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Monday, September 24, 2018
Comics, Magazines and Books from Diamond Distributors for September 26, 2018
Labels:
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Art Book,
Book News,
comics news,
Diamond Distributors,
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manga news,
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Valiant Comics
Sunday, September 23, 2018
Review: KICK-ASS #1
KICK-ASS No. 1 (2018)
IMAGE COMICS – @ImageComics
[This review was originally posted on Patreon.]
STORY: Mark Millar
PENCILS: John Romita, Jr.
INKS: Peter Steigerwald with Megan Madrigal
COLORS: Peter Steigerwald
LETTERS: John Workman
COVER: John Romita, Jr.
VARIANT COVER ARTISTS: Olivier Coipel with Sunny Gho; Frank Quitely
28pp, Color, $3.99 U.S. (February 2018)
Rated M/Mature
Kick-Ass created by Mark Miller and John Romita, Jr.
Kick-Ass is a comic book series created by writer Mark Millar and artist John Romita Jr. It began as an eight-issue miniseries published by Marvel Comics under the company's Icon imprint, starting in February 2008 and concluding in February 2010.
Kick-Ass is the story of Dave Lizewski, a teenager who sets out to become a real life superhero. Dave's actions are publicized on the Internet and inspire other people to put on costumes and play hero. Dave gets caught up in the activities of two costumed, ruthless vigilantes, an exceptionally talented fighter/killer, Hit-Girl, and her father, Big Daddy. Father and daughter are on a mission to take down the gangster. John Genovese.
Kick-Ass became a comic book franchise with three follow-up miniseries, the seven-issue Kick-Ass 2 (October 2010 – March 2012), the five-issue Hit Girl (June 2012 – February 2013), and the eight-issue Kick-Ass 3 (July 2013 to October 2014). The Kick-Ass comic books yielded two movies, Kick-Ass (2010) and Kick-Ass 2 (2013).
Last year, Mark Millar announced that the Kick-Ass and Hit-Girl comic books were going to be revived in a new series of miniseries slash ongoing series. The first new six-issue miniseries, entitled Kick-Ass, is written by Mark Millar; drawn by John Romita, Jr. (pencils) and Peter Steigerwald (digital inks); colored by Steigerwald; and lettered by John Workman.
Kick-Ass #1 introduces Staff Sergeant Patience Lee, a combat veteran in the Afghanistan part of the “(Global) War on Terror.” When she returns to civilian life in Albuquerque, New Mexico, as a wife and mother, Patience discovers that her husband has left her and the children. Short on money and have to put her dreams on hold, SSG Lee decides that it is time to get paid. So she puts on a familiar costume...
Because the original Kick-Ass miniseries kept selling out, I originally read the story in its first hardcover collection. I loved it. Kick-Ass is so gloriously deranged, and it seems like the ultimate encapsulation of writer Mark Millar's oeuvre, at least to that point in time.
Kick-Ass 2018 is quieter. It also seems like more of a study of the post-Barack Obama America, with its resentful white middle class, its seething white working class, and its newly invigorated white supremacy slash white nationalist culture. It is an America in which the balance between the haves and have-nots is completely out of whack because the haves not only want more, they also want it all. They want it all and will have it all by any means necessary – legal, illegal, or otherwise. In this America, even black people are turning into the very people and turning to the very systems they have traditionally lambasted – most of which revolves around violence.
John Romita, Jr.'s illustrations, compositions, and graphical storytelling are as powerful as it ever is when put to use for an intense story. Let's be honest; drawing “real” superhero comic books are mostly a waste of JRJr's time, but Kick-Ass brings out the power, heft, and meatiness of his storytelling. Here, Romita's art is served by a really good colorist, Peter Steigerwald, and John Workman is one of the few comic book lettering heavyweights capable of placing his fonts inside the Romita, Jr. graphics package.
So Kick-Ass is back, as strong as ever.
8.5 out of 10
Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"
The text is copyright © 2018 Leroy Douresseaux. All Rights Reserved. Contact this blog or site for reprint and syndication rights and fees.
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IMAGE COMICS – @ImageComics
[This review was originally posted on Patreon.]
STORY: Mark Millar
PENCILS: John Romita, Jr.
INKS: Peter Steigerwald with Megan Madrigal
COLORS: Peter Steigerwald
LETTERS: John Workman
COVER: John Romita, Jr.
