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Thursday, November 5 2009

Slingers

By Randy Romig

Marvel's recent republication of The Clone Saga lights a way in this economic downturn: that old gems can be mined once more. Why not republish the hidden treasure that was Slingers?

Tuesday, November 3 2009

Madame Xanadu: Disenchanted

By Kevin M. Brettauer

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.

Thursday, October 29 2009

The ACT-I-VATE Primer

By Zane Austin Grant

The ACT-I-VATE collective makes a successful transition from webcomics to print.

Tuesday, October 27 2009

Stitches

By Sara Cole

Like many non-graphic memoirs that have received loads of attention and landed their composers appearances on Oprah, Small’s Stitches recounts an extremely harrowing tale of childhood.

Thursday, October 22 2009

Cerebus: Latter Days

By Andrew Bishop

Cerebus: Latter Days is the most difficult read in the Cerebus saga. So why is it so compelling? Pure, insane ambition.

Tuesday, October 20 2009

Punk Rock and Trailer Parks

By Randy Romig

Fact or fiction, this is a dream come true for any punk rocker.

Thursday, October 15 2009

Vengeance Of The Moon Knight #1

By shathley Q

Series reboot storyarc 'Shock And Awe' opens with a powerful comment by writer Gregg Hurwitz distinguishing Moon Knight from the more recognizable vigilante of a competing publisher.

Tuesday, October 13 2009

West Coast Blues

By Sara Cole

Perhaps what makes West Coast Blues so captivating is how well it highlights the similarities between film and comics, while simultaneously showcasing its own unique ability as a graphic novel to capture the noir aesthetic through word and image.

Thursday, October 8 2009

Secret Warriors Vol. 1: Nick Fury, Agent of Nothing

By Kevin M. Brettauer

Jonathan Hickman blasts into the Marvel Universe, and he brings Nick Fury with him, as the super-spy popularized by Steranko maintains his classic sense of “cool”, refuting the modern-day “kewl” methods of cinema spies like James Bond and Jason Bourne as he attempts to take down his greatest threat to date.

Tuesday, October 6 2009

Wolverine: Weapon X #1-5

By shathley Q

Possibly the most literate vision of the character since its inception, Writer Jason Aaron's Wolverine taps tropes from the works of Margaret Atwood and the perennial Jack Kerouac.

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Tuesday, November 3 2009

Celebrating the Death of the Dark Knight – and His Rebirth

By C.E. McAuley

With the recent passing of Bruce Wayne, can the Batman character escape the tragedy of Bruce Wayne's life that originally birthed it?

Tuesday, October 13 2009

Beautiful and Unique Snowflakes: Warren Ellis’ ‘Planetary’

By Kevin M. Brettauer

Warren Ellis, once thought of by many as comics’ resident Orson Welles, an angry, embittered artist, is actually the industry’s Kurt Vonnegut, sent here to make us feel as if "everything was beautiful, and nothing hurt".

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Tuesday, October 13 2009

Are Comics Like Reading with Training Wheels?

By Shaun Huston

Reading a comic requires multiple forms of literacy and levels of interpretation. Every movement from word to image and back again so as to create a coherent, narrative whole engages the reader’s brain in distinct ways.

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Friday, September 18 2009

Comic Re-Imagining

By Shaun Huston

Not all comic book adaptations are created equal, especially not when comparing our own imaginings with what actually happens when books are moved from print to screen.

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