Comics Fondle

2 Guns is not an abject failure throughout. It even improves over the lackluster first issue… I watched it go from a C to a D to an F in the final issue. It’s a macho book written–apparently as a movie treatment, because the pacing is awful (think Seagal and Schwarzenegger)–for an audience who really, […]

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It’s probably wrong to call The Stardust Kid a disappointment. DeMatteis is way too loose with the writing for there to be any actual expectation of goodness. He’s trying to write a fairy tale with modern trappings and he’s plotting it for that goal, instead of any actual “magic.” While it’s calculated and pragmatic–and way […]

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What the hell? Can I call a foul on a comic book, does it make a difference? I’ve been waiting months and months for The Foundation, because John Rozum doing comics for adults (I only ever see his name on Scooby Doo nowadays) is a thing to be cheered and anticipated. But this issue is […]

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I’m trying to remember, but I think The Savage Brothers is, with the exception of Hero Squared, the finest thing Boom!’s put out. Savage Brothers is an absurdist, post-zombie apocalypse comedy with a heart (and some serious Star Wars rips). I can’t remember, but I don’t think the third issue ever came out as a […]

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There’s something illegible about Fall of Cthulhu. Maybe it’s all the strange names, briefly referenced ideas later becoming important or simply the lack of proper character introduction (the female lead is an total mystery–I thought she was a college student, but she might be Paris Hilton). Nelson’s terrible college student dialogue doesn’t help things. It’s […]

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