From the monthly archives: July 2006

They Said it Wouldn’t Last!

By On July 18, 2006 · 2 Comments · In Uncategorized

Salomé and I celebrate our 8th anniversary today!

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On The Shelves: 7/19/06

By On July 18, 2006 · 2 Comments · In Pop Culture

Read GOOD Comics, not just the ones you’re used to! Try something new EVERY month.

My weekly look at select comic books being released Wednesday, 7/19/06. The full shipping is list available at ComicList.

[NOTE: Not all of these titles will actually arrive in all stores. If your LCBS offers a pre-ordering service, [...]

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Review: Iron West

By On July 17, 2006 · Leave a Comment · In Reviews

Iron West
By Doug TenNapel (Image Comics, 2006; $14.99)

Going for wacky is a dangerous gambit, particularly in comics where it can easily drift over into unintentional camp or, even worse, come completely unhinged and end up convoluted and unfunny, so when I realized Doug TenNapel‘s Iron West included both Sasquatch and [...]

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LINK: Raising the Bar for Comics Journalism

By On July 17, 2006 · 3 Comments · In Pop Culture

Heidi MacDonald — of the recently relocated The Beat, and defender of all that is righteous in the comics world — proves that, with great power comes great responsibility, using the high-profile visibility of her new Publisher’s Weekly platform to…well, to dish dirt.

Dept. of Scandal I
A while [...]

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CBC Quickees: On Pirates and Expatriates

By On July 16, 2006 · Leave a Comment · In Reviews

The Left Bank Gang
By Jason (Fantagraphics, 2006; $12.95)

Why Are You Doing This?, an enthralling Hitchkockian mystery with a big heart, was my first exposure to the Norwegian cartoonist Jason, and it firmly put him on my list of creators from whom I’ll check out anything they [...]

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