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My Week in Comics Events, Part 2: Party Time

June 26, 2014

Long before it hit the shops, everyone was talking about Kieron Gillen and Jamie McKelvie’s new Image Comics series The Wicked + The Divine, about gods who incarnate into the bodies of teenagers and become pop stars for two years before dying. It’s mortality, youth, fame, glamour, and myth all ...

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Wonder Woman Newspaper Comics Collected

June 26, 2014

A few years after Wonder Woman appeared on the comic scene she was featured in her very own newspaper strip. It ran from May 1 1943 until December 1 1944 and was written by William Moulton Marston, with art by Harry G Peters. And now for the first time ever those strips are available in a ...

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Review: Pregnant Butch

June 25, 2014

Pregnant Butch A. K. Summers (W) (A) Soft Skull Press Pregnancy. The word alone is painful to look at. Bringing a new life into the world is no joke, but A. K. Summers’ Pregnant Butch brings a fresh perspective and some laughs to the whole ordeal/gift/whatever-you-feel-like-calling-it. Her ...

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My Week in Comics Events, Part 1: (Super)Hero with 1000 Faces

June 25, 2014

Last week Monday, I attended the (Super)Hero with 1000 Faces event at the British Library. The event was associated with the Library’s Comics Unmasked exhibit, which focuses on themes of rebellion and anarchy in British comics. The lineup was a mix of academics and creative professionals: Drs. ...

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The Chimpanzee Complex Reviewed: Intrigue, Love, & Rockets

June 25, 2014

The Chimpanzee Complex, volume 1: Paradox Richard Marazano & Jean-Michel Ponzio Cinebook Here’s a closer look at Helen Friedman, Floridian, NASA’s best astronaut in 2035, and protagonist of The Chimpanzee Complex, a bande-dessinee written by Richard Marazano, illustrated by Jean-Michel ...

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On IDW’s Transformers: The Robot Politique

June 24, 2014

The IDW Transformers books are smarter than comics about transforming toy robots that shoot lasers at each other have any right to be. It helps that their creative teams aren’t content to just follow a comic writing schema along the lines of “introduce new faction member who is going to ...

Comics

Keeper: Football Comics for Horror Fans

June 24, 2014

Football played by men is going on all around us, in this, the year of “World Cup 2014”. That’s not entirely interesting to me, but maybe it is to you, and besides — the irrelevance of American Football to my life did not keep me from enjoying Down Set Fight! A story is ...

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Kickstarter of the Week: Toe Tag Riot

June 20, 2014

Matt Miner (Liberator, Occupy Comics) and Sean Von Gorman (Occupy Comics, FUBAR) are teaming up again, this time for a comic about zombie punks eating racists and homophobes. Eating them in the un-fun way, I mean. As of writing, Toe Tag Riot is $690 and thirty-one hours away from meeting its ...

Comics

The DC Daily Planet: Another One Bites The Dust

June 20, 2014

Good morning, DC devotees! I’ve got some follow-up from last week for you this morning, along with some exciting new casting news from the erstwhile National Comics, so grab your trenchcoat and magnifying glass and let’s examine the scene, shall we? I was sad to hear of that DC is ...

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Where Do We Stand: May Comic Sales

June 20, 2014

Each month, Diamond Comics Distributors releases data on the top selling products from single issue comics, to graphic novels and trade paperbacks, to toys. So far this year, the trend shows the top single issue comic sales heavy with superhero stories from Marvel and DC, but diversity is ...

Comics

My Week in Comics Events, Part 2: Party Time

Wonder Woman Newspaper Comics Collected

Review: Pregnant Butch

My Week in Comics Events, Part 1: (Super)Hero with 1000 Faces

The Chimpanzee Complex Reviewed: Intrigue, Love, & Rockets

On IDW’s Transformers: The Robot Politique

Keeper: Football Comics for Horror Fans

Kickstarter of the Week: Toe Tag Riot

The DC Daily Planet: Another One Bites The Dust

Where Do We Stand: May Comic Sales

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