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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
Read more…Over in the "Movies I Have Seen Lately" thread, I commented on Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, and noted that there wasn't a thread about the movie and I didn't want to start one. Well, I do now, for reasons I will cite below. But first, I
Read more…Has anyone had any direct experience of this impacting Marvel Comics at their locals? We were discussing this on FB and I thought I'd see if anyone here had encountered it - apparently many comics stores are reporting having received their shipments
Read more…I went back 15 pages in "Movies & TV" and didn't see a Season 6 Supergirl thread, so I started one. If one already exists, I apologize to whomever created it. But I had a lot of things I wanted to say before the show is gone.
Oh yeah, this is the las
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BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER #31
EAT THE RICH #4 (OF 5)
GETTING DIZZY #1 (OF 4)
JIM HENSONS THE STORYTELLER TRICKSTERS HC
MAW #3 (OF 5)
ONCE & FUTURE DLX ED BOOK 1 HC
ORCS TPB
POWER RANGERS #13
SOMETHING IS KILLING CHILDREN DLX ED BOOK 1
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BATMAN: YEAR ONE COMMEMORATIVE EDITION
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment | PG-13 | $33.99 (4K Ultra HD Combo Pack)
Originally released on Blu-ray and DVD in 2011, Batman: Year One is based on the landmark 1987 DC titles from 12-time Eisn
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Nov. 11, 2021 — National Redhead Appreciation Day occurred Nov. 5 this year, a celebration that naturally made me think of comics. Because everything makes me think of comics.
Here in the real world, redhead
Read more…Fantastic Four Infinity Comic #1, Spine-Tingling Spider-Man Infinity Comic #1, X-Men Unlimited Infinity Comic #1 and a few others. Who is the intended audience for these non-canon loosely drawn stories, and why are they called "Infinity Comics"?
Read more…"Life," said comic-strip writer Allen Saunders, "is what happens to us while we are making other plans." (Yes, I know that line has been attributed to others, most often, John Lennon, but the January, 1957 issue of Reader's Digest credits it to Saun
Deadly Class Volume 10: Save Your Generation
Rick Remender, writer; Wes Craig, artist; Lee Loughridge, colorist
Image Comics, 2021
Back after a long hiatus, the narrative jumps around chronologically, as it has in recent volumes (the early ones all h
Read more…For my birthday today, my son offered to treat me to lunch. I said sure, but stipulated I wanted chocolate cake at some point in the day.
He delivered, and how. Here's my birthday card:
By Andrew A. Smith
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Nov. 4, 2021 — The fall avalanche of cool genre shows continues! Here are some interesting ones:
'Marvel Studios’ 2021 Disney+ Day Special'
Nov. 12, Disney+
A whole bunch of stuff will be happening all over
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MAGIC THE GATHERING #8
MAMO #5 (OF 5)
MIGHTY MORPHIN #13
REGARDING THE MATTER OF OSWALD’S BODY #1 (OF 5)
THE SHORT WHILE ORIGINAL GN
DARK HORSE COMICS
BERSERK VOL 9 DELUXE EDITION HC
MAZEBOOK #3 (OF 5)
NO ONE LEFT TO FIGHT II #2 (OF 5
Read more…Ascender Vol. 4: Star Seed
Jeff Lemire & Dustin Nguyen, storytellers
Image Comics, 2021
Star Seed is the big conclusion not only to Ascender, but the whole Descender/Ascender saga (which began in 2015). Descender was set in a universe where robotics h
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BALLAD FOR SOPHIE GN
Top Shelf | 320 pages | Mature | $24.99 | Full-color softcover graphic novel with flaps
Story: Filipe Melo | Art: Juan Cavia
“I imagined what it would be like to play like him. To be like him. Sometimes, it felt like
Read more…Bob Baker, creator of Doctor Who's K-9, and co-writer of Wallace and Gromit, has died.
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Oct. 28, 2021 — Thursday, Oct. 21, was the very first Wonder Woman Day, as decreed by DC Comics. And all I can say is that it’s about time.
Thursday is an odd day for a “Day.” Comics arrive at comic shops on
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Oct. 21, 2021 — DC FanDome, the DC Comics/Warner Bros. online convention, streamed Oct. 16. It was three-and-a-half hours of TV and movie stars, trailers, announcements and more — and I watched it all, so y
Read more…You may have thought you’d seen the last of Sabrina (Kiernan Shipka), but she’s guest starring on The CW’s Riverdale this season. (Diyah Pera/Netflix © 2020)
By Andrew A. Smith
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Oct. 14, 2021 — New York Comic Con, the second mo
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Sept. 30, 2021 — In the Long-Before time, when there were only three TV networks and boredom stalked the land, September was the month of renewal. Yes, it was dreaded for the beginning of school. But what off
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