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Superman's official motto has been changed after more than 80 years

"Truth, Justice and the American Way" is being officially replaced by "Truth, Justice and a Better Tomorrow", and I'm liking it.  

Superman's motto gets a modern update: 'Truth, Justice and a Better Tomorrow' - CNN

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RIP George Perez

Story   Well, we knew it was coming, but it's still incredibly sad.  One of my all-time favorites, and gone so young, too.

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The Future of Nexus

Nexus: the Newspaper Strips, Vol. 1 - "The Coming of Gourmando

I haven't read this yet. But I've got so much to say about it that I wanted to get the other stuff off my chest first. In 2016, Baron & Rude launched a HUGE (think Marvel "MONSTER"-size)

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If Jaime Hernandez agreed to do a mini-series for Marvel...

If Jaime Hernandez agreed to do a mini series for Marvel and was allowed to do anything he wanted, what character/plot would you want to see him work on? No wrong answers. 

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IDW solicitations for July 2022

Canto: Tales of the Unnamed World #2—Cover A: Drew Zucker

David M. Booher (w) • Drew Zucker, Shawn Daley (a) • Drew Zucker (c)

Canto, his fellow knights, and their trusty Malorex grow fretful as the mysterious and foreboding Bard continues to detain

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This Week in Comics: Oct. 12-13, 2021

DON'T MISS:

Aquaman: King of Atlantis

"Chapter One: Dead Sea"

The three-part animated miniseries event begins with Aquaman’s first day on the job as king of Atlantis and he’s got a LOT of catching up to do. Luckily, he has his two royal advisors to

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This Week in Comics: Aug. 24-30, 2021

THE TOP 5

The Butchery HC

Fantagraphics | $19.99

Story/Art:  Bastien Vives

This poetic graphic novel explores the emotional bloodbath of a romance gone awry.

A young man and woman fall for each other and all is sweetness and light. But when their rel

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This Week in Comics: Jan. 11-17, 2021

GENRE TV OF NOTE

The Expanse, "Oyedeng" (Amazon Prime, Jan. 13)

The Stand, "Suspicious Minds" (CBS All Access, Jan. 14)

WandaVision, season 1 premiere, "Filmed Before a Live Studio Audience" (Disney+, Jan. 15)

WandaVision, "Don't Touch That Dial" (Di

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Charles Biro's TOPS Comics

The Complete Collection of Charles Biro's Visionary 1949 Comic Book Series:

From their inception in 1935, comic books - starring Superman, Batman, Captain Marvel - had been primarily written for and aimed at adolescents. There were always the occasio

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This Week in Comics: Jan. 17-23, 2022

BOOM! STUDIOS

ANGEL #1

Script: Christopher Cantwell | Art: Daniel Bayliss | Cover: Nimit Malavia | $4.99

BOOM! Studios reveals a first look at ANGEL #1, the premiere issue of a brand new eight-issue comic book series. Producer and director of AMC’s

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New from Roger Stern, Ron Frenz and Sal Buscema

Like many old-schoolers, I lost my connection to the Marvel Universe soon after Joe Quesada and Bill Jemas took over.  So I decided to create a new comic book company that gives talented folks like Roger Stern, Ron Frenz and Sal Buscema a superhero

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How Many Versions Does One Man Need?

CASE IN POINT: WARLOCK

I'm going to paraphrase Jack Kirby from the '80s documentary "Masters of the Comic Book Art" (available on You Tube): "The way I understand it, the editorial cartoon came first. You add a couple of panels to that, and you've go

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Collections I'd Like to See

In no particular order...

Jack Kirby's Captain Victory

Steve Ditko's Mr. A

Cuti & Staton's E-Man

Harvey Kurtzman's Help!

MAD magazine archives

You?

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Comics on sale Nov. 23-24, 2021

BOOM! STUDIOS

HOUSE OF SLAUGHTER #2

LCSD 2021 HOUSE OF SLAUGHTER #1 2ND PTG CARDSTOCK VAR

LCSD 2021 MAGIC MASTER OF METAL #1 CARDSTOCK GORHAM VAR

LCSD 2021 REGARDING MATTER OF OSWALD’S BODY #1 (OF 5) VAR

 

DARK HORSE COMICS

BLACK HAMMER REBORN #6 (OF

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Comics Guide for Nov. 16-17, 2021

 COMICS-RELATED

THE FREAK BROTHERS (Tubi, Nov. 14)

The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers, the 1960s underground cult comic created by Gilbert Shelton, is being published by Fantagraphics and is being adapted as an animated series for Tubi!

Based on Gil

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This Week in Comics: June 8-14

THE BIG STUFF

DC Pride #1DC Comics | $9.99

Writers/art: Various | Cover: Jim Lee, Scott Williams, Tamra Bonvillain

The Captain's comments: Pride Month continues with DC's My Big Gay Italian Wedding. No, wait, that's a movie. This is DC's Big Gay Anth

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Marvel adding MIracleman to Marvel Universe

Got this in a press release:

Man, this raises a zillion questions. Like, are they ever going to finish the original Miracleman series? And, won't this upset the power balance in the Marvel Universe? And, won't Miracleman want to do in the MU what he

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PARADIGM SCHIFF

Possibly some Silver Age fans here will find this blog essay of interest,

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On occasion I’ve found fault with the kind of criticism that concentrates only on the “firsts” or the “big events” in comic book history (or in any are

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This Week in Comics: Feb. 15, 2021, Part I

GENRE TV

Snowpiercer, "A Single Trade" (TNT, Feb. 15)

Black Lightning, "The Book of Reconstruction: Chapter Two" (CW, Feb. 15)

Riverdale, "Chapter Eighty-One: The Homecoming" (CW, Feb. 17)

Resident Alien, "Birds of a Feather" (Syfy, Feb. 17)

WandaVis

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Sandman: The series

They've announced much of the main cast of Sandman, the Netflix series. Some look very like their graphic-novel counterparts, while others will be a new visual take on the character.

The obvious missing person is death. Fans have suggested both Aubr

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