Dec 20 2016
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There’s a lot riding on Doctor Aphra #1 (Marvel). Launching a new series for a character native to the comics seems…
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Caitlin Rosberg is a writing, knitting, tea drinking, baking machine with all the requisite robotic enhancements. She is obsessed with her dog and B-list comic book characters named Jim. Ask her about Rhodey.
Dec 14 2016
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The world of comics is huge and ever expanding. All it takes is one look at Diamond’s weekly new-releases list to be…
Dec 13 2016
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Ed Luce’s Oaf Jadwiga is a study in contrasts, a hulking teddy bear of a man with a sensitive soul and a love for…
Dec 6 2016
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First issues are always difficult. Authors have to introduce readers to the world of their story, revealing enough…
Nov 29 2016
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Few creators exemplify the promise and disappointment of the early decades of comic books as fully as Wally Wood.…
Nov 22 2016
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Wakanda is experiencing a well deserved resurgence in interest. Between excitement for the Black Panther movie and…
Nov 15 2016
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Contrary to what almost every high school student will tell you, Shakespeare isn’t inherently boring, nor is he…
Nov 8 2016
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Becoming Unbecoming (Arsenal Pulp Press) is not an easy read, but it is an essential one. This graphic memoir by Una…
Nov 7 2016
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This week: Peter Milligan and Michael Allred’s X-Force, a series published from 2001 to 2002 that changed the course…
Nov 1 2016
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2016 is the year DC Comics remembered that it owns the world’s most popular female superhero. There has been a…
Oct 25 2016
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In 2008 DC Comics released a series called DCU: Decisions that promised to reveal the true political affiliations of…
Oct 18 2016
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Comic book horror tends to fall into one of two general categories: gore or psychological. It’s tough to do jump…
Oct 11 2016
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It’s unfortunate that readers don’t stray from the three largest publishers more often, because there’s some…
Oct 4 2016
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Warren Ellis is one of the many high-profile creators that has made Image Comics the home for his recent…
Sep 27 2016
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Lucy Knisley is one of the best creators of autobiographic graphic novels, an unwieldy phrase for a genre that’s not…
Sep 20 2016
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The cover of Luke Howard’s Our Mother (Retrofit Comics) features a woman’s face—the titular mother. Her head has…
Sep 13 2016
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The lunar colony on Earth’s moon has one police officer, and he’s not doing too well. His 100 percent crime solution…
Sep 6 2016
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Cosplay is about more than just putting on the clothes worn by a specific character. The act of assuming a new…
Aug 30 2016
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Writer Marguerite Bennett’s profile has been steadily rising over the last three years, and she’s been sharpening…
Aug 29 2016
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This week: Katsuhiro Otomo’s award-winning Akira Vol 1., a seminal work frequently credited as the trigger for the…