Strange Adventures
Various writers & artists
Vertigo, 2014
A compilation of two science fiction themed Vertigo anthologies: Strange Adventures 1 (2011) and Mystery In Space 1 (2012), which both used the 84-page saddle-stitched format that Vertigo adop
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Nov. 19, 2020 — Staying at home due to COVID is the perfect time to catch up on reading. Here are two primo graphic novels I practically inhaled this week:
THE NEIL GAIMAN LIBRARY VOLUME 1 HC
Dark Horse Boo
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By Andrew A. Smith
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Dec. 10, 2020 — Oh, Walking Dead, wherefore dost thou vex me so?
I really want to like TWD and, by extension, its spinoffs. I loved the first few seasons of the original, and still remember the thrills I on
Read more…Part One:
1)"Compassion is a noble thing, Citizen - also costly."
2)"Cassius"?
3)"Entreat, master. I'll be good."
4)"Perhaps everyone runs from the taxman."
5)"You touch me again and I'll fillet you."
6)Cliffhanger #1: The Doctor is trapped in the ATM
Read more…I decided to move these posts over from "What Comics Have You Read Today?" and make a discussion out of it.
GREEN LANTERN: I started re-reading Archive volume one today (August 23), which comprises Showcase #22-24 and Green Lantern #1-5.
GREEN LANTER
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Joe Hill, writer; Stuart Immonen, artist; Dave Stewart, colorist
DC Black Label, 2020
Hill returns to the writer's chair for this Hill House miniseries, which he describes as "the last of the first wave Hill House books." The all-star art tea
Read more…I read the recent Flash collection, Savage Velocity, and one thing really jumped out at me: there is a DRAMATIC shift in tone once William Messner-Loebs comes on as writer. The book collects issues 1-18 and Annual 1, published immediately post-crisis
Read more…Was it ever established why Ray Palmer couldn't use his size/weight controls to grow rather than to shrink?
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Nov. 12, 2020 — It’s been a Joker kind of month.
Not because of the pandemic, or the Election Week Death March or the myriad other problems and tragedies that beset us. It’s because DC Comics has put so many
Read more…His Dark Materials stars the likes of Dafne Keen, James McAvoy, Lin-Manuel Miranda and Ruth Wilson, but it’s also got armored polar bears, which is pretty cool too. (Photo courtesy HBO)
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Dec. 3, 2020 — Recen
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Nov. 26, 2020 — My mailboxes, analog and digital, keep filling with great graphic novels. Here are a few:
DUNE
Abrams ComicArts, $24.99
The latest adaptation of Dune promises to be the most faithful yet. (Co
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Nov. 5, 2020 — Ready to curl up with a good graphic novel? Here are some options:
BASKETFUL OF HEADS
Basketful of Heads is an original story by writer Joe Hill and artist Leomancs. (Cover art by Leomancs,
Dec. 7-13
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
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Inspired by the excellent The OTHER HISTORY of the DC Universe, I decided to re-read some of my Black Lightning comics. (I don't have that many so this won't take long.) I haven't read any of his original series, and passed on the tpb which reprinted
Read more…GENRE TV
His Dark Materials, "Theft" (HBO, Nov. 30)
Next, "File #9" (Fox, Dec. 1)
Star Trek: Discovery, "The Sanctuary" (CBS All Access, Dec. 3)
The Mandalorian, "Chapter 14" (Disney+, Dec. 4)
COMICS
BOOM! Studios
Buffy The Vampire Slayer #20
Your F
Blue In Green
Ram V., writer; Anand R.K., artist; John Pearson, color artist; Aditya Bidikar, letterer; Tom Muller, designer
Image Comics, 2020
As a jazz musician and critic I admit that a graphic novel about a jazz musician that takes its title from
Read more…...Following in the massive footprints of the " Incomprehensible Idiot " thread , I present...........
ME !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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