Category: Graphic Novel Reviews
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Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 8 vol. 2: No Future for You TPB Review
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2008, Dark Horse Books Script: Brian K. Vaughan, Joss Whedon Pencils: Georges Jeanty, Cliff Richard Inks: Andy Owens Covers: Jo Chen Though it was far superior to IDW’s Angel series After the Fall, the opening volume of Buffy Season 8, The Long Way Home, definitely lacked the fluid wit of its television successor. Joss Whedon’s…
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Star Wars: The Force Unleashed Graphic Novel Review
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2008, Dark Horse Script: Haden Blackman Art: Brian Chang, Bong Dazo, Wayne Nichols Colors: Michael Atiyeh Why do Star Wars comics so rarely work? The space opera movies, with their colourful characters, lovingly hammy dialogue, epic vistas and galactic dogfights should translate perfectly to the comic medium. And yet Dark Horse’s offerings, while seldom terrible,…
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Joker (Brian Azzarello) TPB Review
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2008, DC Writer: Brian Azzarello Art: Lee Bermejo Inks: Mike Gray Colors: Patricia Mulvihill The funny books are a confusing puddle to sporadically dip one’s big hairy toe into. While Bryan Singer’s first X-men movie spanked the Box Office, comic readers were confused as to why the sycophantic, bulbous cretin Toad had evolved overnight into…
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Fallen Son: The Death of Captain America TPB Review
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2007, Marvel Writer: Jeph Loeb Art: Leinil Yu, Ed McGuniness, Dexter Vines, John Romita Jr., Klaus Janson, David Finch, Danny Miki, John Cassady Colours: Dave McCaig, Jason Keith, Morry Hollowell, Frank D’Armata, Laura Martin With Steve Roger’s dead, Marvel has seen fit to churn out this collection of reactionary tales advertising featuring their finest properties.…
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Alan Moore’s Top 10 Book 2 TPB Review
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2002, Windstorm Writer: Alan Moore Art: Gene Ha, Zander Cannon Colours: Alex Sinclair Best described as The Shield with capes, Top 10 is an undeniably enjoyable cop drama with a heavy soap opera element that, while stopping it from ever being placed alongside Alan Moore’s genuine classics, allows its characters to grow on you in…
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Captain America: Red Menace vol. 2 TPB Review
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2006, Marvel Writer: Ed Brubaker Art: Steve Epting, Mike Perkins Colours: Frank D’Armata With Civil War steadily approaching, Ed Brubaker is evidently in a hurry to wrap up many of the loose ends from his excellent Winter Soldier arc. Its red buses aplenty as Steve Rogers trails Lukin to sunny ol’ England, teaming up with…
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Captain America: Red Menace vol. 1 TPB Review
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2006, Marvel Writer: Ed Brubaker Art: Mike Perkins, Javier Pulido, Marcos Martin Colours: Frank D’Armata, Javier Rodriguez Covers: Steve Epting, Eric Wight See also: Winter Solider vol. 1, Winter Soldier vol. 2 With the Winter Soldier arc tentatively pushed aside, Red Menace picks up that story’s many loose plot strands, predominantly the relationship between Russian…
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Angel: After the Fall vol. 2 – First Night TPB Review
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2008, IDW Story: Brian Lynch (script), Joss Whedon Art: Tim Kane, David Messina, Stephen Mooney, John Byrne, Nick Runge, Fabio Mantovani, Kevyn Schmidt, Mirco Pierfederici Colours: Jeremy Treeze, Iliara Traversia, Lisa Jackson, Leonard O’Grady, John Rauch, Lisa Jackson, Fabio Mantovani, Michelle Buscalferri Given the sequential nature of this volume and the previous, I’ll keep this…