Of the small set of comics I’m reviewing in this series — all of them, current Marvel #1s — the Dazzler one-off is actually the best.
The comic is, at least, in touch with its own kitsch.
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Archive for June, 2010
False Starts, Part Three of Three: Dazzler #1
Posted by Kristian Williams on June 16th, 2010 at 12:01 AMIron Man 2: Iron Harder
Posted by Noah Berlatsky on June 15th, 2010 at 3:56 AMThis is Richard Cook. I’ve hacked my way into Noah’s TCJ account.
As some of you know, the Hooded Utilitarian blog has gone kaput. So for at least part of the week, my fellow Hooded Utilitarians will be posting under …
Journalista for June 15, 2010: We need your help
Posted by Dirk Deppey on June 15th, 2010 at 2:19 AM
Al Williamson dies ♦ Apple relents on Joyce and Wilde comics censorship ♦ more
False Starts, Part Two of Three: Astonishing X-Men #1
Posted by Kristian Williams on June 15th, 2010 at 12:01 AMThe first issue in the new Astonishing X-Men series doesn’t manage to astonish in the least.
God Damn You, Bette Davis
Posted by Tom Crippen on June 14th, 2010 at 9:36 PMWhy did you say that to Lucille Ball?
Minicomics Round-Up: Henderson, Neely
Posted by Rob Clough on June 14th, 2010 at 5:37 AMRob reviews new minis from Sam Henderson and Tom Neely.
Journalista for June 14, 2010: Reasons for pessimism
Posted by Dirk Deppey on June 14th, 2010 at 1:46 AMBuenaventura Press closes ♦ Gaiman vs. McFarlane, round two ♦ more
False Starts, Part One of Three: Avengers #1 and Secret Avengers #1
Posted by Kristian Williams on June 14th, 2010 at 12:01 AMIn the abstract, one might assume that the first issue of a new series would represent a fresh start, and that one might pick it up and simply read it, without wading into a morass of back-story dozens of titles wide and hundred of issues deep.
In the Marvel Universe, at least, that assumption would be wrong.
What the Hell
Posted by Tom Crippen on June 13th, 2010 at 4:43 PMYou, Robert Crumb . . . what the hell? What the hell did you mean by that?
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