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A guillotine, a Sister of Battle, and a scrapbook picture from the 2001 National Poetry Slam.

CONTEST: BOOM! Sampler Winner

"If winning Wizard's award for Best New Publisher didn't make them front and center of your buy pile, maybe my pleas will.You need to buy their books. One visit to the website will show this isn't some normal run-of-the-mill I have friends in comics operation. They're one of the few remaining operations that gives me hope for comics not heading down the same stale path as today's movies.Alright, I give up. They aren't the best new publisher in years. I just can't name another one that's better..."Congratulations to Rob of The Definite Maybe for his winning entry in our BOOM!…

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A guillotine, a Sister of Battle, and a scrapbook picture from the 2001 National Poetry Slam.

MARKETING: Superman Joins MySpace

The Superman Returns marketing onslaught continues... Man Of Steel Seeks Friends AN AMERICAN CULTURAL ICON HAS landed in the leading American social networking site with the posting of a MySpace profile to promote the new "Superman Returns," premiering June 28. By Thursday evening, just five days after the site quietly went live, the profile had attracted 12,719 MySpace "friends," many responding to the site's slogan, "Show us your 'S'," with photos of themselves striking the iconic shirt-ripping pose to reveal the well-known symbol--including at least one fan who had the "S" tattooed directly on his chest. The Web site also…

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A guillotine, a Sister of Battle, and a scrapbook picture from the 2001 National Poetry Slam.

LINK: New Superman Returns Trailer

"Don't make me angry.You wouldn't like me when I'm angry.Click on my bald head to see for yourself." Ohh that Lex! He's so funny when he screams. It made me laugh in agony.You on the other hand may have a different reaction. Perhaps you'll slouch in your chair after watching this trailer. While the first one released months ago left me wanting more, this latest effort deflated my expectations.Trailers can make shitty movies seem like good ones, and good movies seem great. So what do you have when you see a shitty trailer? I guess we'll have to wait till…

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A guillotine, a Sister of Battle, and a scrapbook picture from the 2001 National Poetry Slam.

On the Shelves: 4/12/06

Support GOOD Comics! Try something new EVERY month. My weekly look at select comic books being released Wednesday, 4/12/06. 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, be sure to take advantage of it. If not, find another one; or try Khepri.com or MidtownComics.com] PICK OF THE WEEK Iron Man: Demon in a Bottle TPBBURLYMAN ENTERTAINMENT Shaolin Cowboy Darrow Cvr #5 (resolicited), $3.50 Shaolin Cowboy Delgado Cvr #5, $3.50 While I'm not reading either of their titles, I like that Burlyman…

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A guillotine, a Sister of Battle, and a scrapbook picture from the 2001 National Poetry Slam.

LINK: The politics of V For Vendetta

Film critic and playwright Brian Dauth, "November 3rd Club" Editor in chief Victor D. Infante, Performance artist and film critic Matt Cornell, Libertarian Party co-founder Dave Nolan and "PopCultureShock" senior comics editor Guy LeCharles Gonzalez discuss The Politics of "V For Vendetta" in the first installment of a new "November 3rd Club" Feature. Read what they had to say, then tell us what you think in "The November 3rd Club" LJ Forum.

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A guillotine, a Sister of Battle, and a scrapbook picture from the 2001 National Poetry Slam.

On the Shelves: 3/29/06

Support GOOD Comics! Try something new EVERY month. Man, I was a little pissy last week, yes? Nothing a strong week of comics couldn't cure, though! American Way, Robin, Supermarket, Scatterbrain, Captain America, Iron Man: The Inevitable, Next Wave, X-Factor...it was like comics' own Best Week Ever! Here's my weekly look at select comic books being released Wednesday, 3/29/06. 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, be sure to take advantage of it. If not, find another one; or try…

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A guillotine, a Sister of Battle, and a scrapbook picture from the 2001 National Poetry Slam.

REVIEW: V for Vendetta

V for Vendetta, on the other hand—while similarly dated and liberally incorporating elements familiar to any fan of the vengeance seeking, flush with resources anti-hero—holds up remarkably well all these years later. It's a flawed story, mind you, as Moore slips back and forth between compelling melodramatic fiction and hamfisted polemic (similar in some ways to Fahrenheit 911), but the overall result is that of an incredibly engaging tale—part revenge thriller, part political potboiler, part police procedural—that takes the reader on an emotional roller coaster ride before ending on a somber, if obliquely hopeful, note.

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