The Age of the Sentry 5. Could…

July 3rd, 2009 - Respond

The Age of the Sentry 5. Could anything top the ad? The LSH stuff is fun and nice. The second story’s much better, a 1960s Lois Lane homage

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The Age of the Sentry 4. The G…

July 3rd, 2009 - Respond

The Age of the Sentry 4. The Golden Age Sentry story is a Marvel remix of all the DC Earth Two stories of the 1970s. Second story’s fun too.

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The Age of the Sentry 3. Great…

July 2nd, 2009 - Respond

The Age of the Sentry 3. Great stuff, but the second story, being so peculiar, overpowers the first. It is just a lovely book, perfect tone.

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The Age of the Sentry 2. The f…

July 2nd, 2009 - Respond

The Age of the Sentry 2. The first story is perfect, with the Superman parallels. But the second one gets a little too continuity conscious.

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@comicsfondle: Y the Last Man …

July 1st, 2009 - Respond

@comicsfondle: Y the Last Man 23. See, here BKV finishes his damn story before he does his cute little cliffhanger; all of sudden, it works.

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Y the Last Man 22. Maybe I am …

July 1st, 2009 - Respond

Y the Last Man 22. Maybe I am just drunk, but Vaughan really brings it here. He gets a lot in–non-Yorick revelations, etc. Parlov is solid.

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Y the Last Man 21. And now we’…

July 1st, 2009 - Respond

Y the Last Man 21. And now we’re back on track. Again, not a lot of present action (maybe five hours) but there is something very nice here.

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Y the Last Man 20. I get it no…

June 28th, 2009 - Respond

Y the Last Man 20. I get it now: Vaughan is trying to get a TV job. Yawn. Forgot he was the most predictable writer working in comics. Crap.

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Y the Last Man 19. The pacing’…

June 28th, 2009 - Respond

Y the Last Man 19. The pacing’s better, I guess, but Vaughan is either just showing off his psych 101 class or he’s completely lost control.

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Y the Last Man 18. Ew. The non…

June 28th, 2009 - Respond

Y the Last Man 18. Ew. The non-Yorick stuff was so much better than this. What the hell is Vaughan doing? It’s like he ad-libbed the script.

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Y the Last Man 17. It’s suppos…

June 28th, 2009 - Respond

Y the Last Man 17. It’s supposed to be a cute little filler story? Yuck. They should’ve just waited for the regular artist to get caught up.

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Y the Last Man 16. What the he…

June 28th, 2009 - Respond

Y the Last Man 16. What the heck is this? Tales from the world of Y? And the end is totally confusing. Nice art though. But it’s all filler.

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Y the Last Man 15. I wonder ho…

June 28th, 2009 - Respond

Y the Last Man 15. I wonder how it’d read without the atrocious cliffhanger. But some rather nice scenes. Even if it’s a tangential subplot.

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Y the Last Man 14. Damn it, Va…

June 28th, 2009 - Respond

Y the Last Man 14. Damn it, Vaughan, slow down. He’s pacing out an action sequence here, not writing a comic. Dreading the cliffhangers now.

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Y the Last Man 13. It’s okay. …

June 28th, 2009 - Respond

Y the Last Man 13. It’s okay. Maybe I’m just not enjoying the ride enough; am I paying too much attention to Vaughan’s political commentary?

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Y the Last Man 12. More of the…

June 28th, 2009 - Respond

Y the Last Man 12. More of the same bad pacing. Vaughan’s trying way too hard and Yorick’s beard doesn’t make any sense. A real rough patch.

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Y the Last Man 11. I don’t kno…

June 28th, 2009 - Respond

Y the Last Man 11. I don’t know what to call the pacing except hideous. Seems like a sequel rather than a serial. Was Vaughan trade-writing?

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Y the Last Man 10. Vaughan’s s…

June 27th, 2009 - Respond

Y the Last Man 10. Vaughan’s set up something here not many others have: the sibling nemeses. Excellent stuff. But another lame cliffhanger?

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Y the Last Man 9. Vaughan reco…

June 27th, 2009 - Respond

Y the Last Man 9. Vaughan recovers immediately. Getting sick of the constant cliffhangers though. Not a 1970s Marvel book, after all. Great.

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Y the Last Man 8. Vaughan’s in…

June 27th, 2009 - Respond

Y the Last Man 8. Vaughan’s inane sense of morality (very Transformers) pops up here. It’s what ruined Ex Machina. Hope it doesn’t continue.

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Y the Last Man 7. The pacing i…

June 27th, 2009 - Respond

Y the Last Man 7. The pacing isn’t off, but something is… Vaughan’s spreading himself thin again, lots of ominous foreshadowing this time.

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Y the Last Man 6. And now he’s…

June 27th, 2009 - Respond

Y the Last Man 6. And now he’s back on track. Works a lot better with two threads instead of three. Pacing is not perfect. Fantastic though.

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Y the Last Man 5. More iffy pa…

June 27th, 2009 - Respond

Y the Last Man 5. More iffy pacing as Vaughan ties the threads together. It would’ve been smoother as an A and B plot. Solid, but a decline.

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Y the Last Man 4. The pacing i…

June 27th, 2009 - Respond

Y the Last Man 4. The pacing is off again, with Vaughan’s going for scenic effect more than narrative. Some outstanding moments in this one.

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Y the Last Man 3. Good grief, …

June 27th, 2009 - Respond

Y the Last Man 3. Good grief, it’s good. Vaughan can work stats into dialogue without make it seem expository. Great pacing too. Fantastic.

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Y the Last Man 2. He can’t top…

June 21st, 2009 - Respond

Y the Last Man 2. He can’t top the first issue, doesn’t try. The pacing’s a little wonky, it’s only a couple scenes. But he delivers; great.

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Y the Last Man 1. Is there a b…

June 21st, 2009 - Respond

Y the Last Man 1. Is there a better first issue? I don’t think there is. I love how Vaughan still works in his pseudo-liberalism. Fantastic.

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Swamp Thing 13

June 21st, 2009 - Respond

It’s an occasionally goofy issue, but incredibly well-paced. Seems to be Wein’s swan song to the series and it is good worm.

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Swamp Thing 12

June 16th, 2009 - Respond

And now we’re back to the Wein standard–Swampy a supporting character in his own book. But it is pretty well paced. Decent.

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Swamp Thing 11

June 16th, 2009 - Respond

Wein makes a solid shift for the new artist, it’d be impossible to imagine Wrightson drawing this script. Redondo does well.

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