Maybe it’s the combination of the mangaesque art and Wagner’s weak female characterization, but Nimue acts like a teenager.
Madame Xanadu 5
November 26th, 2008 - Respond
Madame Xanadu 4
November 25th, 2008 - Respond
Once again I am flummoxed. Wagner pays lip service to women but his protagonist is fatally hung up on the Phantom Stranger.
Madame Xanadu 3
November 13th, 2008 - Respond
Wagner’s got some decent ideas–it’s like Young Indiana Jones, the protagonist in historical events–but his pacing is off.
Madame Xanadu 2
November 12th, 2008 - Respond
The Etrigan cameo is kind of neat–does it put the comic in DC continuity; the almost manga art is okay but makes it goofy.
Madame Xanadu 1
November 12th, 2008 - Respond
Way too much thinly veiled Camelot nonsense–the Phantom Stranger’s a neat guest in a Vertigo series–but what’s the point?
Demon 1
November 10th, 2008 - Respond
Early Matt Wagner is more cartoonish than modern–he spends a lot more time on his artwork–but the issue’s dreadfully overwritten.
Legends of the Dark Knight 30
September 25th, 2008 - Respond
Wagner’s writing falls apart as his art–he recycles the same layouts issue to issue–becomes tiresome. Blah.
Legends of the Dark Knight 29
September 25th, 2008 - Respond
Some fine scenes–not many with Batman. Wagner has an tenuous grasp on the character, he’s better with Bruce.
Legends of the Dark Knight 28
September 24th, 2008 - Respond
Better writing than I had expected and some creative layouts from Wagner. Still, it starts and finishes weak.