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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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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HOUSE OF SLAUGHTER #2
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BLACK HAMMER REBORN #6 (OF
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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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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
Read more…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
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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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
Read more…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
Read more…Book One shipped back in November and I liked it. I liked it so much, I started a "Black Lightning" thread to discuss the rest of the series. The thing is, I know now that only the first issue focuses on Black Lightning. I don't really know where the
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GENRE TV
His Dark Materials, "Tower of the Angels" (HBO, Dec. 7)
Next, series finale, "File #10" (Fox, Dec. 8)
Star Trek: Discovery, "Terra Firma Part 1" (CBS All Access, Dec. 10)
The Mandalorian, "Chapter 15" (Disney+, Dec. 11)
Pennywort
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Snowpiercer, season 2 premiere, "The Time of Two Engines" (TNT, Jan. 25)
Now with more Sean Bean!
The Expanse, "Winnipesaukee" (Amazon Prime, Jan. 27)
Riverdale, "Chapter Seventy-Eight: The Preppy Murders" (CW, Jan. 27)
Resident Alien, seaso
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The Seventh Day (VOD/digital, March 26)
A supernatural horror movie about exorcists. It stars Stephen Lang, which is the name an X-Men villain. What's an X-Men villain doing in an exorcist movie? Maybe a Mark III Sentinel gets possessed.
The T
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The Diamond site finally came to life.
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BRZRKR #6 (OF 12)
FIREFLY HOLIDAY SPECIAL #1
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GETTING DIZZY #2 (OF 4)
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POWER RANGERS VOL 3
REGARDING THE MATTER OF OSW
Read more…DARK HORSE COMICS ANNOUNCES FREE COMIC BOOK DAY GOLD ISSUE 2022
Issue Includes New Stories From ‘Stranger Things’ and ‘Resident Alien’
MILWAUKIE, Ore., (December 17, 2021)—In partnership with Diamond Distributors, Dark Horse Comics is pleased to anno
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Aquaman: The Becoming #1 (of 6)
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Story: Brandon Thomas | Art: Diego Olortegui | Cover: David Talaski | Variant: Khary Randolph |
Aquaman: The Becoming #1/Black Manta #1 connecting variants: Francis Manapul
Jackson Hyde fina
Read more…Mark Waid has announced on Facebook that writer/editor Brian Augustyn has passed away after a sudden, severe stroke.
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BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER LEGACY EDITION VOL 6 TPB
DUNE: WHISPER OF CALADAN SEAS #1
Story: Brian Herbet, Kevin J. Anderson | Art: Jakub Rebelka| Cover: Jeff Dekal | $7.99
During the chaos of the legendary Battle of Arrakeen, a group of A
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EVE #4 (OF 5)
FIREFLY UNIFICATION WAR VOL 3 TPB
MAMO #2 (OF 5)
MIGHTY MORPHIN #10
MIGHTY MORPHIN VOL 2 TPB
WWE NEW DAY POWER OF POSITIVITY #2 (OF 2)
WWE NEW DAY POWER OF POSITIVITY #2 (OF 2)
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BLADE OF IMMORTAL DELUXE
Read more…See here for what the Tim Drake revelation is. Otherwise, wait until you've read Batman: Urban Legends #6.
Is this something that has been hinted at before the current storyline? I don't recall anything like that, but I'm not the most devoted fo
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