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In this edition there are two reviews of Logan #1, as well as coverage of Powers #28, Clandestine #2 and two more reviews.

The above is from: http://www.earth-2.net/reviews/c/iiwy/iiwy-032

[Dread]

Great job all around guys.

Some thoughts:

-Risso was alright in 100 Bullets but the writing nor the art was enough to get me to read past the third arc, in fact, I bought the third and fourth trades together and never bothered reading the fourth. Risso is an acquired taste that to me, is like having shit in your mouth. I absolutely abhorred his Batman run.

-Chaykin, I know is considered one of the best, is still one overrated mofo in my eyes.

-Dan's review of Logan #1 is on the docket for best of the year for me. Well done sir. Both hilarious and insightful.

-drq...shame on you. Alan Davis is the man!

[Missy]

Dan, I see where you're coming from with your review of Logan #1. Some people might find the book tired. But if looked at as an homage, I think it succeeded.

[drqshadow]

I love Alan Davis! But I did not love ClanDestine. I actually think a score of "flip through" was pretty generous in that instance.

All in all, this week's may have been one of the most well-written IIWY's to date. Great stuff through and through, gang.

[Dan]

Dan, I see where you're coming from with your review of Logan #1. Some people might find the book tired. But if looked at as an homage, I think it succeeded.

I get what you're saying. Yes, it hits the same notes as the Claremont/Miller miniseries, which I loved. The first time I read it. Twenty-five years ago. I've just read too many variations on that same story - frequently by Claremont himself - over the years to be at all interested in another.

As an homage, yes, it works. You make an extremely valid point. I wasn't interested in an homage, though; I wanted a story. And as a comic book story, it's derivative crap, and expensive derivative crap at that. Your mileage may vary; that's why fandom rocks so hard.

You're wrong, though. :angel:

DW, awesome Punisher review. My office mates are all looking at me funny.

[Missy]

When I read DW's review of War Journal, my first thought was, "... the fuck?" Then I attempted to read the issue, and found myself agreeing with what Sir Dubs wrote.

I just don't get why people see Howard Chaykin as a legend. When DW compared him to Liefeld, he hit the nail on the head.

[Dan]

I just don't get why people see Howard Chaykin as a legend. When DW compared him to Liefeld, he hit the nail on the head.

Chaykin did a lot of really good, cutting-edge stuff in the 80s (American Flagg, The Shadow), but I felt his strengths were much more as a writer than an artist. Nowadays he looks like he draws with his feet.

He wrote the Trickster episodes, though, so I will let it slide.

EDITED because "relaly" is not, in fact, a word.

[Guest]

I'm still trying to work the kinks out, as this is my first time writing about comics in any capacity, really, but I think I'm starting to get the hang of this.

Second Drq's thoughts. Great job by everyone.