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Comics Review: “Absolute Planetary, Volumes 1 & 2″
Warren Ellis and John Cassaday know where the bodies are buried. Not literal bodies but the fictional corpses of the 20th century heroes and legends. In a 1998 short introductory story, Planetary literally began
Read More »Comics Review: “The Invincible Iron Man — Stark: Disassembled”
There are two important questions you’ve got to ask yourself going into writer Matt Fraction and artist Salvador Larroca’s The Invincible Iron Man — Stark: Disassembled. 1) What are Tony Stark’s crimes and 2)
Read More »Comics Review: “Werewolves of Montpellier”
There are two stories that Jason is telling in Werewolves of Montpellier. In the first story, the thief Sven prowls the rooftops of Montpellier wearing a werewolf mask. The mask is to surprise the
Read More »Comics Review: “Blackest Night”
Coming out of DC’s Sinestro Corp War, which was a surprisingly organic event, I had high hopes for Geoff Johns’ followup Blackest Night. The Sinestro Corps War was a fairly self-contained Green Lantern story,
Read More »Comic Review: “The Man With the Getaway Face”
I don’t know many comics that actually smolder. Beginning with the cover of Parker: The Man With The Getaway Face, as we barely see Parker’s eyes between the bandages on his face that he’s
Read More »Comics Review: “Twin Spica, Volume 2″ and “Saturn Apartments, Volume 1″
One book is about a girl entering school and the other is about a boy graduating and beginning his job but Twin Spica Volume 2 and Saturn Apartments Volume 1, two recent manga titles,
Read More »The iPad, Digital Comics, and the Lost Generation
Depending on who you listen to and/or read, the dawning of the digital age of mainstream comics is either the new lifeline the comic industry needs to survive — as three million iPad owners
Read More »Comics Review: “Phonogram Volume 2: The Singles Club”
The first Phonogram book Rue Britannia was about music on a cerebral level as Kieron Gillen and Jamie McKelvie pulled us along on a whirlwind education, celebration and wake for Britpop. It was an
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