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Phil’s Reviews #348: Gender-Friendly Comics

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 #324

A bigger haul this week than last, with an installment of the main Secret Wars series plus seven tie-ins from Marvel; no DC debuts, but there were eight first issues from indy publishers that caught my eye, plus the usual suspects from ongoing books. Come by the brand-new All About store at 24 W. Camelback and check these out: Secret Wars #4 — Writer: Jonathan Hickman;  Art: Esad Ribic;  Colors: Ive Svorcina Secret Wars: Red Skull #1 (of 3) — Writer: Joshua Williamson;  Art: Luca Pizzari;  Colors: Rainier Beredo Secret Wars: A-Force #2 (of 5) — Writers: Marguerite Bennett and … Continue reading

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Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #318

Next-to-the-last week for Convergence, but now Marvel’s Secret Wars tie-ins start this week (although there’s no issue of the main title); in addition, a ton of indy books came out, from Optic Nerve to Wytches to Lumberjanes to Powers, so let’s dive in:  Convergence #7 (of 8) — Writers: Jeff King and Scott Lobdell;  Pencils: Aaron Lopresti;  Inks: Mark Morales;  Colors: Peter Steigerwald Convergence: Batman and the Outsiders #2 (of 2) — Writer: Marc Andreyko;  Art: Carlos D’Anda;  Colors: Gabe Eltaeb Convergence: The Flash #2 (of 2) — Writer: Dan Abnett;  Art: Federico Dallocchio;  Colors: Veronica Gandini Convergence: Green Lantern … Continue reading

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