Posts Tagged ‘Ed Brubaker’
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REVIEW: Satisfying and yet infuriating end on ‘The Fade Out #12′
There is no business like show business. That is how Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips’ The Fade Out #12 turns out. As the writer himself says over and over again, The Fade Out is a mini-series and this twelfth chapter is the clima...
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GRAPHIC NOVEL REVIEW: Fatale: Deluxe Edition, Vol. 2
OH MY, JOSEPHINE! Before Fade Out and Velvet, Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips unleashed FATALE, their love letter to the terrifying mythos of H.P. Lovecraft. Spanning for 24 issues and gathering critical acclaims, Fatale solidifi...
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COMIC BOOK REVIEW: The Fade Out #9
SECRET SHARED HISTORY The Fade Out series is now embarking to its ultimate story arc by showing once and for all the key historical moments that started the so-called “beautiful” collaboration/friendship turned into uneasy and ...
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GRAPHIC NOVEL REVIEW: The Fade Out, Vol. 2: Act Two
UNDER THE NOSE Here are some of the “secret ingredients” of a great suspense thriller: couple of murder scenes; a pinch of intrigues; a tablespoon of gossips; a touch of backstabbing SOBs; drops of boozes; another round of blac...
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COMIC BOOK REVIEW: Velvet #11
THE HUNTER’S COMETH Suspense and spy thriller maestro Ed Brubaker starts another chapter of the femme fatale-on-the-run Velvet Templeton in the fast-pacing and ever intriguing run in Velvet #11. After the rollercoaster rides in...
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GRAPHIC NOVEL REVIEW: Captain America: Return of the Winter Soldier Omnibus
THE SNAPPY SALUTE Ed Brubaker’s Captain America run is considered one of the most significant comic book superhero runs in the 21st century due solid storytelling, thought-provoking plots-and-twists, and most importantly, the r...
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GRAPHIC NOVEL REVIEW: Velvet, Vol. 2: The Secret Lives Of Dead Men TP
THE TRUTH HURTS Ed Brubaker continues his near dominance in the world of visual espionage genre that keeps his readers and critics alike on the edge of their seats due to the perplexing tale of betrayal and the search for the t...
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GRAPHIC NOVEL REVIEW: The Fade Out Vol. 1, An epic noir in the Golden Era of Hollywood
In the ongoing tradition of releasing compilations right after an arc or story ended, Image Comics proudly presents one of its highly acclaimed titles, THE FADE OUT Vol. 1. This volume comprises issue one to four of the critica...
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Why is ED BRUBAKER Awesome ?
I know many comic aficionados and readers are already familiarized and read Stan Lee, Alan Moore, Neil Gaiman and Grant Morrison’s respective opuses. To more sophisticated types, the names Mark Waid, Kurt Busiek, Garth Ennis, J...
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Hollywood goes Noir with THE FADE OUT Volume 1
Hollywood has always had a dark side, and for writer Ed Brubaker, known for his crime fiction work as well as his acclaimed runs on Batman and Captain America, and artist Sean Phillips, who’s had work on the likes of Hell...
