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Monday, June 27 2011

Hail Yankovic, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Being Weird

I have come a long way from the geeky kid that would get so upset because he was being picked on. That’s all due to Al.


Wednesday, November 11 2009

The Four-Color Adventures of the Fab Four: The Beatles and Comic Books

Comics have often used characters from Greek and Norse mythology to populate their books. What we see with the following examples is that the Beatles had, at the time, become the new mythology.


Friday, August 18 2006

An Overview of Infinite Proportions: An Examination of the Infinite Crisis Series

PopMatters Writer William Gatevackes tackles the massive DC crossover so you don't have to.


Friday, August 18 2006

An Overview of Infinite Proportions: An Examination of the Infinite Crisis Series

, by William Gatevackes - PopMatters Writer William Gatevackes tackles the massive DC crossover so you don't have to.


Thursday, April 6 2006

Too Big for the Room: The First Annual New York Comic Con

Comic book conventions aren't, as some people in the mainstream media would have you believe, a 'nerd prom' or a 'gathering of the geeks'.


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Thursday, September 25 2008

The Discworld Graphic Novels: The Colour of Magic & The Light Fantastic

As you can imagine, the Discworld novels are tricky ones to adapt into any form, yet beg -- almost scream -- to make the jump to comic books.


Monday, August 11 2008

Devil's Cape

The burgeoning sub-genre of the superhero novel now has its best entry, and one that will set the standard for years to come.


Thursday, July 24 2008

Bizarre New World: Population Explosion

Krutcher and the world where everyone can fly returns; more of the same, and that's both a good and a bad thing.


Tuesday, July 8 2008

Slowpoke

This has bite, but doesn’t draw blood -- there's too much intelligence and logic to be totally mean.


Thursday, June 12 2008

Hercules #1

Both Caliber and Hercules offer fresh takes on age-old concepts, but with mixed results.


Blogs

Friday, December 5 2008

Slowpoke: One Nation, Oh My God!

Slowpoke: One Nation, Oh My God! - Jen Sorensen - Ig Publishing [$13.95]


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