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Stumptown 1 (October 2009)
Hmm. It reads well. Stumptown definitely reads well. Rucka doesn’t go cheap on content either, it’s a solid length read for a modern comic book. He introduces a lot of characters, some backstory… he...
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Stumptown 2 (December 2009)
I’m mildly tempted to use this space to discuss innovative private investigator storytelling, specifically The Big Lebowski and “Eyes.” If you hadn’t guessed, Stumptown–as a detective story–has failed...
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Stumptown 3 (April 2010)
Did it take me three minutes to read that issue? I’m not sure. There’s nothing worse than a boring all-action issue. I suppose we get to hear about the big secret behind Stumptown’s mystery, but it’s...
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Stumptown 4 (August 2010)
The last page of this issue threatens more Stumptown in a really cute way. It’s on the movie theater marquee, with letters missing. I say threatens because I’ll probably read it and not enjoy it and...
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Stumptown 1 (September 2012)
I was trying to figure out what was wrong with this issue of Stumptown–other than Greg Rucka being really too excited with the idea of a rock and roll case for his detective (he and Matthew Southworth...
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Stumptown 2 (October 2012)
The art gets worse this issue. Much, much worse. Southworth quits drawing noses all of a sudden. And the comic being in color does nothing to help it. In black and white, Southworth would have had to...
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Stumptown 3 (November 2012)
Southworth has a co-coloring credit this issue, which might explain why all of a sudden the coloring has to do sixty percent of the art’s work. It’s not just shadows, it’s perspective on people, it’s...
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Stumptown 4 (December 2012)
Oh, wow. I think this issue might be the worst independent comic I’ve ever read. At least put out by a recognized publisher. Rucka embraces television standards all right, as in “A-Team” stupidity....
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Stumptown 5 (January 2013)
I get Rucka’s enthusiasm for Stumptown. It’s his thing, he’s proud of it, he wants everyone to be excited for it so he does this silly final issue where he wraps things up and sets up the next story....
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Stumptown 1 (September 2012)
I was trying to figure out what was wrong with this issue of Stumptown–other than Greg Rucka being really too excited with the idea of a rock and roll case for his detective (he and Matthew Southworth...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Stumptown 2 (October 2012)
The art gets worse this issue. Much, much worse. Southworth quits drawing noses all of a sudden. And the comic being in color does nothing to help it. In black and white, Southworth would have had to...
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Stumptown 3 (November 2012)
Southworth has a co-coloring credit this issue, which might explain why all of a sudden the coloring has to do sixty percent of the art’s work. It’s not just shadows, it’s perspective on people, it’s...
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Stumptown 4 (December 2012)
Oh, wow. I think this issue might be the worst independent comic I’ve ever read. At least put out by a recognized publisher. Rucka embraces television standards all right, as in “A-Team” stupidity....
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Stumptown 5 (January 2013)
I get Rucka’s enthusiasm for Stumptown. It’s his thing, he’s proud of it, he wants everyone to be excited for it so he does this silly final issue where he wraps things up and sets up the next story....
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