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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 #322

Posted on June 20, 2015 by Phil

This week offers fewer Secret Wars tie-ins than last (“only” six), but more DC debuts (eight), with a couple of indy first issues and the usual bunch of other interesting stuff: Secret Wars: Runaways #1 (of 3) — Writer: Noelle Stevenson;  Art: Sanford Greene;  Colors: John Rauch Secret Wars: Squadron Sinister #1 (of 3) — Writer: Marc Guggenheim;  Pencils: Carlos Pacheco;  Inks: Mariano Taibo;  Colors: Frank Martin Secret Wars: Thors #1 (of 3) — Writer: Jason Aaron;  Pencils: Chris Sprouse;  Inks: Karl Story;  Colors: Marte Gracia Secret Wars: Armor Wars #2 (of 4) — Writer: James Robinson;  Art: Marcio Takara; … Continue reading →

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Phil’s Reviews: Stuff Bought #317

Posted on May 16, 2015 by Phil

Another week of Convergence, plus the next Secret Wars (just the second issue of the main title; Marvel’s tie-ins to it aren’t starting until next week), the revelation of who Lady Thor is, and a bunch of other Marvel and indy books that stood out. As with last week, all the Convergence titles also feature a different preview of one of DC’s June titles, so read through the reviews to see which new-book appetizer appears where: Convergence #6 (of 8) — Writers: Jeff King and Scott Lobdell;  Pencils: Ed Benes and Eduardo Pansica;  Inks: Ed Benes, Trevor Scott, Scott Hanna … Continue reading →

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Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #313

Posted on April 17, 2015 by Phil

Convergence #2 — Writer: Jeff King;  Art: Jason Paz and Carlo Pagulayan Convergence: Aquaman #1 (of 2) — Writer: Tony Bedard; Art: Cliff Richards;  Color: John Rauch Convergence: Batman: Shadow of the Bat #1 (of 2) — Writer: Larry Hama;  Pencils: Philip Tan;  Inks: Jason Paz and Rob Hunter;  Colors: Elmer Santos Convergence: Catwoman #1 (of 2) — Writer: Justin Gray;  Art: Ron Randall;  Colors: Gabe Eltaeb Convergence: Green Arrow #1 (of 2) — Writer: Christy Marx;  Pencils: Rags Morales;  Inks: Claude St-Aubin;  Colors: Nei Ruffino Convergence: Green Lantern/Parallax #1 (of 2) — Writer: Tony Bedard;  Pencils: Ron Wagner;  Inks: … Continue reading →

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Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #308

Posted on March 13, 2015 by Phil

The Surface #1 — Writer: Ales Kot;  Art: Langdon Foss;  Colors: Jordie Bellaire Quite a few first issues again this week, with an interesting mix of sf, fantasy adventure and comedy. The Surface is sf, set in a near-future where everyone’s high-tech enough that the fad is “livelogging,” where you wear cameras and mics 24/7, and your whole life gets downloaded — but not everyone is satisfied absorbing all that digital data, and there’s another reality trying to break through…. Ales tried something similar to this with last year’s Change, although this new series seems a lot more linear, and … Continue reading →

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