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Wednesday, December 27, 2023
#IReadsYou Review: THE AMBASSADORS #4
Tuesday, December 19, 2023
#IReadsYou Review: BIG GAME #1
Tuesday, December 5, 2023
#IReadsYou Review: NIGHT CLUB #3
Wednesday, November 29, 2023
#IReadsYou Review: NEMESIS RELOADED #3
Tuesday, November 21, 2023
#IReadsYou Review: THE MAGIC ORDER 3 #5
Thursday, November 2, 2023
#IReadsYou Review: THE AMBASSADORS #3
Wednesday, October 11, 2023
#IReadsYou Review: NIGHT CLUB #2
Thursday, October 5, 2023
#IReadsYou Review: PRODIGY: The Icarus Society #5
Tuesday, October 3, 2023
#IReadsYou Review: THE MAGIC ORDER 3 #4
THE MAGIC ORDER 3 #4 (OF 6)
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STORY: Mark Millar
ART: Gigi Cavenago
COLORS: Valentina Napolitano
LETTERS: Clem Robins
EDITORIAL: Sarah Unwin
COVER: Gigi Cavenago
VARIANT COVER ARTISTS: Gigi Cavenago; Greg Tocchini
32pp, Color, $3.99 U.S. (October 2022)
Rated M / Mature
The Magic Order created by Mark Millar at Netflix
The Magic Order was a six-issue comic book miniseries written by Mark Millar and drawn by Olivier Coipel. Published in 2018-19, The Magic Order focuses on the sorcerers, magicians, and wizards – in particularly the Moonstone family – who live ordinary lives by day, but protect humanity from darkness and monsters of impossible sizes by night. A second six-issue miniseries, The Magic Order 2 (2021-22), was recently published.
The Magic Order 3 introduces the Asian chapter of the The Magic Order. A six-issue miniseries, this third installment is written by Millar; drawn by Gigi Cavenago; colored by Valentina Napolitano; and lettered by Clem Robins. The series finds Cordelia Moonstone focusing her attention on the Asian chapter's Sammy Liu and his impossible wealth, as the ghosts of an old conflict stir.
The Magic Order 3 #4 opens in Moonstone Castle, the place where a story 500 years in the making is about to be … made. Meanwhile, Sasha Sanchez (“the Babysitter”) and Rosetta “Rosie” Moonstone begin their adventures in learning magic via a comic book. Sasha may be one of the most experienced wizards in The Magic Order, but are his misgivings about Rosie correct? And will he act on them based on nothing more than his hunch?
Plus, who is “the Wizard King of Kolthur?” And why is that a thing?
THE LOWDOWN: My favorite Mark Millar Netflix creation is The Magic Order. It always surprises me, but I wonder if that can always be true. Well...
I could tell you how fabulous The Magic Order 3 #4 is, which it indeed is. I'd rather tell you about the comic within the comic book. It is the surprise of surprises in this series... thus far.
In order to depict the adventures of Sasha and Rosie, Mark and Gigi create their own homage to the horror comics of the late cartoonist and comic book writer-artist, Alex Toth (1982-2006). Toth produced notable genre short stories for Warren Publications (especially in the magazine, Creepy) and DC Comics, from the mid-1960 throughout the 1970s. Gigi is pitch-perfect with art that could pass for Toth's work, which isn't easy. Only Toth's most skilled admirers and acolytes can mimic his style, fewer still his unique brand of storytelling.
Millar and Cavenago have done it again. We don't deserve such consistent excellence, but they give it to us – real, real good – with every issue. I'm waiting for The Magic Order 3 to fall off that pedestal, but apparently that spell is not in any book. I super-freakin' highly recommend The Magic Order 3, dear readers.
I READS YOU RECOMMENDS: Fans of Mark Millar and of The Magic Order will want to read The Magic Order 3.
A+
Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"
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Wednesday, September 20, 2023
#IReadsYou Review: NEMESIS RELOADED #2
Thursday, September 14, 2023
#IReadsYou Review: THE AMBASSADORS #2
Thursday, August 31, 2023
#IReadsYou Review: NIGHT CLUB #1
NIGHT CLUB #1 (OF 6)
IMAGE COMICS
STORY: Mark Millar
ART: Juanan Ramírez
COLORS: Fabiana Mascolo
LETTERS: Clem Robins
COVER: Juanan Ramírez with Giovanna Niro
EDITORIAL: Sarah Unwin
VARIANT COVER ARTIST: Greg Capullo with Giovanna Niro; Matteo Scalera with Giovanna Niro
28pp, Color, $1.99 U.S. (December 2022)
Rated M / Mature
Night Club created by Mark Millar at Netflix
Night Club is a new six-issue miniseries written and created by Mark Millar and drawn by Juanan Ramírez. An Image Comics publication and a Netflix production, Night Club focuses on a teen boy who is bitten by a vampire and decides to make the best of his new condition. Colorist Fabiana Mascolo and letterer Clem Robins complete Night Club's creative team.
