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Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #303
The Goon: Once Upon a Hard Time #1 (of 4) — Writer/Artist: Eric Powell Powell toggles between two modes for this title: edgy, Harvey Kurtzman-like slapstick, and grim, dark-as-night horror. The grim, in ascendance during the last mini-series, reaches full force here, as a drunken, grieving and dangerous Goon kills a couple of people (who deserve it), rips an arm off one of his friends (who doesn’t, although he has a couple of extra to spare), and spirals down into a revengeful, suicidal haze. Depressing as hell, but very very well done, with Powell’s art and script telling an efficient, … Continue reading
Posted in New Comics, Reviews
Tagged Angela, Annihilator, Ant-Man, Avengers, Black Vortex, Cluster, Hawkeye, Hellboy, Lady Killer, Miracleman, Nameless, Postal, Rat God, Saga, Squirrel Girl, Star Wars, Stray Bullets, Superman, The Goon, United States of Murder Inc., Velvet, Wytches
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Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #298
The week between Christmas and New Year’s is traditionally very light, and this one’s no exception — but, fortunately, there are still some comics worth mentioning: Abigail and the Snowman #1 (of 4) — Writer/Artist: Roger Langridge; Colors: Fred Stresing Langridge has delivered a lot of quality humor/bigfoot books over the last few years; his dry British wit and adaptable art made him perfect for The Muppets, and he pivoted from that to a pitch-perfect Elsie Segar-inspired Popeye. On his own, he also produced Snarked, a Lewis Carroll pastiche, and now this: a story about a little girl who meets … Continue reading
Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #266
The New 52: Futures End #1 (of 52) — Writers: Brian Azzarello, Jeff Lemire, Dan Jurgens and Keith Giffen; Art: Patrick Zircher This is yet another week with a bunch of first issues; most are either Marvel, Image or smaller publishers, but let’s start with DC’s second weekly comic. It helps a lot if you come into this having read the Free Comic Book Day Futures End #0, since that sets up the premise — the DC Earth of 35 years from now has been taken over by Brother Eye (in this continuity, created by the New-52 version of Mr. … Continue reading
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Tagged Caliban, Chaos, Cyclops, Fatale, Future's End, Loki, Magneto, Miracleman, Moon Knight, Nailbiter, Original Sin, She-Hulk, The Woods, Ultimate Spider-man
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