VARIANT COVER ARTISTS: Olivier Coipel with Sunny Gho; Frank Quitely
28pp, Color, $3.99 U.S. (February 2018)
Rated M/Mature
Kick-Ass created by Mark Miller and John Romita, Jr.
Kick-Ass is a comic book series created by writer Mark Millar and artist John Romita Jr. It began as an eight-issue miniseries published by Marvel Comics under the company's Icon imprint, starting in February 2008 and concluding in February 2010.
Kick-Ass is the story of Dave Lizewski, a teenager who sets out to become a real life superhero. Dave's actions are publicized on the Internet and inspire other people to put on costumes and play hero. Dave gets caught up in the activities of two costumed, ruthless vigilantes, an exceptionally talented fighter/killer, Hit-Girl, and her father, Big Daddy. Father and daughter are on a mission to take down the gangster. John Genovese.
Kick-Ass became a comic book franchise with three follow-up miniseries, the seven-issue Kick-Ass 2 (October 2010 – March 2012), the five-issue Hit Girl (June 2012 – February 2013), and the eight-issue Kick-Ass 3 (July 2013 to October 2014). The Kick-Ass comic books yielded two movies, Kick-Ass (2010) and Kick-Ass 2 (2013).
Last year, Mark Millar announced that the Kick-Ass and Hit-Girl comic books were going to be revived in a new series of miniseries slash ongoing series. The first new six-issue miniseries, entitled Kick-Ass, is written by Mark Millar; drawn by John Romita, Jr. (pencils) and Peter Steigerwald (digital inks); colored by Steigerwald; and lettered by John Workman.
Kick-Ass #1 introduces Staff Sergeant Patience Lee, a combat veteran in the Afghanistan part of the “(Global) War on Terror.” When she returns to civilian life in Albuquerque, New Mexico, as a wife and mother, Patience discovers that her husband has left her and the children. Short on money and have to put her dreams on hold, SSG Lee decides that it is time to get paid. So she puts on a familiar costume...
Because the original Kick-Ass miniseries kept selling out, I originally read the story in its first hardcover collection. I loved it. Kick-Ass is so gloriously deranged, and it seems like the ultimate encapsulation of writer Mark Millar's oeuvre, at least to that point in time.
Kick-Ass 2018 is quieter. It also seems like more of a study of the post-Barack Obama America, with its resentful white middle class, its seething white working class, and its newly invigorated white supremacy slash white nationalist culture. It is an America in which the balance between the haves and have-nots is completely out of whack because the haves not only want more, they also want it all. They want it all and will have it all by any means necessary – legal, illegal, or otherwise. In this America, even black people are turning into the very people and turning to the very systems they have traditionally lambasted – most of which revolves around violence.
John Romita, Jr.'s illustrations, compositions, and graphical storytelling are as powerful as it ever is when put to use for an intense story. Let's be honest; drawing “real” superhero comic books are mostly a waste of JRJr's time, but Kick-Ass brings out the power, heft, and meatiness of his storytelling. Here, Romita's art is served by a really good colorist, Peter Steigerwald, and John Workman is one of the few comic book lettering heavyweights capable of placing his fonts inside the Romita, Jr. graphics package.
So Kick-Ass is back, as strong as ever.
8.5 out of 10
Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"
The text is copyright © 2018 Leroy Douresseaux. All Rights Reserved. Contact this blog or site for reprint and syndication rights and fees.
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Labels:
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Frank Quitely,
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John Workman,
Mark Millar,
Millarworld,
Olivier Coipel,
Peter Steigerwald,
Review,
Sunny Gho
Friday, September 21, 2018
Review: HIT-GIRL #1
HIT-GIRL No. 1 (2018)
IMAGE COMICS – @ImageComics
[This review was originally posted on Patreon.]
STORY: Mark Millar
ART: Ricardo Lopez Ortiz
COLORS: Sunny Gho
LETTERS: Melina Mikulic
COVER: Amy Reeder
VARIANT COVER ARTISTS: Kim Jung Gi with Sunny Gho; Rafael Albuquerque; John Romita, Jr. with Dean White; Rob Doyle
28pp, Color, $3.99 U.S. (February 2018)
Rated M/Mature
Hit-Girl created by Mark Miller and John Romita, Jr.
Hit-Girl is a comic book vigilante character created by Mark Miller and John Romita, Jr. She first appeared in the comic book series, Kick-Ass (2008) and is Mindy McCready, a 'tween girl trained from an early age by her late father to be a costumed superhero and assassin.
