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A bit of context always helps…
So Chris Butcher pointed out the cover to the latest printing of Marvel Zombies, which is, admittedly, pretty gross:I can see his point, of course: Not only is it a “sexy” female corpse, but it’s also tying into one of the few all-ages, female-friendly books Marvel publishes. But, you know, I don’t think it’s that…
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Just Stab Me In the Eye
So now it looks like Tim Story will direct The Losers film adaptation. What a horrible, horrible choice. Way to take a perfect, smart and stylish action movie and turn it into Hollywood pablum. It’s very nice that Story has made some money with the Fantastic Four movies, but that doesn’t mean he should be…
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New Warriors #1: So Much for Nostalgia
When I was a young lad, I loved New Warriors. It was a fun book; not a great one, but it was usually entertaining. Generally new characters (how Nova could be considered a New Anything escapes me now, but I suppose he hadn’t been used in around 15 years), lots of adventure, banter, bickering, and…
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Black Summer #0: Changing the World and Getting Your Hands Dirty
Black Summer was announced a few months back, and is something of a rarity: A full-colour superhero book published by Avatar Press, home to Lady Death and the more eccentric projects from Ellis and Garth Ennis. The concept is pretty blockbuster: A superhero named John Horus unilaterally decides that the president of the United States…
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Friday Awesomeness
A couple things that piqued my interest while I slack off at work: Suburban GlamourOver at The Engine, Jamie McKelvie talks about his follow-up to Phonogram (which I shall really have to buy in trade – I enjoyed the first two issues, then lost track of the series) and unveil a nifty little promo piece:…
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How Not to Respond to Criticism
So Newsarama previews an issue of Daredevil. There’s a semi-naked woman, and a big guy terrorizing her. I’m not going to make any real commentary on the content. I gave up on Daredevil 3/4 through Bendis’ run (I’ll probably finish it off one day, after I’ve bought the other 150 books on my wishlist). Brubaker’s…
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Why is there Nothing instead of Something?
So, pretty quiet. As it turns out, I don’t have much to say right now. Not in a good or bad way… I just got nothin’. I bought some comics, and they were pretty good, but I don’t have much more to say about them. Kinda makes me miss the good ol’ days of tentacle…
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THAT’S how you set up a joke.
Today’s Dinosaur Comic may be the best ever. I kid you not.
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More Bimbo, Less Lobo!
I’m a pretty big Sam Kieth fan. Not his biggest fan, or anything, but I generally like his stuff. He’s got a unique and distinctive style, and a bizarre sense of humour. If I was the sort of person who would buy a Batman/Lobo team-up book, I would definitely buy Kieth’s Batman/Lobo team-up book. But…