Monica
Daniel Clowes
Fantagraphics, 2023
Monica is the protagonist of this graphic novel, but the narrative ranges far wider than her life story, extending into social commentary about the mid-Twentieth Century . The focus is on her mother Penny at
Read more…OK, as some of you may have noticed, I have been slowly but steadily moving as many of the Doctor Who threads that are on the list of same into the new "Doctor Who" forum that the Skipper has recently created. I have now moved all of the threads that
Read more…The Doctor has returned with four episodes, three with Tennant as the Fourteenth Doctor and one fully focussed on Ncuti Gatwa as the Fifteenth-- though he gets introduced in the third of these episodes. The post is not entirely spoiler free, so be wa
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AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #41
BEWARE THE PLANET OF THE APES #1
BLACK PANTHER BY EWING VOL 1: REIGN AT DUSK TP
CAPTAIN AMERICA #5
CLOBBERIN’ TIME TP
DAREDEVIL BY WAID & SAMNEE OMNIBUS VOL 2 HC DM VAR NEW PTG
DOCTOR STRANGE #11
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Moon Knight (before he dies) guest stars in AVENGERS INC. #4.
Clea guest stars in CAPTAIN MARVEL #3.
Hulk guest stars in SENSATIONAL SHE-HULK #3.
It's strange that SPIDER-MAN: BEN REILLY OMNIB
Read more…Episode One:
1)"I am usually referred to as the Master." Character debut #1
2)"Ham-fisted bun vendor"?
3)"I'm your new assistant." Character debut #2
4)"Captain Yates" Character debut #3
5)"29,000 light years"
6)"You are incorrigibly meddleome, Docto
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The sights and sounds of the Christmas season! So familiar, so heart-warming. There was a time when their appearance put a tingle in the air---and a warmer feeling towards our fellow man. These holiday customs have been around for all of our live
Read more…The fifth and final (partial) season of The Sarah Jane Adventures will be available on DVD in the U.S. on June 12, 2012, six episodes and a documentary.
Read more…Now that we're in 3.0 and have a general idea of what we're dealing with, I'd like to tackle some things I've been putting off.
The big one, that affects the most Legionnaires, is that I'd like to add some tabs (The black links at the top of the pag
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AVENGERS INC #4
BLACK PANTHER #7
CAPTAIN MARVEL #3
CARNAGE #2
DEADLY HANDS OF KUNG FU GANG WAR #1
GHOST RIDER #21
GIANT-SIZE SUPER-STARS #1 FACSIMILE EDITION
IMMORTAL X-MEN #18
MILES MORALES SPIDER-MAN #14
MMW MARVEL TE
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Saga Vol. 11
Brian K. Vaughan, writer; Fiona Staples, artist
Image Comics, 2023
In this installment Alana is still a single mother, trying her best to support her family after they lost their home. When she goes to Vitch for forged identity document
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We've had this discussion before (on the old, old board), but this time I would like to take it beyond the Kirby series. Here is a brief summary of what has been discussed so far.
ISSUE #1: Mister Miracle, the escape artist Thadeus Brown, is preparing
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Once Upon a Time at the End of the World Vol. 1: Love in the Wasteland
Jason Aaron, writer; Alexandre Tefenkgi, illustrator; Lee Loughridge, colorist; with Nick Dragotta, illustrator and Rico Renzi, colorist
BOOM! Studios, 2023
There are dystopian s
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Story: Grant Morrison, Mark Russell, Paul Cornell
Art: P. J. Holden, Jordi Perez, Jon Proctor
Ahoy Comics, Mature, $3.99
Anthologies can be hit or miss, and that is the case here.
The first story is "Ballroom of Death," by w
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SIGIL OMNIBUS HC: This collects CrossGen’s Sigil (2000) #1-42, Crossgen Chronicles #4, Saurians: Unnatural Selection #1-2 and material from Crossgen Chronicles #1. Reprinted to maintain the rights, I presume.
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In the sixteen years I’ve been doing my Deck Log, I’ve covered quite a bit of Thanksgiving territory. I explained how Thanksgiving became a national holiday, thanks to the efforts of the same lady who wrote the nursery rhyme “Mary Had a Little Lamb
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ALIEN #2
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #40
ASTONISHING ICEMAN #5
CAPWOLF HOWLING COMMANDOS #3
DAREDEVIL: BLACK ARMOR #2
DEATH OF THE VENOMVERSE TP
DOCTOR STRANGE #10
GODS #3
HAWKEYE BY FRACTION AND AJA OMNIBUS HC NEW PTG
INCREDIB
Read more…From The Hollywood Reporter: "André Braugher, ‘Homicide: Life on the Street’ and ‘Brooklyn Nine-Nine’ Star, Dies at 61"
From Variety: "Andre Braugher, ‘Brooklyn Nine-Nine’ and ‘Homicide: Life on the Street’ Star, Dies at 61"
From Deadlne: "André Braugh
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