Hit-Girl appeared in all three initial Kick-Ass comic book miniseries and also appeared in her own five-issue miniseries, Hit-Girl (2012, Marvel Comics/Icon). Mark Millar announced last year that he was bringing Kick-Ass and Hit-Girl back in new miniseries. The new Hit-Girl is written by Millar, drawn by Ricardo Lopez Ortiz; colored by Sunny Gho; and lettered by Melina Mikulic.
Hit-Girl #1 opens in Palmire, Columbia, South America. We meet hit man Fabio Mendoza a.k.a. “Mano.” A member of “Perros de Guerra,” the notorious gang, Mano is on his way to prison where he will begin serving 10 life sentences. But Hit-Girl has what she thinks is a better deal for Mano. She is still trying to find a new Kick-Ass to replace the retired original, but has Hit-Girl chosen the right, right-hand-man replacement?
I am not crazy about the cover art for Hit-Girl #1, drawn by Amy Reeder. I really dislike the interior art by Ricardo Lopez Ortiz; my imagination does not want to read it. And it pales in comparison to the art of Hit-Girl's originator, John Romita, Jr. Millar's story does have some intriguing bits in this first issue... or maybe I'm just reaching.
But I love Hit-Girl, so I will make the best of this comic book. You never know what surprises Mark Millar will pull out of his writer's hat, and Ortiz's art might grow on me. And again, maybe I'm reaching...
5 out of 10
Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"
The text is copyright © 2018 Leroy Douresseaux. All Rights Reserved. Contact this blog or site for reprint and syndication rights and fees.
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IMAGE COMICS – @ImageComics
[This review was originally posted on Patreon.]
STORY: Mark Millar
ART: Ricardo Lopez Ortiz
COLORS: Sunny Gho
LETTERS: Melina Mikulic
COVER: Amy Reeder
VARIANT COVER ARTISTS: Kim Jung Gi with Sunny Gho; Rafael Albuquerque; John Romita, Jr. with Dean White; Rob Doyle
28pp, Color, $3.99 U.S. (February 2018)
Rated M/Mature
Hit-Girl created by Mark Miller and John Romita, Jr.
Hit-Girl is a comic book vigilante character created by Mark Miller and John Romita, Jr. She first appeared in the comic book series, Kick-Ass (2008) and is Mindy McCready, a 'tween girl trained from an early age by her late father to be a costumed superhero and assassin.
Hit-Girl appeared in all three initial Kick-Ass comic book miniseries and also appeared in her own five-issue miniseries, Hit-Girl (2012, Marvel Comics/Icon). Mark Millar announced last year that he was bringing Kick-Ass and Hit-Girl back in new miniseries. The new Hit-Girl is written by Millar, drawn by Ricardo Lopez Ortiz; colored by Sunny Gho; and lettered by Melina Mikulic.
Hit-Girl #1 opens in Palmire, Columbia, South America. We meet hit man Fabio Mendoza a.k.a. “Mano.” A member of “Perros de Guerra,” the notorious gang, Mano is on his way to prison where he will begin serving 10 life sentences. But Hit-Girl has what she thinks is a better deal for Mano. She is still trying to find a new Kick-Ass to replace the retired original, but has Hit-Girl chosen the right, right-hand-man replacement?
I am not crazy about the cover art for Hit-Girl #1, drawn by Amy Reeder. I really dislike the interior art by Ricardo Lopez Ortiz; my imagination does not want to read it. And it pales in comparison to the art of Hit-Girl's originator, John Romita, Jr. Millar's story does have some intriguing bits in this first issue... or maybe I'm just reaching.
But I love Hit-Girl, so I will make the best of this comic book. You never know what surprises Mark Millar will pull out of his writer's hat, and Ortiz's art might grow on me. And again, maybe I'm reaching...
5 out of 10
Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"
The text is copyright © 2018 Leroy Douresseaux. All Rights Reserved. Contact this blog or site for reprint and syndication rights and fees.
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Labels:
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Image Comics,
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Mark Millar,
Millarworld,
Rafael Albuquerque,
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Sunny Gho
Thursday, September 20, 2018
Review: JIMMY'S BASTARDS #2
JIMMY'S BASTARDS No. 2
AFTERSHOCK COMICS – @AfterShockComix
[This review was originally posted on Patreon.]
