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Though I continued to read the regular “season eight” Buffy comics even when they annoyed me this past year, I’d fallen away from the more intense (and frequently confusing for me) Angel stuff.  It’s entirely possible that that’s my fault and that I just wasn’t paying enough attention – there was a lot going on in some of those books.  However drama between Willingham and Whedon’s people over all the Twilight nonsense (which I ended up hating anyway) didn’t help restore a lot of faith in what was going on in the books.  All that to say that I wasn’t really intending to pick up Angel & Faith forthcoming from Dark Horse.  Until today. Until I realized Rebekah Isaacs is going to be drawing it.

And now?  I’m so in motherfuckers.

If you’re a fan of Isaacs, check out the interview at the link where writer Christos Gage tells a pretty great story about working with Isaacs (the rest of the interview is good too).

Also, check out the pieces I wrote on She Has No Head! about Isaac’s work on the miniseries DV8: Gods & Monsters – including a Brian Wood interview –  here, here, and here.  Sue, Maddy, and I have also talked about Isaacs and about her current series Magus on the 3 Chicks Review Comics podcast – episode #04 and episode #010.

And here, so you know can know in a moment what you’ve been missing, is my all-time favorite page of Isaac’s from DV8: Gods & Monsters:

Awesome.

No contest this week on Panel Of The Week…I knew it before I read any of my other comics.  Some intense shit.

That said, do not click through the cut if you:

A) Read The Walking Dead and have not yet read The Walking Dead #83.

B) May one day read The Walking Dead and hate spoilers.

or

C) Are eating a sandwich.

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Not a very strong week for covers in my books, which makes this very pretty Zatanna #11 cover by Adam Hughes an easy pick.  Plus I like to give him points for some restraint in the boobs/cleavage/etc. areas.  This is still very pretty, and exceptionally executed, but without making me feel all squirmy as Hughes covers sometimes do.

More of this please, sir!

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Sometimes you just gotta pick the simplest panel that is the best example of great storytelling and great character work.

When an artist can tell me the internal thoughts of a character in just a single expressive panel – in this case a tiny sliver of a character’s face – you have to realize you’re dealing with an insanely talented artist…the kind of artist that makes comics worth reading, worth loving.

As is the case with Phil Noto on this week’s Wolverine and Jubilee #3.

Take a look:

So goddamn good.  Thank you Phil Noto!

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Another week of reviews!  Get ’em while you can!

I read some really good stuff this week (two books that got 4.5 stars), and some really bad stuff (I gave my lowest rating yet – 1.5 stars) so find out which books to avoid and which to put on your must read list!

Also, if you’re feeling generous…please click on the “like” button, or “tweet” button next to the reviews…if they know people like what they read, I’m more likely to get asked back – thanks!

The New York Five #3

Wolverine & Jubilee #3

New Mutants #23

5 Ronin #4

X-Men #9

And you can read all my CBR Reviews thus far here!

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Any week that The New York Five comes out is a rough week for anyone else to win cover of the week as I am just loving Ryan Kelly’s covers for this series.  There’s honestly nothing I haven’t adored about each issue’s cover so far, and issue #3 is one of my favorites, check it out:

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Hey folks, I’ve got another round of CBR Reviews up this week.  I got lucky and read some pretty great stuff this week…check it out!

Ruse #1

Power Girl #22

Uncanny X-Force #5.1

Morning Glories #8

And you can see all my reviews for CBR thus far, here!

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Northlanders #38 (The Siege Of Paris: 2) is an easy win for Cover Of The Week this week – with Massimo Carnevale’s gorgeous image that feels both up close and personal, and also epic and battle worthy (check out the city and torchlight in the background).  His great use of lights and darks, composition, and color…it’s just beautiful.

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Sometimes just a beautiful fucking girl in a simply beautiful rendered panel gets panel of the week…this is one of those weeks.  Huge thanks to Clay Mann’s gorgeous rendering of alternate reality Danielle Moonstar here in X-Men Legacy #246.  Just gorgeous.

It’s worth noting of course that Mann was ably aided by inker Jay Leisten and colorist Brian Reber for this panel!

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Oops.  First ever Cover of the Week F up.  I read Magus #3 digitally this week, and as such wasn’t looking at the cover as a contender when I made my decision…but that’s a mistake, because though I really like the Zatanna #10 cover I prefer Magus #3.

So here I am, rectifying the error.  I’ll give Zatanna #10 a strong honorable mention as it’s still a nice cover, but my vote has to go with Fiona Staples gorgeous Magus #3 cover.  A great perspective choice really gives this image powerful movement. That, combined with wonderful composition and color choices, not to mention, it’s got a fucking dragon, makes this a home run as far as I’m concerned.

I like everything about this Stephane Roux cover for Zatanna #10.  The posing and expression is perfect, the empty space is fitting, and the slight wooden texture to Zatanna is just dead on, subtle enough, but not too subtle.  Plus, there’s CLIFF CHIANG art inside when you open it.  NOTHING CAN BE BETTER!  :)

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