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Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #399

Posted on December 17, 2016 by Phil

Hawkeye #1 — Writer: Kelly Thompson;  Art: Leonardo Romero;  Colors: Jordie Bellaire Jessica Jones #3 — Writer: Brian Michael Bendis;  Art: Michael Gaydos;  Colors: Matt Hollingsworth The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #15 — Writer: Ryan North;  Art: Erica Henderson with Zac Gorman Gwenpool Holiday Special: Merry Mix-Up #1 — Creators: Various One often-ignored comics story of the last few years is how Marvel has been creating a stable of strong women-centric books; some of them have failed to stick (see: Mockingbird), but others have hung on and developed a following (Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur, which is practically invisible in regular … Continue reading →

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Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #391

Posted on October 21, 2016 by Phil

Love and Rockets #1 — Creators: Jaime and Gilbert Hernandez One of the few rules around these parts is that Jaime and Gilbert, when they’re a team, automatically go to the top of whatever list they’re on, and the return of this series as a magazine-size, black-and-white periodical is a welcome callback to their ’80s origins. About their third year in, around 1985/1986, when Love and Rockets was on the same lists as Dark Knight Returns, Watchman, Maus and… American Flagg? Anybody else?… as the future of comics, they were just cranking out duel masterpieces every month: Jaime with Maggie … Continue reading →

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Phil’s Reviews — Stuff I Bought #381

Posted on August 13, 2016 by Phil

Civil War II: The Accused #1 (of 1) — Writer: Marc Guggenheim;  Art: Ramon Bachs and Garry Brown;  Colors: Ruth Redmond All-New All-Different Avengers #13 — Writer: Mark Waid;  Art: Adam Kubert;  Colors: Sonia Oback All-New All-Different Avengers Annual #1 — Creators: Various Scarlet Witch #9 — Writer: James Robinson;  Art: Joelle Jones;  Colors: Rachelle Rosenberg Black Panther #5 — Writer: Ta-Nehisi Coates;  Pencils: Chris Sprouse;  Inks: Karl Story;  Colors: Laura Martin Amazing Spider-Man #16 — Writer: Dan Slott;  Pencils: Giuseppe Camuncoli;  Inks: Cam Smith;  Colors: Marte Gracia The Vision #10 (of 12) — Writer: Tom King;  Art: Gabriel Harnandez … Continue reading →

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Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #368

Posted on May 6, 2016 by Phil

Beasts of Burden #1 (of 1) — Writer: Evan Dorkin and Sarah Dyer;  Art/Colors: Jill Thompson Alan Moore’s Cinema Purgatorio #1 — Creators: Various Renato Jones: The One% #1 — Writer/Artist/Colorist: Kaare Andrews Alpha King #1 (of 5) — Writers: Brian Azzarello and Nick Floyd;  Art: Simon Bisley;  Colors: Ryan Brown 4001 A.D. #1 — Writer: Matt Kindt;  Art: Clayton Crain and David Mack Weavers #1 (of 6) — Writer: Simon Spurrier;  Art: Dylan Burnett; Colors: Triona Farrell King’s Quest #1 (of 5) — Writers: Ben Acker and Heath Corson;  Art: Dan McDaid;  Colors: Omi Remalante A bunch of cool … Continue reading →

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Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #360

Posted on March 12, 2016 by Phil

The Infinity Entity #1 (of 4) — Writer: Jim Starlin;  Pencils: Alan Davis;  Inks: Mark Farmer;  Colors: Jordan Boyd Mockingbird #1 — Writer: Chelsea Cain;  Art: Kate Niemozyle;  Colors: Rachelle Rosenberg The Haunted Mansion #1 (of 5) — Writer: Joshua Williamson;  Art: Jorge Coelho;  Colors: Jean-Francois Beaulieu This week’s Marvel debuts — Infinity Entity #1 continues Jim Starlin’s decades-long (as in, since the ’70s) chronicling of the adventures of Adam Warlock, Thanos, and Marvel’s cosmic characters; he’s been doing this lately in original graphic novels, so it’s nice to see this installment as a good-‘ol floppy comic. Davis and Farmer … Continue reading →

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