Night Club #1 introduces 17-year-old Danny Garcia. He has roped his pals, DJ Sam Huxley and Amy Chen, into his scheme to gain fame and fortune as a YouTube star. Things go awry and a vampire bites him. So what should Danny do? Should he live like a stereotypical vampire? Or should he live crazy, sexy, cool like he has always wanted?
THE LOWDOWN: Netflix/Millarworld sends me PDF review copies of the their comic books. Thus, I was lucky enough to get a review copy of Night Club #1.
For the past three years, Image Comics has been publishing its best vampire comic book series, Rodney Barnes and Jason Shawn Alexander's Killadelphia. Now, it appears that Image's may be offering its best vampire comic book miniseries, which I assume will be Night Club. Mark Millar does what he always does, present a first issue that offers the perfect balance of character introduction, world building, and teasing of what is to come. I find that I want to be in this world, and I really, really want to know more about it.
Juanan Ramírez's art brings Millar's story to life as a graphical narrative that zips across the pages and crackles with possibilities. I also like how Ramírez's art always seems to be in the face of the characters, a move which made me want to invest in them. The colors by Fabiana Mascolo are great, especially the scenes that take place at night and in the dark. The coloring is another element that makes Night Club #1 stand out from other vampire comic books. As usual, there is nothing like letterer Clem Robin's score – so to speak.
I'm recommending Night Club #1 because I know that the next issue is when the doors of the series really get blown open. So you need to come into the club now. It's a five-star type of place.
Also, to whomever designed that logo: killer design, boo. It recalls the spirit of Warren Publications and Hammer Productions.
I READS YOU RECOMMENDS: Fans of Mark Millar and of vampire comic books will want read Night Club.
Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"
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Monday, August 28, 2023
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Wednesday, August 23, 2023
#IReadsYou Review: THE MAGIC ORDER 3 #3
THE MAGIC ORDER 3 #3 (OF 6)
IMAGE COMICS/Netflix
STORY: Mark Millar
ART: Gigi Cavenago
COLORS: Valentina Napolitano
LETTERS: Clem Robins
EDITORIAL: Sarah Unwin
COVER: Gigi Cavenago
VARIANT COVER ARTISTS: Gigi Cavenago; Ben Oliver
32pp, Color, $3.99 U.S. (September 2022)
Rated M / Mature
The Magic Order created by Mark Millar at Netflix
The Magic Order was a six-issue comic book miniseries written by Mark Millar and drawn by Olivier Coipel. Published in 2018-19, The Magic Order focuses on the sorcerers, magicians, and wizards – in particularly the Moonstone family – who live ordinary lives by day, but protect humanity from darkness and monsters of impossible sizes by night. A second six-issue miniseries, The Magic Order 2 (2021-22), was recently published.
The Magic Order 3 introduces the Asian chapter of the The Magic Order. A six-issue miniseries, this third installment is written by Millar; drawn by Gigi Cavenago; colored by Valentina Napolitano; and lettered by Clem Robins. The series finds Cordelia Moonstone focusing her attention on the Asian chapter's Sammy Liu and his impossible wealth.
The Magic Order 3 #3 opens as Leonard Moonstone (Papa Moonstone) and Salome (Mama Moonstone) prepare for a trip. Leonard stepped aside to make room for his daughter Cordelia as leader of the Order. That allowed him to find his estranged wife and tell her what happened to their late son Gabriel (as seen in the first series). But Salome has been gone for a very long time, and she has a remarkable secret of her own when he finds her. Can Leonard help her?
Meanwhile, in Baltimore, Regan Moonstone and Sacha “the Babysitter” are training their niece, Rosetta “Rosie” Moonstone,” in the arts of ghost-busting (so to speak). Their targets are a group of gang bangers, the Mendoza brothers, come back from the dead as really malevolent ghosts. But it seems that Rosie make be taking to her lessons too well.
THE LOWDOWN: My favorite Mark Millar Netflix creation is The Magic Order. It always surprises me – always.
The Magic Order 3 #3 offers a change of pace. After he gives a look at the Moonstone parents, Millar moves us to the education of Rosie Moonstone (or miseducation). Millar seems to always have delightful new characters to introduce, and after introducing them, he comes back with an amazing subplot involving a few of them. Sacha and Rosie may be about to blow our minds. Damn, Mark, I don't want to wait for the next issue.
