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Thursday
Sep022010

The Completist - Nomad: Girl without a World 

If you've been reading Young Allies (reviewed here) or her backup features in Captain America, you may well be asking yourself "Who is this Nomad person and why should I care?" Created by the same team that brought you Young Allies, Nomad: Girl Without A World will answer that for you.

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Thursday
Aug192010

Anatomy doesn't work that way - Young Allies 1

 

Dear comic book artists.

I know you love your fully articulated Uhura action figure. So do I! But actual humans do not have a smooth ribcage devoid of ribs attached to a ball-jointed belly piece.

Even if the bottom of the ribcage is visible there's supposed to be a smooth transition from the one part to the other thanks to, well, healthy muscle and organs. And if you are so starved that there's a huge notch between the bottom of your ribcage and the rest of you, your ribs would most assuredly be visible.

I guarantee you you will never see this on an actual human being. Never.

Thursday
Aug192010

Comics that deserve more press - Young Allies 1-3

Yes, he has horns.This book is amazing. Why am I hearing no press on it? None. A book featuring heroes who are teenagers that is not secretly about Teen Angst™ or, indeed, High School in any form? Wow. Where they're actually competent and not emotionally overwrought or dysfunctional? Double wow. More to the point, it's a new comic and a new superhero team that's just plain good  and doesn't feel like a contrived copy of some other team book.

In fact, dirty little secret, it doesn't come off as a team book at all - it comes off as a team-up.

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