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Vertigo’s first prose novel spins out of ‘Fables’

by Bill Radford [The Gazette (Colorado Springs, Colo.) (MCT)]

[3.Nov.09] :. The world of “Fables” has spawned a first — the first prose novel published by Vertigo, DC Comics’ mature-reader imprint. “Fables,” created by writer Bill...

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Madame Xanadu: Disenchanted

by Kevin M. Brettauer

[3.Nov.09] :. Reminiscent, in all the best ways, of Neil Gaiman and Kurt Vonnegut’s finest works, Matt Wagner’s opening salvo of his new Vertigo series shows the world still has need for the archetypes inherent in Wagner’s Parsifal.

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Wednesday Comics #1-7

by Andrew Bishop

[24.Sep.09] :. Is Wednesday Comics just another piece of the DC pie or its own unique work?

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Comics are leaping from page to screen

by Tom Horgen [Star Tribune (Minneapolis) (MCT)]

[27.Jun.08] :. In this weekend’s potential blockbuster “Wanted,” Morgan Freeman hands a gun to the film’s reluctant antihero and orders him to shoot the wings - and just the wings - off a...

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Incognegro

by Chauncey Mabe [South Florida Sun-Sentinel (MCT)]

[4.Mar.08] :. Incognegro proves once more, if proof is still needed, that the graphic novel equals prose, film and stage in its potential for all kinds of creative expression.

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‘Scalped’ writer having sizzling August

by Bill Radford [The Gazette (MCT)]

[23.Aug.07] :. It’s a big month for Jason Aaron. The start of August saw the release of a trade paperback collecting the first five issues of his ongoing series, “Scalped.” Also this month from...

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Superman: Emperor Joker

by Shawn O'Rourke

[29.May.07] :. Sadly, this is one of those stories that was better in my memory.

 

‘Scalped’s’ Jason Aaron wrote his own ticket into comic books

by Ethan Sacks [New York Daily News (MCT)]

[24.Apr.07] :. A fan off the street with almost no experience getting a gig writing for the publisher of Superman through an unsolicited email?

 

The Exterminators

by Greg Oleksiuk

[19.Apr.07] :. The book's complexity, combined with its over-the-top moments, make this a very enjoyable read.