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Listen To Us, We're Right: April 17, 2005
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Listen To Us, We're Right. Thursday, April 21, 2005. My Hate Could Only Last So Long. Boy, I hated comics two days ago. They were a pile of crap that had wasted years of my life and stunted my creative growth. I wanted to set them all on fire as a sacrifice to some dark, brooding demigod. Teenagelus or something. But guess what? After finding myself despondently disappointed with Zatanna, Klarion. I've read complaints about Veitch's prose in the Question. Honestly, probably not. But it's not as outra...
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Listen To Us, We're Right: April 24, 2005
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Listen To Us, We're Right. Friday, April 29, 2005. Ian Churchill is the hottest artist in town! Rob Liefeld is BACK, baby! Variant covers and big events! People are buying multiple copies of NUMBER ONE issues! In short: Comics are sucky again, nineties style! Nerd collectors are checking the spines on all their new books, making sure that CABLE AND DEADPOOL is in NM condition. Things are shitty, and no one learned a lesson from the bursting bubble of the nineties. Thursday, April 28, 2005. Anyone with a ...
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The Shrew Review: MANHUNTER #15
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Monday, October 24, 2005. Most filler issues are slightly irrelevant focus stories, either on secondary characters or on facets of the lead's backstory that are nice to know, but really not necessary to the enjoyment of the series. This issue of Manhunter. Qualifies as such by training the spotlight on the provenance of Kate's costume. But it manages to be engaging and entertaining anyway, which is pretty much the zenith of praise for filler material. Read the rest here. Mon Oct 24, 11:21:00 AM EDT.
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The Shrew Review: BATGIRL #69
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Monday, October 24, 2005. The best villains don't foam at the mouth. Ra's al-Ghul, when written well, wasn't the cosmic avatar for PETA. He was capable of boggling acts of destruction that put animals above humans, but there was always more to him. When written well, he made sense. And things were looking pretty grim. Read the rest here. Posted by The Comics Shrew at 08:54. Thu Oct 27, 03:45:00 AM EDT. There are headliners and there are supporting actors, and this Batgirl is a supporting actor. I do thin...
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The Shrew Review: BATMAN #647
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Tuesday, December 06, 2005. Here, on the other hand, the bleeped-out F-bomb works just fine. (this'll make sense if you're scrolling up.). For the first half, I laughed myself sick in spite of myself. Because, really. It was funny, but in a way that made me feel vaguely twelve. Or a Wizard. Winick's strong work on this book continues. Fast-paced and not undone by Winick's love of banter steering him off course. Still no love for Doug Mahnke's art, but. Posted by The Comics Shrew at 22:37.
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The Shrew Review: ULTIMATE FANTASTIC FOUR #24
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Friday, October 21, 2005. ULTIMATE FANTASTIC FOUR #24. I think it's safe to say that I'm past the phase where Greg Land's art interests me in the slightest. The phase probably ended sometime during Sojourn. If not before, but. we may be approaching Marc Silvestri territory, where his art actively keeps me from enjoying a story. On the other hand, Land's cheesecake art works perfectly with Mark Millar's soap opera of a plot. Of course. And the closer-to-fury that was Ultimate X-Men. The Johnny Bacardi Show.
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The Shrew Review: POLLY & THE PIRATES #1 (of 6)
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Monday, October 03, 2005. POLLY and THE PIRATES #1 (of 6). Ted Naifeh, creator of the Courtney Crumrin. Series and collaborator on the recently completed Death Jr. Mini, has created a cute little story that does for Gilbert and Sullivan what Courtney Crumrin. Did for Harry Potter. Namely, turn it on its ear. Like G&S, Polly and the Pirates. Is naughty and contemporary if you want it to be, but timeless and good-natured on the whole. Read the rest here. Posted by The Comics Shrew at 07:25. DEATH JR. #3.
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The Shrew Review: BATGIRL #70
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Tuesday, December 06, 2005. What's up with the potty mouth? Seriously. None of the % #%@ moments were outrageous within context, but considering that there's no precedent for them, they felt jarring and out of place. As for the actual issue. *sigh* The ugly first: The throwback funky-fonted debut of Lazara hurt. Many issues on the Who's My Mommy storyline and we're dropping it like a hot rock? Posted by The Comics Shrew at 22:13. Wed Dec 07, 07:09:00 PM EST. Welcome back, Shrew! ALL STAR SUPERMAN #1.
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The Shrew Review: The Shrew eyeballs the Image solicits
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Friday, September 23, 2005. The Shrew eyeballs the Image solicits. Yes, yes, going to the shop today, will have reviews this weekend). DC's solicits brought out the snark, Marvel's just made my eyes cross, but Image has some stuff coming out in December that might be entertaining:. Written by Andrew Robinson and Joe Pruett, art and cover by Robinson. An appealing blend of western, science fiction, adventure and humor. I liked Daisy Kutter. So I may give this a try. THE LOOKING GLASS WARS: HATTER M. #1.
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The Shrew Review: INFINITE CRISIS #1
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Friday, October 14, 2005. Being familiar with Pre- Crisis I. History, and Geoff Johns's mad-on for Wonder Woman, which has long vacillated between misogyny ( yes, I am. Going to go there. And unimaginativeness, has come to full fruition. In short, Infinite Crisis #1. Was everything that has ever pissed me off about Geoff Johns, but with mostly gorgeous Phil Jimenez art. (I still don't like the way Jimenez draws angry people talking.). So why no kicking and screaming? Why no sharp teeth and claws? What we...
