Umbrella Academy (Way/Ba/Dark Horse) continues to present me with an odd, peculiar world that I can’t wait to read about. Gabriel Ba is obvioulsy influenced by the great Mike Mignola, and when you merge that with your own energetic style it generates a nice flavor for this grim, humorous book. There are quite a few [...]
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Comics This (And Last) Week
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Comics This (Last) Week
After 5 months of set up with Bendis’s Ultimate Origins, I was skeptical when I discovered the team for the big Ultimatum event, was Jeph Loeb and David Finch. Loeb seems to have become really hacky of late, I enjoyed Batman Hush, but I had a big draw in due to the comeback of Jim [...]
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Comics Last Week
I picked up the final issue of the first story arc of House of Mystery #5, from Vertigo/DC. It answered a few questions but wasn’t as satisfying as I had hoped, which is fine in this case as I WANT MORE! Willingham and Sturges continue to weave their stories, and the short tales within the [...]
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Comics Day! Super Late Edition!
Comics from July 02, 2008: it’s a late post, but I’ve been all over the place this week. I picked up the third issue (of five) of House of Mystery from Vertigo; it seems to provide Bill Willingham and Matthew Sturges with another outlet for their seemingly endless flow of stories that they just can’t [...]
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