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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
Read more…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
Read more…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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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
Read more…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
Read more…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
Read more…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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HOUSE OF SLAUGHTER #2
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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
Read more…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
Read more…THE BIG STUFF
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
Read more…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
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
Read more…GENRE TV
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
Read more…Movies
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.
BOOM! STUDIOS
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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