Chew tues reviews: Dark Avengers #14 & Punisher Max #4
February 23rd, 2010
Dark Avengers #14 by Brian Bendis, Mike Deodato & Rain Beredo
The characters demonstrate the expected dialogue ticks, the speech balloons are bloated fit to burst, and the most powerful people on the planet don’t kick anyone in the face or blow up any universes, but instead sit around having Important Conversations About Themselves. If you asked someone who didn’t like Bendis’s work to describe one of his comics this is exactly the sort of thing they would come up with. A move away from what the genre supposedly does best – ideas, iconography, adventure, action, scale – towards character psychology, character motivation, and character relationships. Read the rest of this entry »
Gary Lactus has read some comic books.
November 12th, 2009
PROBABLY SPOILERS!
Being more of a viewer than a re-viewer (time is tight), I’m just gonna give you my impressions of some stuff I’ve read.
What I’ve read is:
- Marvel Comics One-Shot Dark Reign The List Punisher
- Punisher Max #1
- Sugar Shock
