Bethany W Pope is an award-winning poet and novelist. She was named one of Huffington Post's expat poets to look out for in 2016 and her work was described as 'poetry as salvation' in The Guardian. She is an avid fencer and a comic book enthusiast.
Thor #10
This issue was more considered than the last, written with greater psychological depth and narrative nuance, possibly because Aaron was more comfortable with the characters. Even so, the only female role was occupied by a woman who was talking about her son, while literally in the kitchen. That’s…not great. The art was, as ever, perfectly suited to the story. It’s worth picking up.
DetailsThe Amazing Nightcrawler #1
This book is a complex mix of soap-opera-style drama, incisive social commentary, and a nuanced study of life on the fun side of a scary totalitarian regime. It’s a hell of a lot of fun. And, yes, Nightcrawler is pretty danged Amazing.
DetailsBatman #65
Despite the frankly heroic efforts of the visual artists to wrench coherence and beauty from this script, the writing was so abysmal that I cannot recommend that anyone spend money on this book.
DetailsMarvelous X-Men #1
Beneath the 60’s-Chic design and happy happy faces inhabiting X-Man’s perfect world lies a deep seam of dystopian fear. Witty writing and beautiful art combine to make this issue everything that you’d want from an X-Men alternate reality story.
DetailsBatman #64
Incoherent dialogue, a rushed pace, and a flimsy plot cannot, it turns out, be redeemed by good line art.
DetailsX-Force #2
This new iteration of X-Force combines tight plotting, cutting dialogue, and an intriguing mystery with exceptional art. Taken together, these elements build to a fun, engaging, and thematically-dark story. There’s a renaissance happening in the X-Books right now. This is part of it.
DetailsThor #9
This issue’s beautiful art and stellar plot are tarnished by some rather insidious sexism.
DetailsAge of X-Man: Alpha #1
This just might be the X-Men story we’ve all been waiting for.
DetailsBatman #63
This is another aspect of a long and fascinating story — a masterful addition to the Batman mythos.
DetailsThe B.P.R.D. The Devil You Know #12
Dragons, dead men, possessed children, and a pair of melancholic vampires are all waiting around for the end of the world. It would be rude to let them wait alone,. Why not open a book, pull up a tombstone and join them?
DetailsBatman #62
This was a hallucinatory, nightmarish episode contributing a vital splash of blood to an interesting story. The art is worth the cover-price alone.
DetailsThor #8
Plot troubles are slightly mitigated by wonderful art and the inclusion of Thori. Thori makes everything better.
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