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Phil’s Reviews #348: Gender-Friendly Comics

Posted on December 18, 2015 by Phil

A few weeks ago, we were talking about comics for kids; this week, let’s talk about another underserved class of readers: girls and women.  There’ve always been exceptions to the comics-are-for-guys meme — the Chris Claremont X-Men of the ’70s and ’80s, New Teen Titans in the ’80s, Sandman and a lot of Vertigo titles in the ’90s, and big chunks of the manga boom in the ’00s  — but in the last two years we’ve seen both a new commitment by the big comics companies to attract a more diverse audience, and an explosion of female creators, both writers … Continue reading →

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Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #344

Posted on November 20, 2015 by Phil

Ms. Marvel #1 — Writer: G. Willow Wilson;  Art: Takeshi Miyazawa and Adrian Alphona;  Colors: Ian Herring The Mighty Thor #1 — Writer: Jason Aaron;  Art: Russell Dauterman;  Colors: Matthew Wilson Spider-Woman #1 — Writer: Dennis Hopeless;  Pencils/Colors:  Javier Rodriguez;  Inks: Alvaro Lopez Another week, and another seven first issues from Marvel — three of them with strong female leads. Ms. Marvel is one of the most anticipated; it’s consistently one of Marvel’s best-sellers in its trade collections and digital-download forms, which indicates it’s reaching a younger, more modern audience. It’s easy to see why, too — Wilson, who also … Continue reading →

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Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #340

Posted on October 24, 2015 by Phil

The Astonishing Ant-Man #1 — Writer: Nick Spencer;  Art: Ramon Rosanas;  Colors: Jordan Boyd The Uncanny Inhumans #1 — Writer: Charles Soule;  Pencils: Jay Leisten;  Inks: Steve McNiven;  Colors: Sunny Cho Karnak #1 — Writer: Warren Ellis;  Art: Gerardo Zaffino;  Colors: Dan Brown Marvel continues its reboot rollout with three new titles this week:  Ant-Man has some imaginative ideas from Spencer — like a Silicon Valley entrepreneur who’s created an Uber-like app for supervillains: need a hero assassinated? It’ll find whoever’s closest and dispatch them to do the job, as Scott Lang finds out to his dismay. There’s a little … Continue reading →

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Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #339

Posted on October 16, 2015 by Phil

Marvel continues their new-issue rollout with seven first issues this week, plus three Secret Wars conclusions, some DC books, six indy debuts and the usual suspects. Let’s look: The New Avengers #1 — Writer: Al Ewing;  Art: Gerardo Sandoval;  Colors: Dono Sanchez Almara The Uncanny Avengers #1 — Writer: Gerry Duggan;  Art: Ryan Stegman;  Colors: Richard Isanove A couple of Avengers beginnings: New Avengers has a team run and financed by Robert DeCosta/Sunspot; he’s the new head of A.I.M. (long story), but now it stands for “Avengers Idea Mechanics,” and they have their own island off the coast of California … Continue reading →

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Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #335

Posted on September 18, 2015 by Phil

Secret Wars: Age of Apocalypse #4 (of 5) — Writer: Fabien Nicieza;  Art: Iban Coello;  Colors: David Curiel Secret Wars: Guardians of Knowhere #4 (of 4) — Writer: Brian Michael Bendis;  Art: Mike Deodato;  Colors: Frank Martin Secret Wars: House of M #3 (of 4) — Writers: Dennis Hopeless and Cullen Bunn;  Art: Ario Anindito;  Colors: Matthew Wilson Secret Wars: The Infinity Gauntlet #4 (of 5) — Story/Artist: Dustin Weaver;  Script: Gerry Duggan;  Colors: Rain Beredo Secret Wars Journal #5 (of 5) — (Night Nurse story): Writer: Jen and Sylvia Soska;  Art: Alec Morgan;  Colors: Nolan Woodard; (Millie the Model … Continue reading →

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