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Joe Quinn's Poltergeist by David Almond & Dave McKean
Joe Quinn's Poltergeist
David Almond, writer; Dave McKean, illustrations
Candlewick Press, 2019
This is an illustrated David Almond short story rather than a true graphic novel. But it's illustrated by Dave McKean, an artist whose multimedia work is n
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Moonshine Vol. 3: Rue Le Jour
Moonshine Vol. 3: Rue Le Jour
Brian Azzarello, writer; Eduardo Risso, art & colors
Image Comics, 2020
This series has been slow, but it continues to build. This installment begins with Lou Pirlo and his lover Delia in New Orleans, seeking a cure for h
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This Week in Comics: June 29-July 5, 2020
NOTES
- I don't know anything about Red Giant Entertainment, but they've got nine #1s this week.
- Viz Media is the biggest publisher this week overall, with 24 titles.
- I added a bit more this week, like DC and Archie digital, because they were there.
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The Adventures of Tintin
It has been five months since I bought The Adventures of Tintin Complete Collection box set, but I’ve only just started reading it. The delay was due to the first story, “TINTIN IN THE LAND OF THE SOVIETS” (first serialized 1929-30). Hergé‘s style is
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Doctor Who Reactions: "Nikola Tesla's Night of Terror" (SPOILERS)
- “Is she always this impertinent?” “Yes.”
- “A Silurian blaster” “A prop we had handy”
- “It’s an Orb of Thassor.” Oh, one of those.
- “Have you ever seen a dead planet?” She’s the wrong person to ask that question.
Overall
A good episode. I like these ones wh
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RIP Joe Sinnott
Joe Sinnott's Facebook page is reporting that he died this morning.
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Milton Glaser, designer of the DC Bullet, dies at 91
Ace graphic designer Milton Glaser co-founded New York Magazine, too: "Milton Glaser, Co-Founder of New York Magazine and Creator of ‘I❤NY,’ Dies at 91"
He created this well-known device:
Not only that, he created the Wonder Woman logo that replac
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'Watchmen' isn't an adaptation: It's something better
By Andrew A. Smith
Tribune Content Agency
Oct. 24. 2019 -- Watchmen arrived on HBO Oct. 20, to rave reviews, viewer excitement and … well, honestly, a lot of anxious confusion. Let’s deal with that.
For those living under a rock for the last 33 yea
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This Week in Comics: June 22-28, 2020
JUNE 22-28
GENRE TV
- Stargirl, “The Justice Society” (June 22, DC Universe)
- Stargirl, “The Justice Society” (June 22, The CW)
- Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., “A Trout in the Milk” (June 24, ABC)
- Doom Patrol, “Fun Size Patrol” (June 25, DC Universe):
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Doctor Who Reactions: "Spyfall" (SPOILERS)
Part One
- A pre-credits sequence!
- “C” is Stephen Fry. Going for the stunt-casting, then,
- “MI6 has never countenanced the possibility of extraterrestrial life.” Within the context of this show, that’s the dumbest thing I’ve ever heard.
- It’s the guy who pla
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Right State by Mat Johnson and Andrea Mutti
Right State
Mat Johnson, writer; Andrea Mutti, artist
Vertigo Comics, 2012
I was embarrassed to discover that I actually had read this earlier (blame my memory, not the story telling). But for some reason I only wrote a short review on Goodreads. I ga
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The Green Woman by Peter Straub, Michael Easton; & John Bolton
The Green Woman
Written by Peter Straub & Michael Easton; art by John Bolton
Vertigo Comics, 2010
Renowned horror novelist Peter Straub revisits the world of his "Blue Rose Trilogy" and the character serial killer Fielding “Fee” Bandolier (last seen i
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Doctor Who Reactions: "Ascension of the Cybermen" (SPOILERS)
- “But that which is dead can live again in the hands of a believer.” Thought he was going all Lovecraft there for a second.
- After 56 years, Ireland finally makes it into the show! We’re still not likely to see “Doctor Who and the Troubles” anytime soon
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RIP Dame Vera Lynn
Obituary And so is lost one of the last links to another world, another time. 103 years, the things that woman saw...
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Doctor Who Reactions: "Can You Hear Me?" (SPOILERS)
- “Aleppo” -The lost Marx Brother!
- “You trust me, don’t you?” “Have I got to answer that?”
- References to the Eternals, the Guardians and the Toymaker. Wallowing in the show’s history, here.
- I had a hunch that freeing the woman was a bad idea.
- I did like th
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Doctor Who Reactions: "Praxeus" (SPOILERS)
- "There’s also a talking cat in Ontario, but I’ve ruled him out for now.” I wanna see the talking cat story.
- Another “environmental” one. “Doctor Who, she’s our hero, gonna bring pollution down to zero!”
- I didn’t guess that Suki was an alien.
- “Look at y
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Judex
Last night on TCM I saw JUDEX, a French film from 1963 that remade a French movie serial from 1915. It was something of a proto-superhero adventure (though a trifle less than the promo copy indicated(, and the film had some connection with Fantomas.
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Doctor Who Reactions: "Orphan 55" (SPOILERS)
- No pre-credits sequence on this.
- Hyph3n looks like Barf’s little sister.
- “If I had crayons and half a can of SPAM, I could build you from scratch!”
- Ah, the old “It was Earth all along” trick.
- “When I say run…run.”
- It gets a little “Captain Planet” at the
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