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Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #259
Sex Criminals #1 — Writer: Matt Fraction; Art: Chip Zdarsky You know how people say, about great sex, “time stopped”? Well, this is a story about a girl who finds out that, when she has an orgasm, time literally stops; it’s a mutant power triggered by the rush of endorphins or serontin or dopamine or whatever. In the wrong hands, this could be a disastrous premise for a series, all snickering adolescent exploitation, but fortunately Fraction and Zdarsky are made of sterner stuff; Fraction’s got a deep humanism that’s at the core of all of his best writing, making us … Continue reading
Posted in New Comics, Reviews
Tagged Bane, Black Adam, Doomsday, Empowered, Fatale, FF, First Born, Hellboy, Joker's Daughter, Jupiter's Legacy, Killer Croc, Man-Bat, Metallo, Ocean Master, Parasite, Saga, Secret Society of Super-Villains, Sex Criminals, Sinestro, The Simpsons, Young Avengers
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Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #257
Let’s start with a pair of DC books this week — very different, but tied for the top of the reading list: American Vampire Anthology — Creators: Scott Snyder and Rafael Albuquerque; Jason Aaron and Declan Shalvey; Rafael Albuquerque and Ivo Milazzo; Jeff Lemire and Ray Fawkes; Becky Cloonan; Francesco Francavilla; Gail Simone and Tula Lotay; Gabriel Ba and Fabio Moon; Greg Rucka and JP Leon As with most anthologies, this rises or falls based on its creator credits — and look at them: that’s an all-star lineup. Snyder and Albuquerque, the book’s regular team, contribute a bookend story around … Continue reading
Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #253
Lots of first (and a couple of second) issues out this week, so let’s start with those: Ghosted #1 — Writer: Joshua Williamson; Art: Goran Sudzuka A very rich old guy breaks a criminal mastermind out of jail, to put together a team to enter a haunted house that’s about to be torn down, and bring back a real ghost from it. High-concept but kind of low execution, since if you poke at the plot it starts to unravel like a cheap blanket (if he’s that rich, why break the mastermind out in a bloody prison break? There are lots … Continue reading
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Tagged Astro City, Batman, Boneyard, Daredevil, Ghosted, Hawkeye, Justice League, Killjoys, Quantum and Woody, Sheltered, Superman Unchained, Uncanny x-men, Young Avengers
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Phil’s Reviews — Stuff I Bought #250
Young Avengers #5 — Writer: Kieron Gillen; Art: Jamie McKelvie with Mike Norton The comics that take first position in these reviews are generally the ones that make me happy — and that’s why this issue of Young Avengers, which concludes its first arc, is at the top this week: I love McKelvie’s expressive, very clean-lined art; I love Gillen’s group dynamics and clever plotting and sense of humanity and humor, and I especially like the way he uses Loki as the instigator and commentator, and in this issue gives a callback to his wonderful Journey Into Mystery run on … Continue reading
Phil’s Reviews — Stuff I Bought #248
Young Avengers #4 — Writer: Kieron Gillen; Art: Jamie McKelvie with Mike Norton A lot of good books came out this week, but I’m putting this one at the top just because Gillen and McKelvie are having such an obvious blast creating it — between the playful layouts (especially a double-page splash involving a Marvel Boy fight), the skillful mix of drama and deadpan humor, and the young Loki’s expressions as he walks his tightrope act (is he trying to do the right thing, or the wrong thing? How do you trust a trickster god?), this is a comic that … Continue reading
