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Lea & Julius Antoine: A 1980s French Comic About Ephebophilia

October 13, 2017

Lea: The Confessions of Julius Antoine Serge Le Tendre (writer), Christian Rossi (artist) Fantagraphics, 1989 First published in French by Albin Michel, 1985 This article contains discussions of ephebophilia and paedophilia.

Opinion

Sparks and Tarts: F*** you, romance is awesome

October 10, 2017

I am a reader, and I am happy that there are so many of us out there. I am totally part of the You Do You category of reading, where I expect you to like what you like and leave the rest for the ones who like it. I know that there are people who don’t like love stories or stories with happy ...

Comics, Opinion, Reviews

All Alone, More Or Less: Void Trip’s Fun, Fun, Fun

October 10, 2017

Void Trip #1 Ryan O’Sullivan (Writer), Plaid Klaus (Artist), Aditya Bidikar (Letterer) Image Comics November 22, 2017 The first issue of Void Trip, a comic, releases on November 22nd, the same week (Probably? The full schedule remains unannounced) season twelve of Red Dwarf finishes its ...

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Wishing For More Out of the Badass Women of Sci-Fi Panel

October 8, 2017

Updated October 9, 10:00 PM EST. A previous version of the article misattributed the statement “I love Moana” to Cher Martinetti. On Friday afternoon at New York Comic Con, several science fiction actresses and female directors came together for Syfy Wire Fangrrls Presents: Badass ...

Comics, Opinion, Pubwatch

BOOM! Bar: A Light Week, Thank Goodness

October 5, 2017

Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers Year One Deluxe Hardcover: It’s pretty good! Solid all in all. A big fat book (500 pages) that will look good on your shelf and not embarrass you if anyone asks to read it. My comments about the series from last week still stand, but if you want to read ...

Comics, Opinion

Hi-Fi Fight Club: Mix Tape(d Fists)

October 4, 2017

Hi-Fi Fight Club (BOOM! Box) is currently on issue #2. Nola’s feature on the nebulous drawbacks of the first issue spoke to a lot of my own feelings. We both like the book, and would (or have) recommend it as a monthly read, but we both also perceive it to be imperfect. It can feel hard ...

Comics, Opinion

License, Please: Jurassic Park Is a Really Bad Comic

September 25, 2017

What if I were to tell you that Walt Simonson, Gil Kane, and George Perez–three of the most beloved names in comics–made a book together? “It’s almost too good to be true,” I hear you cry aloud! Yes. Walt and these two great G-monikered men working on a book ...

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Death Wish, Death Note and the Dangerous Myth of the Heroic White Vigilante

September 22, 2017

There are many things wrong with the current cultural phenomenon of constant reboots, remakes, and reimaginings, with a lot written about almost all of the facets of that wrongness. But with the release of the (abhorrent) new trailer for Eli Roth’s Death Wish remake coinciding with ...

Comic Strips, Comics, Opinion, Reviews

VANS X PEANUTS: Comics You Can Wear

September 22, 2017

I was meandering around a shop looking for backpacks when I stopped, quite startled with delight. I had seen the Snoopy Shoe: the best of shoes. Behold it now. Scream! I love it. It’s two things at once. Vans x Peanuts is a whole line; popular with the YouTube sneaks-review set, a ...

Comics, Opinion

Hi-Fi Fight Club: Fixed Nostalgia Still Needs to Move

September 20, 2017

What I really like about comics is that sometimes, amidst all of the fluff and fun, they help the reader understand something, whether about themselves or about the world or the life that they inhabit. Sometimes that thing is a profound and deep thing, and sometimes it’s something very ...

Opinion

Lea & Julius Antoine: A 1980s French Comic About Ephebophilia

Sparks and Tarts: F*** you, romance is awesome

All Alone, More Or Less: Void Trip’s Fun, Fun, Fun

Wishing For More Out of the Badass Women of Sci-Fi Panel

BOOM! Bar: A Light Week, Thank Goodness

Hi-Fi Fight Club: Mix Tape(d Fists)

License, Please: Jurassic Park Is a Really Bad Comic

Death Wish, Death Note and the Dangerous Myth of the Heroic White Vigilante

VANS X PEANUTS: Comics You Can Wear

Hi-Fi Fight Club: Fixed Nostalgia Still Needs to Move

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