Comics Fondle

Common Foe is a terrible, terrible comic book. It’s truly incompetent. Over its five issues, the comic goes through two artists and neither of them can draw distinctive figures. It’s not just the characters all looking alike, even the uniforms look alike. The monsters all look the same and are supposed to, so I guess […]

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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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Casanova takes a while to get really good. The first issue is fine; cool and cute with a lot more content than any other twenty-eight pages in comic books lately. (I mean cute in the storytelling device way, not the puppy dog way). But for the next couple issues, it moves along to no great […]

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The third Godland trade, Proto Plastic Party, starts off really well. Issue 13 is real strong, featuring Adam Archer–I can’t remember if he has a superhero name… seems like all the villains have supervillain names–in an intergalactic prison, having all sorts of adventures with real emotional weight… and lots of funny lines.
Then the focus shifts […]

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Die Valkryie #1 could really be about anything and the Stelfreeze art would make it worth a look. I’m not familiar with the previous Ride titles, but I imagine they’re similarly absurd. There’s a lot of funny moments, nice Stelfreeze art, and an acceptable plot. The present action of the comic book is in spurts, […]

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