Category: Reviews

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POLL: Niche Comics Sites?

Thinking “aloud” here… NEWSarama and CBR have gobbled up two of the better group blogs out there recently, while peripheral niche sites like the Ninth Art are shutting down. Meanwhile, the sleeping giant, Wizard, is finally doing something with their web site, already snagging exclusive columns from Bendis and Johns, and likely becoming the new

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On the Shelves: 6/7/06

Support GOOD Comics! Try something new EVERY month. My weekly look at select comic books being released Thursday, 6/8/06. 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,

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REVIEW: Battlestar Galactica #0

It’s pretty hard to bring a story from one medium to another. I love the new Galactica so hard. There’s been virtually no secondary products to go along with it. This lack of capitalism makes the inner child cry. No joke. I want more than one novelization, more than a soundtrack, more than an okay

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COMMENT: Pull List Massacre, Part II

A couple of months back I did my first round of Pull List pruning, in anticipation of some real world changes necessitating a decreased comics budget, as well as a shift towards “emphasizing comfort over experimentation” in my selections. Originally I was expecting to cut it roughly in half, to $75/month (including my hefty discount),

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INFO: 2006 Harvey Award Nominees

Interesting choices in what is essentially the comics version of the Oscars, “the only industry awards both nominated by and selected by the full body of comic book professionals.” And the nominees for the 2006 Harvey Awards are… BEST WRITERBrian Michael Bendis | NEW AVENGERS | Marvel Comics Ed Brubaker | CAPTAIN AMERICA | Marvel

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On the Shelves: 6/1/06

Support GOOD Comics! Try something new EVERY month. My weekly look at select comic books being released Thursday, 6/1/06. 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,

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Vs. CARD OF THE WEEK: Black Adam <> Teth Adam (DCR-123)

Black Adam <> Teth Adam (DCR-123) I absolutely L-O-V-E the Infinite Crisis expansion for Vs. Seriously. The new teams are all cool, each with challenging mechanics and a variety of appealing cards spread throughout the curve. Also, while I’m not really the best judge of such things, I’d say the primary teams — JSA, Villains

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On the Shelves: 5/17/06

Support GOOD Comics! Try something new EVERY month. My weekly look at select comic books being released Wednesday, 5/17/06. 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,

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Deogratias: A Tale of Rwanda

Deogratias: A Tale of Rwanda By J. P. Stassen, translated by Alexis Siegel ($16.95; First Second) First Second, the latest mainstream publisher’s attempt to push the graphic novel format into the mainstream, made its much-anticipated debut this month with six graphic novels that have been welcomed with the kind of almost-uniformly positive buzz that illustrates

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LINK: Pull List Propaganda

Go check out my latest batch of reviews, including: Deogratias: A Tale of Rwanda (TPB)By J. P. Stassen, translated by Alexis Siegel ($16.95; First Second) Deogratias proves that graphic novels do not have to simply be escapist entertainment, joining the likes of Maus, Palestine and Persepolis as representatives of more than just great graphic novels,

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