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Comics Review: “Elephantmen Volume 00: Armed Forces”
Genetically bred human/animal hybrids, the Elephantmen were created for war. Imagine hippopotamuses and rhinoceroses that walk like men tearing through the countryside, trampling everything under their feet. Sent into Europe to wipe out the
Read More »Comic Book Review: “American Vampire Volume 2″
The most startling element about American Vampire Volume 2 is how different it is from the first book in this series by Scott Snyder, Stephen King and Rafael Albuquerque. The first book introduced us
Read More »Comic Review: “Stumptown”
If you were to ask what makes Greg Rucka a strong writer, my answer would be that it is everything that he leaves out of his stories. It’s not that he’s omitting important information
Read More »Comics Review: “Fear Itself #1″
Fear Itself #1 supposedly reflects our real world fears only, you know, with costumed heroes and mythological gods running around as well. That “real worldness” of Marvel is supposedly what sets it apart from
Read More »Comics Review: “iZombie: Dead to the World”
What kind of pretty girl gets a job digging graves? The answer is simple; the kind of girl who needs to know where fresh bodies are buried. Zombies are hugely popular right now. In
Read More »Comics Review: “Superman Vs. Muhammad Ali”
Let’s tell it like it is. Out of all the superheroes, only Superman can say he has gone up against the greatest of all time. It wasn’t Lex Luthor. It wasn’t Brainiac or Doomsday.
Read More »Comics Review: “Sweet Tooth: In Captivity”
Jeff Lemire’s characters, no matter how old or how young they may be, all carry the weight of the world on their shoulders. Just look at any of the characters in his Essex County
Read More »Comics Review: “Thor: The Mighty Avenger Volume 1″
Since the days that Stan Lee first wrote him back in the early 1960s, The Mighty Thor as always been a brash and boisterous character. He was a thunder god after all and that’s
Read More »Comics Review: “Grandville: Mon Amour”
After reading Grandville: Mon Amour, there’s one thing that puzzles me; why are most of Bryan Talbot’s characters in this book animals? Archibald LeBrock, the main character, is a walking, talking badger while his
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