Dash Shaw's Blurry: a graphic novel about indecision.
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THIS WEEK'S COMICS
Week of March 31, 2025
SOME POPULAR THREADS
A Cover a Day
Ok, how about this for an idea. We take it in turns to post a favourite (British spelling) comic cover every day. This went really well on the comic fan website that I used to frequent. What we tried to do was find a theme or subject and follow…
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Ultraman Blazar
I was a big fan of Ultraman when I was a kid. In the early ‘90s I discovered there was a new “Ultraman” show, but unfortunately I was more interested in acquiring episodes of the old show on VHS than I was episodes of the new one. Somewhat later I…
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DC Finest line
A while back, DC announced a new line of reprints, called DC Finest, that packages about 500 pages of comics from various eras into a $40 softcover. From all appearances, it looks to be an attempt to mimic Marvel's successful Epic Collections line,…
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Cruel Kingdom
I started threads for Oni Press's other "EC" titles, so I might as well start one for Cruel Kingdom as well. For some reason, I assumed Cruel Kingdom would be an ongoing narrative, but it's not; it's an anthology (sword & sorcery in this case), just…
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Comical Comic Cuts
So - I know I've only been here a week, but I thought I might be able to brighten up everyone's lives a little with a new thread devoted to comical cartoons based around superheroes. I have loads of funny material that I've picked up over the…
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The Absolute/All In thread
It begins. Next month, DC Comics will split in two. When "Absolute Power" comes to an end -- and we have a thread on that HERE -- something happens that creates, for lack of a better term, a new Earth-2. This new parallel universe will be published…
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Comics Guide for week of March 31. 2025
TOP O' THE WEEK ABSOLUTE GREEN LANTERN #1 (DC, 40 PAGES, $4.99) is by writer Al Ewing and artist Jahnoy Lindsay. The solilcitation says "without the ring," but it sure looks like this girl's got one. And one of the covers has a ghostly Hal Jordan,…
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"Pick of the Week" - What's Yours?
Every week, one item or another in my pull and hold stands out for me above the rest in one way or another. Sometimes it’s a periodical, sometimes a graphic novel, sometimes a collection. Does that happen to you? If so, let’s hear about it here. It…
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Your Favorite Things of the Year! (Est. 2017)
In previous years, this was a memory box so we didn't miss any good nominations for the Cappies. With the Cappies hypertimed away, that doesn't mean we have to discontinue these threads. I've always liked going back at the end of the year and seeing…
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