Garth Ennis Is Doing a Shadow Comic! Also, Liefeld's Hawkman and Deathstroke Covers

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Harley and Joker in Therapy and a Question

[shadowpsykie]

( Voodoo Question, and Harley/Joker in Therapy )

The Kents Meet a Famous Actor

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One of the suprisingly underrated series' to come out of the 1990s was, to me, John Ostrander's 'the Kents'. Not heard of it? Not really suprising, I think that it's been out of print until very recently, but think that they might have republished it recently in two 100 page issues, which you should kind of pick up if you're able to, it's excellent.

Warning for racism.
( Minireview, two pages of comic )

'An Obituary for Octopus'

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( Scans under the cut... )

It's better down where it's wetter...

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2 panels from Uncanny X-Men #5, that made me laugh
( featuring Namor the Submariner and Hope )

Batman #5

[aeka]

If a song is to be written about this issue of Batman, I would call it 'Batman's Going Slightly Mad.'

( Se in uomo fragile, nuove risposte tardano ad affiorare... )

Extreme Studios returns

[superboyprime]

This month marks the return of Rob Liefeld's Extreme Studios. Five of his old creations are being relaunched in new ongoing series: Supreme, Glory, Youngblood, Prophet, and Bloodstrike. This week, the first of those series debuted -- Prophet, by Brandon Graham and Simon Roy.



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Portrait of a summer thief*

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Since this week was a light one for comics, (Only Uncanny X-Men and Supergirl), I read Who is Jake Ellis?. I'd heard lots of good things about it, and after raving about it, iFanboy made it their Book of the Month for December 2011.

It is an honour well deserved. Art is by Tonci Zonjic, who has come on leaps and bounds since his pretty good work on Marvel Divas. The use of colour in this book is amazing, with lots of bold sections of primary colours against an otherwise grey palette.

The story is by Nate Edmondson, whose book The Activity has begun recently at Image. I'll probably have a look at issue #1 over the weekend.

As for Who is Jake Ellis itself, it's a five part mini series, about a former CIA analyst (Jon Moore) on the run from Americans and other groups, hiding out in Europe and doing criminal work.

( There is simply nothing half so much worth doing, as messing about in boats. )

The book is a dynamic, exciting one. It's not a tough read, or a lengthy one, but it is really well designed and a "visual treat", to use a dreadful reviewers' phrase

The sequence above is especially good as I just love seeing scenes retold in exactly the same way, but with a significant detail added, or a change in perspective that alters the whole thing.

You know what it's just made me think of? I need to watch that again.
But Who is Jake Ellis?
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