Author: phil.wrede

The cover of the second issue of ‘The Punisher and The Phoenix,’ showing Frank Castle, the Punisher (“played” here by an action figure of Jon Bernthal) and Rachel Summers, the Phoenix, running from a burning city while pursued by a gigantic mutant-hunting Sentinel. The text, “A toy comic by Phil Wrede,” is visible in the bottom-left corner of the image.

The Punisher and The Phoenix #2

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Welcome back to the Phil Wrede Marvel Action Figure Comic Universe (PWMAFCU) again (following a much shorter break than last time)! After my rather exhaustive detailing of my relationship with the Punisher in the post for the first issue of The Punisher and The Phoenix, I figured Rachel Summers deserved the same thoughtful treatment. So……

The cover to the seventh issue of ‘Stargate: Insurrection,’ where we see the members of the missing SG team (plus the alien woman Nemesis) throwing up their hands to shield their eyes from the bright light shining behind a descending alien spacecraft. The titular Stargate frames the figures from above. The text, “A toy comic by Phil Wrede,” is visible at the bottom of the image.

Stargate: Insurrection #7

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A new month brings with it the introduction of new characters (heck, a whole new alien species), and the return of yet another old favorite! Well, I don’t know if Klorel was ever anybody’s favorite character, but he’s at least a character with a vaguely recognizable name. Why Klorel? Well, I thought that even the…

The cover of the first issue of ‘The Punisher and The Phoenix,’ showing The Punisher (“played” here by an action figure of John Bernthal) extending a hand to Rachel Summers in a space filled with smoke and flame. The text, “A toy comic by Phil Wrede,” is visible at the bottom of the image.

The Punisher and The Phoenix #1

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I’m kind of iffy on the Punisher, I suppose. I like him as a storytelling element, when he forces the more upright and moralizing Marvel heroes to articulate their values and stand by them; the first comic I remember reading with the Punisher in it was Captain America #241 (I love that cover!), and every…

The cover to the sixth issue of my Stargate toy comic series, ‘Stargate: Insurrection.’ In it, Nemesis’ spaceship (which, truthfully, is a toy of the flying Batmobile from Batman Beyond) races through a Stargate ring floating quietly in outer space. The text, “A toy comic by Phil Wrede,” is visible at the bottom of the image.

Stargate: Insurrection #6

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Well, one of our heroes finally made it into the space surrounding the Eldritch planet, only to find… a whole lot of nothing! Admittedly, most of outer space is nothing (at least, as I remember learning about it), but there aren’t even little pinpricks of light that form patterns which could be compared to existing…

The cover for the fifth issue of my toy comic series, “Stargate: Insurrection,” showing six Stargate rings independently floating in space, with the silhouettes of various characters (some of whom only get introduced in this issue!) visible within them. The text, “A toy comic by Phil Wrede,” is visible in the bottom-right corner of the image.

Stargate: Insurrection #5

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Hopefully, you’re as excited after reading this issue as I was as I was putting it together, and when I was writing the alt-text for the images, and even now that I’m writing the blog post for it! This might not be the most visually interesting toy comic I’ve ever made (that honor probably still…

The cover for the fourth issue of my toy comic series, “Stargate: Insurrection,” showing the principal characters (from left to right, Colonel William Stryker, Dr. Randall Stryker, Major Ellen Cooper, and Anthony Cage) running away from an open Stargate, one which has green tentacles crawling out of it, and an iris that looks more like a vortex that would suck you into hell if you got too close. The text, “A toy comic by Phil Wrede,” is visible on the lefthand side of the image.

Stargate: Insurrection #4

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If you’ve been reading my Stargate toy comic, and patiently awaiting the reveal of the secrets of this strange, unnamed world upon which our heroes have gotten stranded… Congratulations, your patience paid off this month! I hope it was worth the wait; I know I had a lot of fun piecing together the elements of…

The cover to the third issue of the toy comic series, “Stargate: Insurrection.” It’s a closeup on the face of the Eldritch form of the character Anthony Cage; superimposed over the three eyes of the face are the surviving Stargate team members, Col. William Stryker, Maj. Ellen Cooper, and Dr. Randall Stryker. Cage’s human form is visible at the bottom of the image, and at the bottom-left corner is the text, “A toy comic by Phil Wrede.”

Stargate: Insurrection #3

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Well, the… stuff… really hit the fan in this month’s issue, didn’t it? In true Stargate fashion (I hope), things go from bad to worse about halfway through the pilot episode! That’s not to say that six issues of my comic will “equal” one episode of a TV show; I don’t think that math would…

The cover of the second issue of the toy comic series ‘Stargate: Insurrection.’ In the foreground, the protagonists (from left to right, Lt. Matt Wright, Major Ellen Cooper, Colonel William Stryker, and Dr. Randall Stryker) run from a trio of shadowy, silhouetted figures. Wright fires his rifle at them, but does not appear to hit his target. The text, “A toy comic by Phil Wrede,” is visible along the left side of the image.

Stargate: Insurrection #2

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Welcome back to Pizzarat.net for the second issue of my Stargate toy comic (and, if you haven’t read the first issue, now’s the perfect time)! I’m glad you’re here, and positively thrilled that you’ve read all the way down to my blog post about this comic. It’s a proud tradition in two of the great…

The cover for the first issue of ‘Stargate: Insurrection,’ showing our main characters (from left to right: Dr. Randall Stryker, Colonel William Stryker, Lt. Matt Wright, and Major Ellen Cooper) standing ready and visible through the Stargate. The text, “A toy comic by Phil Wrede,” is visible at the top of the image.

Stargate: Insurrection #1

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I came to enjoy Stargate later than the other “Star” franchises (to crib a phrase from The Simpsons’ Comic Book Guy); I’ve never been a big fan of the movie, and when SG-1 moved from Showtime to the Sci-Fi Channel, I was about to start college, so I had plenty of other demands on the…

This cover image is of a white rectangle with a silhouette cutout of Hellverine in it, revealing Stick (“played” here by an action figure of Donnie Yen from John Wick 4) and Daredevil, posing dramatically in front of the nighttime lights of New York City. The text, “A toy comic by Phil Wrede,” is visible along the lefthand side of the image. This is the fourth issue of my Daredevil toy comic series.

Daredevil! #4

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The Kingpin’s unexpected journey into becoming some kind of necromancer continues at breakneck speed this month! That definitely wasn’t part of the plan when I started working on this comic, but the further into it I get, the more the Kingpin’s control issues assert themselves in my characterization of him. Wilson Fisk subscribes to the…