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Red 5 Comics » Blog Archive » Reviews for Red 5 Titles — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 19:48:42 +0000

[...] Comic Book Resources So many hilarious lines, typically beautiful art, and a world where Thomas Edison has invented a “necrophone” is one I want to live in. [...]

By: Pedro Bouça

Pedro Bouça — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 02:11:55 +0000

It’s cool, man. I just find it frustrating to see that book – the very best series Soleil has published – get even less repercution than the most obscure super-hero comic. Not even with Marvel backing it!

I don’t know. They should forget the direct market, forget the US comic size and just release the books in bookstores on all their deluxe oversized glory. What good is to sacrifice your cultural identity when it amounts to nothing? Manga only got popular when it was published on a format similar to the original, I think the same will apply to european comics. At least the large format would make them stand out from the crowd…

Best,
Hunter (Pedro Bouça)

By: Greg Burgas

Greg Burgas — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 13:34:16 +0000

Pedro: I really liked Universal War One. The finale was completely unexpected, which I appreciated, and the art was stunning throughout. Shame on Marvel for releasing it while I was on vacation. What’s wrong with them?!?!???!??

By: Pedro Bouça

Pedro Bouça — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 08:03:38 +0000

Continuing the trend of undervaluing Marvel’s Soleil line, here we have a review of the conclusion to one of the greatest european SF comic epics, a book indicated to the greatest award in comics (the Angoulême award) reduced to a two-sentence review in the midst of a multiple choice quiz. Which boiled down to saying it wasn’t as confuse as it was expected.

Ouch!

Was that the way manga were treated on the US before the Tokyopop explosion?

Best,
Hunter (Pedro Bouça)

By: Greg Burgas

Greg Burgas — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 14:26:38 +0000

Dang. Master Mahan gets it on the first try. I have to make these harder! Thanks for playing, everyone!

By: Dunc

Dunc — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 09:12:53 +0000

1. Seaguy: Slaves of Mickey Eye
2. Scalped
3. Atomic Robo
4. Batman and Robin
5. Agents of Atlas
6. Captain Britain and MI 13 Annual
7. Universal War One
8. Astro City
9. Secret Six
10. Chew

How’d I do?

By: stealthwise

stealthwise — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 04:13:44 +0000

1. I
2. G
3. C
4. A
5. H
6. E
7. J
8. D
9. B
10. F

By: Mauricio Castro

Mauricio Castro — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 00:33:26 +0000

1. Seaguy: Slaves of Mickey Eye #3
2. Scalped #29
3. Atomic Robo: Shadow From Beyond Time #2
4. Batman and Robin #1
5. Agents of Atlas #6
6. Captain Britain and MI 13 Annual #1
7. Universal War One: Revelations #3
8. Astro City: The Dark Age Book Three #2
9. Secret Six #10
10. Chew #1

By: Master Mahan

Master Mahan — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 00:16:48 +0000

1. Secret Six #10. That’s completely a Gail Simone line.

2. Scalped #29. It was the only one I couldn’t connect, so here we go.

3. Thomas Edison? That’s Atomic Robo for sure.

4. Batman and Robin #1. Frank Quitely is all about subliminal words.

5. Agents of Atlas #6. Apparently Atlantis is the underwater version of Appalachia. This was foreshadowed in Incredible Hercules, by the way. Herc freaked out a lot for a guy whose stepmom is also his aunt.

6. Captain Britain and MI 13 Annual #1. You really needed to know your Excalibur and Captain Britain to get full impact here. Did anyone else have trouble IDing all the cricket players?

7. Universal War One: Revelations #3 (of 3). I personally find the time travel in this series pretty hard to grasp, but it works out eventually. It’s a complex series that really benefits from a reread.

8. Astro City: The Dark Age Book Three #2 (of 4).

9. Seaguy: Slaves of Mickey Eye #3 (of 3). Haven’t read it, but the first Seaguy did feature She-Beard.

10. Chew #1. There are only two first issues up there, and Batman and Robin sure isn’t in any danger of cancellation.