WRITER: Garth Ennis
ARTIST: Russ Braun
COLORS: John Kalisz
LETTERS: Rob Steen
COVER: Dave Johnson
22pp, Color, $3.99 U.S. (July 2017)
Mature Readers
Created by Garth Ennis and Russ Braun
“Ninety-Nine Percent”
Jimmy's Bastards is a new comic book series created by writer Garth Ennis and artist Russ Braun. Ennis is known for the seminal DC Comics/Vertigo title, Preacher, and for his work on such titles as The Punisher and his controversial creator-owned title, The Boys. Braun is known for his work on Vertigo titles like Fables, Fairest, and Jack of Fables. John Kalisz as colorist and Rob Steen as letterer are Ennis and Braun's collaborators on this series.
Jimmy's Bastards focuses on James “Jimmy” Regent, Great Britain's number one super-spy. He has all the intrigue and adventure he can handle, and he has a license to shoot whomever he likes. Jimmy has a veritable legion of beautiful and willing women, but his new partner, Nancy McEwan, isn't sold on his charms, though. Their is also a new threat mounting against Jimmy.
Jimmy's Bastards #2 (“Ninety-Nine Percent”) is enjoying a round of golf with Sir X of MI6 and not-so-much enjoying a round of golf with X's son, Rupert. Suddenly, there is an attack from Jerry Fokker's crew, but there is something strange about this racist group this time around. Nancy thinks there is a larger conspiracy. Maybe, they are both missing the big picture.
After reading the first issue, I thought that the central premise of Jimmy's Bastards was ripe with possibilities. However, I did not like Jimmy Regent the character, although I think that he is supposed to be a likable unlikable rogue. Still, he barely registered to me as a character, but he registers, now.
After reading Jimmy's Bastards #2, I find everything about this series more likable. I think that Jimmy and the conspirators who want to kill him are a lot of cads and clowns, but they will yield comedy gold. I expect Nancy McEwan to play the straight woman to this mess of idiots. Now, I am having fun reading this comic book and can't wait for the third issue.
I heartily recommend Jimmy's Bastards to Garth Ennis fans. I think that he is going to deliver his usual bucket of blood, and artist Russ Braun seems like the perfect artist (this time around) to bring that bucket to comic book life.
7.5 out of 10
Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"
The text is copyright © 2017 Leroy Douresseaux. All Rights Reserved. Contact this blog for reprint and syndication rights and fees.
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AFTERSHOCK COMICS – @AfterShockComix
[This review was originally posted on Patreon.]
WRITER: Garth Ennis
ARTIST: Russ Braun
COLORS: John Kalisz
LETTERS: Rob Steen
COVER: Dave Johnson
22pp, Color, $3.99 U.S. (July 2017)
Mature Readers
Created by Garth Ennis and Russ Braun
“Ninety-Nine Percent”
Jimmy's Bastards is a new comic book series created by writer Garth Ennis and artist Russ Braun. Ennis is known for the seminal DC Comics/Vertigo title, Preacher, and for his work on such titles as The Punisher and his controversial creator-owned title, The Boys. Braun is known for his work on Vertigo titles like Fables, Fairest, and Jack of Fables. John Kalisz as colorist and Rob Steen as letterer are Ennis and Braun's collaborators on this series.
Jimmy's Bastards focuses on James “Jimmy” Regent, Great Britain's number one super-spy. He has all the intrigue and adventure he can handle, and he has a license to shoot whomever he likes. Jimmy has a veritable legion of beautiful and willing women, but his new partner, Nancy McEwan, isn't sold on his charms, though. Their is also a new threat mounting against Jimmy.
Jimmy's Bastards #2 (“Ninety-Nine Percent”) is enjoying a round of golf with Sir X of MI6 and not-so-much enjoying a round of golf with X's son, Rupert. Suddenly, there is an attack from Jerry Fokker's crew, but there is something strange about this racist group this time around. Nancy thinks there is a larger conspiracy. Maybe, they are both missing the big picture.
After reading the first issue, I thought that the central premise of Jimmy's Bastards was ripe with possibilities. However, I did not like Jimmy Regent the character, although I think that he is supposed to be a likable unlikable rogue. Still, he barely registered to me as a character, but he registers, now.
After reading Jimmy's Bastards #2, I find everything about this series more likable. I think that Jimmy and the conspirators who want to kill him are a lot of cads and clowns, but they will yield comedy gold. I expect Nancy McEwan to play the straight woman to this mess of idiots. Now, I am having fun reading this comic book and can't wait for the third issue.
