the world, as casually as humans would plop the legs of a barbecue grill down over an ant colony, and ever since they’ve sat there, occasionally venting toxic waste and otherwise inscrutably … Continue reading
Posted in New Comics, Reviews
Tagged Avengers, Batman, C.O.W.L., Doctor Spektor, Guardians of the Galaxy, Iron Man, Mind Mgmt, Nightwing, Southern Bastards, Thanos, Trees
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Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #263
So far, this has been the year of the first issue, with lots of reboots, brand-new series and plain-old-relaunches almost every week. This time, we’ve got nine first issues to look at (and there were actually a few more than that I didn’t get to), so let’s start with the obvious best-seller: Batman Eternal #1 (of 52) — Story: Scott Snyder; Script: James Tynion IV; Consulting Writers: Ray Fawkes, John Layman and Tim Seeley; Art: Jason Fabok DC isn’t stupid: if you want to sell more comics, take your top-selling book and create a one-year weekly comic about it, making … Continue reading
Posted in New Comics, Reviews
Tagged Astro City, Avengers, Batman Eternal, Captain America, Doop, Iron Fist, Iron Man, Kick Ass, Lola XOXO, Lumberjanes, Nightcrawler, Shutter, Ultimates, X-men
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The Latest and (Mostly) Greatest #95 by Dan!
All right folks, it’s a lighter week so we won’t have a lot to talk about. But there’s still plenty of great stuff out there, so let’s do this! Daredevil #1 Writer: Mark Waid Artist: Chris Samnee Waid and Samnee ended their seminal run on Daredevil by revealing his identity and moving him to California. So now Waid and Samnee are back with an all-new location a possibly new set of characters and a lot of space to just roam. And roam they do. This issue acts as set-up (including a quick origin that is presented beautifully), Daredevil manages to … Continue reading
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Tagged Animal Man, Avengers, Batman, Daredevil, Iron Man, Superman, X-men
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Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #258
Let’s start with the Marvel output this week, since there are a couple of new first issues: Ms. Marvel #1 — Writer: G. Willow Wilson; Art: Adrian Alphona This one’s gotten some press coverage, since the title character, Kamala, is a 16-year-old daughter of Pakistani immigrants, and a Muslim. Wilson does a good job of making her a normal kid; she hangs out at the Marvel equivalent of a Circle K with a couple of friends before school, writes Avengers fanfic, fights with her parents about wanting to go to parties with boys, sneaks out to do it, and then a … Continue reading
Posted in New Comics, Reviews
Tagged Apocalypse Al, Avengers, Batman, Forever Evil, Iron Man, Joker's Daughter, Loki, Minimum Wage, Ms. Marvel, Punisher, Rover Red Charlie, The Fox
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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
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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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