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'Tolkien Years of the Brothers Hildebrandt' returns in September

From Dynamite Entertainment

July 10, 2012

THE TOLKIEN YEARS OF THE BROTHERS HILDEBRANDT IS BACK!

THE OUT OF PRINT CLASSIC IS UPDATED AND EXPANDED!!!

Mt. Laurel, NJ - The million-selling Lord of the Rings calendars created during the '70s by renowned

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Cancer survivor miniseries 'The Mighty Titan' on Kickstarter

From JGM Comics

July 10, 2012

'The Mighty Titan' kickstarter

July 10th 2012 – Little Ferry, NJ – JGM Comics releases its newest book for funding on crowd funding site.

JGM Comics is trying something new. It is releasing its newest title on Kickstart

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Dark Horse digital releases for week of July 9, 2012

From Dark Horse Digital

July 12, 2012

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The Onion on The Daily Planet

Article  A mildly amusing take on the least realistic part of Superman's world.

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The New DC 52: My opinions

Everyone has been commenting on DC's post Flashpoint reboot, also known as the new 52.

Instead of posting on all the individual threads that already exist, I thought I would just post my opinions of the titles I actually bought and read in one genera

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Doctor Who: 'Full Circle'

I thought I'd re-post my comments from the TARDIS Eruditorium about "FULL CIRCLE" here, because, well... just because.


After watching this story again last night, reading all the reviews at Page Fillers, and all the comments here, I couldn't seem

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What's Your Avatar

I had to change my avatar away from a Wally West Flash.  I kept mistaking myself for Rob Staeger.

 

I'm now going with a picture of Jon Snow, from George RR Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire.

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Shawarma ?

Do you want some shawarma ? Or at least a T-shirt ?

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R.I.P. Andy Griffith

Story

 

Song

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Summer Movie Anticipation

Can Dark Knight Rises break the comic book threequel curse?

(see Superman III, Batman Forever, X-Men III, Spider-Man III...)

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Thoughts While Filling Out Previews #286

NEXUS OMNIBUS: Now that I’ve had a chance to read the solicitation, I’m less thrilled than I was when I initially heard about this publication, mainly because it’s a tpb and I already have all the archives. OTOH, if you don’t, this is a 416 page repr

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Disney Comics

Up here again in San Francisco , I went to, my FCS - Former Comics Shop - and found them selling , in their " kid.s stuff " corner , Disney character titles from Gladstone.s first pitch with the franchise from the later Eighties , displayed as new st

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Review: 'Spandex: Fast and Hard'

Spandex: Fast and Hard (Titan Books, $19.95)

Martin Eden (w/a)

I wanted to like Spandex, which collects the first three issues of a self-published British comic book about an all-gay super-team. Unfortunately, I found it supported negative gay stere

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Review: 'American Vamipire: Lord of Nightmares' #1

American Vamipire: Lord of Nightmares #1 (DC/Vertigo, $2.99)

Scott Snyder (w), Dustin Nguyen (a)

I don't know how to review this without giving away the ending, so I'll just say "It's good."

And that it involves Felicia Book, one of my most favorit

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Review: 'The Art of Amanda Conner'

The Art of Amanda Conner (IDW Publishing, $29.99)

Edited and designed by Joe Pruett

This book had a lot of what I expected, but a few surprises as well. 

As I said in my Silk Spectre review, I love everything Amanda Conner has ever done. So I expec

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Doctor Who Reactions: "Dragonfire" (SPOILERS)

Another long-awaited transitional story, with the departure of Mel and the arrival of Ace. McCoy and Aldred were to become one of my favorite Doctor/companion combos, so it's interesting to see the beginning of it again. It' s been said that in the o

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I Need a New PC (Like Nobody's Business)

So, my home PC is toast -- I think that's the technical term -- and I need to start looking for a replacement.

Unfortunately, on a good day my computer knowledge extends to recognizing the "Power" button.

Fortunately, I'm pretty sure that 90% of our

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Hero Initiative invites help for Roger Slifer

From Hero Initiative

July 6, 2012

Hero Initiative invites help for Roger Slifer 

Roger Slifer, a comic book writer, editor and colorist, was struck by a hit-and-run driver in Santa Monica, Calif., on June 23. He remains in a coma at a local hospita

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'Avengers vs. X-Men' #6 leads Diamond sales for June

From Diamond Comic Distributors Inc.

July 6, 2012

(BALTIMORE, MD) — (July 6, 2012) — Five X-Men with the power of the Phoenix have begun to reshape the Earth in their image and the Avengers make plans

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Doctor Who Reactions: "The Horns of Nimon" (SPOILERS)

1)Gotta love Romana's hunting outfit.

 

2)Graham Crowden is indescribable (in both negative and positive ways) as Soldeed.  He makes Bruce Purchase's pirate captain look subtle and nuanced.  I did like his trick of repeating the last two words people s

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