I heartily recommend Jimmy's Bastards to Garth Ennis fans. I think that he is going to deliver his usual bucket of blood, and artist Russ Braun seems like the perfect artist (this time around) to bring that bucket to comic book life.
7.5 out of 10
Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"
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Tuesday, September 18, 2018
Review: SHORTCAKE CAKE Volume 1
SHORTCAKE CAKE, VOL. 1
VIZ MEDIA – @VIZMedia
[This review was originally posted on Patreon.]
MANGAKA: suu Morishita
TRANSLATION: Emi Louie-Nishikawa
LETTERING: Inori Fukuda Trant
EDITOR: Nancy Thislethwaite
ISBN: 978-1-9747-0061-5; paperback (August 2018); Rated “T” for “Teen”
176pp, B&W, $9.99 U.S., $12.99 CAN, £6.99 UK
Short Cake Cake is a shojo manga created by Suu Morishita (or “suu Morishita”). The manga began serialization in the Japanese manga magazine, Margaret, in 2015. VIZ Media is publishing the manga in a series of English-language graphic novels, entitled Shortcake Cake.
Shortcake Cake, Vol. 1 (Chapters 1 to 5) introduces Ten Serizawa, a freshmen at Nekochiya High School. In order to attend the high school, however, Ten has a two-hour commute through the mountains, both ways, every school day. Ten's friend, Ageha Haruno, suggests that she move into the boarding house where Ageha stays. If she does move in, Ten will have to contend with three high school boys who, to varying degrees, are attracted to her.
[This volume includes bonus manga and eight pages of cover and chapter-page illustrations.]
In the tradition of Honey So Sweet, the Shortcake Cake manga is a like a warm cup of cocoa. It does manage to be a bit off-beat as far as shojo high school romances go; the boarding house element is the reason.
Shortcake Cake Graphic Novel Volume 1 introduces a nice cast of six boarding house residents, all of high school age, and also the adult “house mom.” They are all good characters, and I like that there is a bit of tartness to Ten Serizawa. I found that each character is different from the other, and while they are familiar high school shojo types, they are interesting, maybe even a little intriguing. I enjoyed reading this first volume and look forward to the second volume. I think that Shortcake Cake will reveal a bit more edge in upcoming volumes.
7 out of 10
Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"
The text is copyright © 2018 Leroy Douresseaux. All Rights Reserved. Contact this blog or site for reprint syndication rights and fees.
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VIZ MEDIA – @VIZMedia
[This review was originally posted on Patreon.]
MANGAKA: suu Morishita
TRANSLATION: Emi Louie-Nishikawa
LETTERING: Inori Fukuda Trant
EDITOR: Nancy Thislethwaite
ISBN: 978-1-9747-0061-5; paperback (August 2018); Rated “T” for “Teen”
176pp, B&W, $9.99 U.S., $12.99 CAN, £6.99 UK
Short Cake Cake is a shojo manga created by Suu Morishita (or “suu Morishita”). The manga began serialization in the Japanese manga magazine, Margaret, in 2015. VIZ Media is publishing the manga in a series of English-language graphic novels, entitled Shortcake Cake.
Shortcake Cake, Vol. 1 (Chapters 1 to 5) introduces Ten Serizawa, a freshmen at Nekochiya High School. In order to attend the high school, however, Ten has a two-hour commute through the mountains, both ways, every school day. Ten's friend, Ageha Haruno, suggests that she move into the boarding house where Ageha stays. If she does move in, Ten will have to contend with three high school boys who, to varying degrees, are attracted to her.
[This volume includes bonus manga and eight pages of cover and chapter-page illustrations.]
In the tradition of Honey So Sweet, the Shortcake Cake manga is a like a warm cup of cocoa. It does manage to be a bit off-beat as far as shojo high school romances go; the boarding house element is the reason.
Shortcake Cake Graphic Novel Volume 1 introduces a nice cast of six boarding house residents, all of high school age, and also the adult “house mom.” They are all good characters, and I like that there is a bit of tartness to Ten Serizawa. I found that each character is different from the other, and while they are familiar high school shojo types, they are interesting, maybe even a little intriguing. I enjoyed reading this first volume and look forward to the second volume. I think that Shortcake Cake will reveal a bit more edge in upcoming volumes.
7 out of 10
Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"
The text is copyright © 2018 Leroy Douresseaux. All Rights Reserved. Contact this blog or site for reprint syndication rights and fees.
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