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Tips for Reading Comics Aloud

June 28, 2018

My home is filled with comics, graphic novels, and books about comics and graphic novels. My kid has thus been surrounded by comics her whole life, though it was only last year, when she was three, that I started reading them aloud to her. Though comics are often referred to as “kids’ stuff,” ...

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Misfit City Is My Favorite New Series from BOOM! Box

December 27, 2017

Misfit City Kerstin “Kiwi” Smith (writer), Kurt Lustgarten (writer), Naomi Franquiz (artist), Brittany Peer (colorist), Jim Campbell (letterer) BOOM! Box, an imprint of BOOM! Studios Misfit City is my favorite new series from BOOM! Box. The story focuses on a small group of teen girls in a ...

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BOOM! Bar: Every Detail Covered

December 15, 2017

Eight offerings from BOOM! this week—three licensed, five creator-owned. Of the licenses, only one (Adventure Time/Regular Show #5 of a six-issue mini from KaBOOM!) is a single issue; Planet of the Apes Archive and Sons of Anarchy (both BOOM! Studios) both see their volumes two, with the former ...

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Monthly Marvel Muster: Building A Legacy

December 13, 2017

Welcome once again to Monthly Marvel Muster… or bi-monthly Marvel Muster, as the case may be. My November was a trash fire, but I’m back now with two months of Marvel news and reviews all at once [Thank goodness! —Ed.]. A lot happened in the last two months. Marvel Legacy is now in ...

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BOOM! Bar: Caylo’s Last Bunch

December 9, 2017

This week, of Wednesday the sixth (just passed), Lumberjanes volume seven is released and Armory Wars keeps on keepin’ on. As for the rest of the licensed fare: Corissa, stalwart of the BOOM! Bar Adventure Time beat, has this to say of KaBOOM!’s issue #71 : Adventure Time #71: ...

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Oni Watch: Home For the Holidays

December 6, 2017

The holiday season is well underway, and let me tell you, it really feels like we’ve been dragging our feet to 2018. Now, my family is as conservative as they come. (“Even though they’re Latinx, Azha, really?” Yes, really.) And I wouldn’t have made it through the ...

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CB Cebulski’s Asian Mask: Why the Anger?

December 1, 2017

UPDATE: The Dark Horse statement below has been updated to the correct version. In 2004 a white man named CB Cebulski pretended to be a Japanese one named Akira Yoshida. “Yoshida” wrote comics for Marvel while Cebulski worked as an Editor at Marvel. Cebulski was recently instated as Editor in ...

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BOOM! Studios Power Rangers: A Licensed Comic Done Right

November 22, 2017

Power Rangers has been having something of resurgence of late, and in our big superhero movie world they fit in rather nicely. The brand just had a semi-successful reboot movie and huge amounts of traction were gained from their game Legacy Wars and a near Internet breaking twitch stream. Power ...

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BOOM! Bar: Some Gain, Some Lag

November 21, 2017

The week of Wednesday the twenty-second of November, BOOM! releases eleven titles, eight of which are licenses. Two of the latter are softcover collections: The Deep and Dark Crystal v.1 (hardback) each collect four issues, though The Deep is one finished story and Dark Crystal an ongoing ...

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BOOM! Bar: A Whole Month in One Swoop

November 17, 2017

The last of October (the week of Wednesday the 25th) was a heavy week in BOOM! Town! Thirteen, count’em, thirteen releases. One hardcover, two softcover collections, and eight ongoing issues. Nine of that thirteen are licensed books. Sisters of Sorrow (full review) and Victor ...

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Tips for Reading Comics Aloud

Misfit City Is My Favorite New Series from BOOM! Box

BOOM! Bar: Every Detail Covered

Monthly Marvel Muster: Building A Legacy

BOOM! Bar: Caylo’s Last Bunch

Oni Watch: Home For the Holidays

CB Cebulski’s Asian Mask: Why the Anger?

BOOM! Studios Power Rangers: A Licensed Comic Done Right

BOOM! Bar: Some Gain, Some Lag

BOOM! Bar: A Whole Month in One Swoop

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