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Comics Review:  “Tale of Sand”

Comics Review: “Tale of Sand”

Scott Cederlund February 22, 2012 1

Maybe someone more in tune with themselves than I am can find some kind of hidden meaning in Archaia’s Tale of Sand, an adaptation of an unproduced screenplay by Jim Henson and Jerry Juhl.

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Comics Review: “Scarlet”

Comics Review: “Scarlet”

Scott Cederlund February 6, 2012 0

In Scarlet Book 1, Brian Michael Bendis wants to be a dangerous storyteller. He wants to be edgy and relevant and maybe even thought provoking with his story of a girl who was so

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Comics Review: “Elephantmen Volume 00: Armed Forces”

Comics Review: “Elephantmen Volume 00: Armed Forces”

Scott Cederlund January 27, 2012 3

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

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Comic Book Review: “American Vampire Volume 2″

Scott Cederlund June 28, 2011 0

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

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Comic Review: “Stumptown”

Scott Cederlund April 27, 2011 1

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

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Comics Review: “Fear Itself #1″

Scott Cederlund April 13, 2011 0

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

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Comics Review: “iZombie: Dead to the World”

Scott Cederlund April 6, 2011 0

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

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Comics Review: “Superman Vs. Muhammad Ali”

Scott Cederlund February 8, 2011 4

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.

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Comics Review: “Sweet Tooth: In Captivity”

Scott Cederlund January 19, 2011 0

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

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