The Stop Button
blogging by Andrew Wickliffe
Category: Ⓕ
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This issue is the story of Kevin’s father. Kevin is the bad guy who has kidnapped Virginia with badder guy Huss. Kevin’s dad is deaf and he’s a drunk because a low level mobster took off one of his fingers and he can’t hear his kid trying to gang rape a teenage girl. Lapham’s aiming…
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Thank goodness Gail Simone has Lara Croft say “mates” and use kilometers instead of miles. Wouldn’t want to forget she’s British. Or something. Those little details, along with the forced exposition, drag the reader out of what’s already a chore. Why would Dark Horse bother licensing Tomb Raider if they were just going to give…
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I don’t have time for Pariah. Writers Aron Warner (is he famous? He alone gets his name above the title) and Philip Gelatt devise the most annoying dialogue and narration juxtaposition imaginable and seem to think it’s awesome. It’s not awesome, it’s terrible. They start a thought in narration, trail off with an ellipses and…
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