The Magic Order 3's Italian maestro, artist Gigi Cavenago, makes this third issue soar. Once the adventures of Rosie begins, the art seems to zip across the page as if driven by a wind that wants to be faster than our imaginations. Cavenago also draws the creepiest creatures, and he presents the Mendoza ghost-monsters if they were eerie icons from some forgotten dark religion come to life. Cavenago's graphical storytelling keeps The Magic Order fresh and vibrant, so that this third series isn't a repeat of the previous iterations of The Magic Order.
So Mark Millar has kept his word. He wanted to blow our minds, and he and Cavenago are doing just that. If I smoked cigarettes, I would need one now.
I READS YOU RECOMMENDS: Fans of Mark Millar and of The Magic Order will want to read The Magic Order 3.
Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"
https://www.mrmarkmillar.com/
https://twitter.com/ImageComics
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http://www.millarworld.tv/
www.imagecomics.com
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Tuesday, August 8, 2023
#IReadsYou Review: THE AMBASSADORS #1
Thursday, July 27, 2023
#IReadsYou Review: PRODIGY: The Icarus Society #4
PRODIGY: THE ICARUS SOCIETY #4 (OF 5)
IMAGE COMICS/Netflix
STORY: Mark Millar
ART: Matteo Buffagni
COLORS: David Curiel
LETTERS: Clem Robins
COVER: Matteo Buffagni with David Curiel
DESIGN: Melina Mikulic
EDITORIAL: Sarah Unwin
VARIANT COVER ARTIST: Matteo Buffagni
28pp, Color, $3.99 U.S. (October 2022)
Rated M / Mature
Prodigy: The Icarus Society is a five-issue comic book miniseries produced by writer Mark Millar and artist Matteo Buffagni. It is a sequel to the 2018-19 six-issue miniseries, Prodigy. The Prodigy comic books focus on the adventures of the world's smartest man, Edison Crane, who believes that he is the go-to guy when there is a global crisis to solve. Letterer Clem Robins and colorists Laura Martin and David Curiel complete the sequel's creative team.
Prodigy: The Icarus Society pits Edison against “The Icarus Society,” a secret society of geniuses who are all richer than Edison. And now, he is caught inside the club's internal rivalries and blackmailed into hunting for the treasures of one of the most legendary locations of all time.
Prodigy: The Icarus Society #4 opens in the Himalayas, present day. Edison accompanies (as a prisoner) Felix Koffka as they hunt for “Shangri-La.” Accompanying them are Koffka's sneaky wife, Prisha Patil, and his injured employee, Ruby Prentice.
Shangri-La may be a place from the storybooks, but it has exerted a pull on the world's most evil people for thousands of years. Now, this paradise will give up its secrets, one of which is that Edison Crane's arrival has been expected.
THE LOWDOWN: Prodigy, in its two series, has emerged as a spinner of conspiracies, legends, myths, and lore, and has enough of it to rival cable network, The History Channel's “Ancient Aliens” television series. This fourth issue of The Icarus Society is also the penultimate issue of the series.
Mark Millar always delivers the unexpected. How does he do it? Is he a genius like Edison Crane? Or does it involve the occult? Seriously, Prodigy: The Icarus Society #4 is full of surprises, and Millar teases an explosive ending. Prodigy is an adventure into the unknown and the mythical, so Millar seems to anticipate our expectations with the goal of foiling them. If we are going into the unknown, then, we don't know anything. We rely on this most brilliant storyteller who always wants to thrill us, the way his favorite comic books did to young Mark.
Artist Matteo Buffagni wants to drag the reader in with his storytelling and wants to transport us into the unknown. While he refuses to give away secrets, Buffagni entices us with an absorbing mystery. David Curiel's colors, which usually convey the shadows and dark moods of Buffagni's compositions, are a celebration of light as a legendary location shows itself off in this issue. Even Clem Robins dials down the lettering for this quiet-before-the-storm entry.
There is no filler in the comic books of Millar and his creative teams. Prodigy: The Icarus Society could not fly without a superb fourth issue, and superb is what we get.
I READS YOU RECOMMENDS: Fans of Mark Millar and of his comic book, Prodigy, will want to read Prodigy: The Icarus Society.
A+
Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"
https://www.mrmarkmillar.com/
http://www.millarworld.tv/
https://twitter.com/mrmarkmillar
https://www.netflix.com/
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www.imagecomics.com
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