Fall Through, and I Hate Fairyland Vol. 6 – Last Gert Standing.
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Atari Force was the first ongoing series…"
Atari Force was the first ongoing series…"
Harvey Pekar (American Splendor) might have enjoyed this ... or else gotten angry about it!
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"VENUS #18:
"The stories become more and more grotesque now," points out Michael Vassallo. The…"
"The stories become more and more grotesque now," points out Michael Vassallo. The…"
"Imaginary stories seem to get a bad rap from many comic book fans but as a kid I found those…"
Let the robot take over as the thinking being on this Earth like it is on the photo.
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I noticed this thread this morning. It's almost 0200, and I was up making some spelling…"
I noticed this thread this morning. It's almost 0200, and I was up making some spelling…"
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THIS WEEK'S COMICS
A Cover a Day
Ok, how about this for an idea. We take it in turns to post a favourite (British spelling) comic cover every day. This went really well on the comic fan website that I used to frequent. What we tried to do was find a theme or subject and follow…
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Cleveland Again
Harvey Pekar (American Splendor) might have enjoyed this ... or else gotten angry about it!
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Atlas Era Venus
Venus was one of several heroines introduced by Marvel at the tail end of the 1940s. Her title underwent a curious sequence of transformations in comics genres in its 19-issue run, starting as a glamour comic, becoming a romance comics, then a…
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From the Archives: Deck Log Entry # 47 "Semi-Imaginary" Stories (Part 2)
As I mentioned last time out, the unbroken popularity of DC’s “Big Three”---Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman---had put the company solidly at the top of the comics-publishing industry. Not wanting to tamper with success, the powers that be…
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'Cinema Purgatorio' and other stories from the Towers of Shame
My to-read piles — the Towers of Shame, known collectively as the Wall of Shame — have gotten so uncontrollable that I'm making a dedicated effort to clear out as much as I can. One self-disciplinary move is to read whatever's on top, regardless if…
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From the Archives: Deck Log Entry # 46 "Semi-Imaginary" Stories (Part 1)
Question: when is an Imaginary Story not an Imaginary Story? While you think on that for a moment, I’ll set the Wayback Machine for a little trip. The time: 1959. The place: the National Periodical Publications building at 2d and Dickey…
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The Future of Nexus
Nexus: the Newspaper Strips, Vol. 1 - "The Coming of Gourmando I haven't read this yet. But I've got so much to say about it that I wanted to get the other stuff off my chest first. In 2016, Baron & Rude launched a HUGE (think Marvel "MONSTER"-size)…
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X-Men: The Hidden Years
With the advent of "Hereos Return," Avengers once again became my favorite title, a status it maintained right up until the launch of X-Men: The Hidden Years a year later. the premise of the series is that it would fill the gap from #67-93 when…
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