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By: The Forbidden Planet International Blog Log » Propaganda - hanging out with The Boys

Wed, 19 Sep 2007 10:28:41 +0000

[...] As far as I’m concerned this is Garth Ennis’ big comeback – he’s either coasting (if you’re being charitable) or lacking ideas since coming up with Preacher over 12 years ago now. Everything he’s done in the intervening years has been either a Preacher clone (Punisher?) or pretty crap (Wormwood?). I’m beginning to think that even Ennis was starting to believe this, as he was often quoted as saying that “The Boys will out-Preacher Preacher”. The Boys, I’m really pleased to be able to tell you, is the first really decent thing I think that he’s written since Preacher. I know a lot of you will point to the excessive comedic violence, the crudity, the sick jokes and the abundance of bodily fluids and claim it’s yet another Preacher rip-off. But even if it is a Preacher clone, it’s the best bloody Preacher clone anyone’s come up with since, well, Preacher. [...]

By: The Forbidden Planet International Blog Log » “Superpowers, a scintillating wit and the best body money can buy…” - Propaganda gets Astonished

Thu, 28 Jun 2007 12:02:50 +0000

[...] Astonishing X-Men is a perfect example, along with Brubaker and Lark on Daredevil and Morrison and Quitely on All Star Superman (reviewed here), of how good superhero comics can be. We should be demanding this level of quality from all supertype books. This shouldn’t be the exception, this should be the rule. Print this Story Send to a Friend [...]

By: The Forbidden Planet International Blog Log » Propaganda Reviews: Not even my own sacred cows are sacred anymore

Fri, 13 Apr 2007 13:27:53 +0000

[...] So far, 2007 is turning into a good year for crossover comics; those comics that actually succeed in reaching beyond the existing comics audience and getting new readers to venture into the shop. Of course, this only really works if the comic isn’t so awful that it instantly puts the new reader off comics for life. And, unlike the last crossover comic I reviewed; the absolutely awful Dark Tower (reviewed earlier here), Buffy isn’t all that bad. [...]