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Tag: Vertigo Comics

  • Joe the Barbarian #1 (of 8) Comic Review

    Joe the Barbarian #1 (of 8) Comic Review

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    DC/Vertigo, $0.99 Story: Grant Morrison Art: Sean Murthy Colours: Dave Stewart Joe the Barbarian is part of an increasingly popular genre; the adult kid’s book. Joe’s spacious attic bedroom is one that every adult wishes they lived in as a child (as opposed to every current child wishing they had), with 80s action figures lining…

  • Daytripper #1 Review

    Daytripper #1 Review

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    Vertigo, 2009 By: Fabio Moon, Gabriel Bá Colours: Dave Stewart Eisner Award winning Brazilian duo Fabio Moon and Gabriel Bá’s new series Daytripper is a mature title in the truest sense. And by that I don’t mean that this is a comic that feels the need to shove tits and incest in the reader’s face…

  • Greek Street #3 Comic Book Review

    Greek Street #3 Comic Book Review

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    Vertigo Writer: Peter Milligan Pencils: Davide Gianfelice Colours: Patricia Mulvihill Issue 1 of Greek Street was quite possibly one of the bleakest, unpleasant comics ever published by Vertigo. While the series has yet to top supposed protagonist Eddie’s self-castration, Peter Milligan has managed to reach the end of Issue 3 without a single joyous moment.…

  • Sweet Tooth #1 Comic Book Review

    Sweet Tooth #1 Comic Book Review

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    Vertigo Story, Art: Jeff Lemire Colours: Jose Villarrubia DC/Vertigo continue their Machiavellian ploy of releasing the latest first issues at just $1.00, gradually inclining my monthly comic bill into something that could buy a Third World country. Still, when the new series in question is Sweet Tooth, the lingering new effort from indie writer/artist Jeff…

  • Greek Street #1 Comic Book Review

    Greek Street #1 Comic Book Review

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    Carl Doherty
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    Vertigo Writer: Peter Milligan Art: Davide Gianfelice Colours: Patricia Mulvihill DC are continuing to sell the first issues of their latest Vertigo titles for just one dollar, which means there’s really no excuse not to try Peter Milligan’s Greek Street, a gritty soap set in London’s Soho in which the characters are destined to play…

  • Neil Gaiman’s Neverwhere TPB Review

    Neil Gaiman’s Neverwhere TPB Review

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    Carl Doherty
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    Originally published 2006, DC Vertigo Writer: Mike Carey Art: Glenn Fabry There’s something foreboding about any book which gives front cover prominence to author over title. It’s a tell-tale sign that a writer has reached a stage wherein his name bears more weight than the quality of his/her material. It’s even less reassuring when said…

  • WE3 Graphic Novel Review

    WE3 Graphic Novel Review

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    2004, DC / Vertigo Writer: Grant Morrison Art: Frank Quitely Colours / inks: Jamie Grant I’ve always considered Grant Morrison the Philip K. Dick of the comic medium. But writers both are inhumanly creative, incomparable to almost any other writer of their period. Like Dick, Morrison writes to pay the bills, churning out radically inconsistent…

  • Fables: 1001 Nights of Snowfall Graphic Novel Review

    Fables: 1001 Nights of Snowfall Graphic Novel Review

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    Carl Doherty
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    2006, DC/Vertigo Writer: Bill Willingham Illustrators: Esao Andrews, Brian Bolland, John Bolton, Mark Buckingham, James Jean, Michael Wm. Kaluta, Derek Kirk Kim, Tara McPherson, Jill Thompson. Charles Vess, Mark Wheatley Fables’ strength has always been that, whether immersed in Bill Willingham’s universe or not, anyone fortunate enough to have survived childhood will be familiar with…