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REVIEW: Orphan Black #1 – A Lesson in Mimesis
Writer:John Fawcett, Graeme Manson, Jody Houser Art: Szymon Kudranski $3.99 IDW Publishing Plato wrote in The Republic that copies are always inherently inferior to the originals. It’s called...
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REVIEW: Jem and The Holograms #1 – Almost Fantastic
Writer: Kelly Thompson, Ross Campbell Artist: Ross Campbell $3.99 IDW Publishing Jem and the Holograms was not a show I watched as a kid. I was, after all, a boy and girls obviously had cooties so thus...
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REVIEW: Bloodshot Reborn #1 – Familiar For All The Right Reasons
Writer: Jeff Lemire Artist: Mico Suayan $3.99 Valiant Comics The Dark Knight Returns casts a long shadow over comics. Unfortunately, that shadow caused – for years – some of the worst trends in comics...
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Jem and the Holograms #2 – Way More In Tune
Writer: Kelly Thompson Artist: Sophie Campbell Cover Artist: Sophie Campbell, Amy Mebberson $3.99 IDW Publishing Jem and the Holograms feels like it’s settling into its groove. I was a little nervous...
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REVIEW: Mythic #1 – Classic Horror Fun
“Mythic #1″ (w) Phil Hester (a) John McCrea Image Comics $1.99 Modern supernatural stories like League of Extraordinary Gentlemen and Ghostbusters often present us with a world where science and the...
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FRIDAY FANCAST: Fox’s NEW MUTANTS
Way back in 1983 Chris Claremont penned a story about young mutants coming to terms with a world that hated and feared them. These stories were chock full of teenage angst and crazy superpowers. It was...
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BOOKSHELF BUILDING: DRIFTER Ready For Its Eisner
The comic industry doesn’t have a reward show as widely recognized as the academy awards, but if we did Drifter would be the comic equivalent of Oscar bait. This isn’t to say that Drifter is by any...
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Inside the Brains of DEATH HEAD: An Interview with Nick and Zack Keller
The world sadly has a dearth of good horror comics. I don’t know if its a hold over from the days when E.C. comics got shut down but the comic industry sometimes feels averse to publishing stories that...
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ISLAND #1 is Ready to Class Up Your Coffee Table
Apparently, Brandon Graham and I have similar ideas about how comics should be marketed these days. It’s time for us to start raising serious questions about how the means of production are affecting...
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LADY KILLER #1 Is A Great Concept With Some Flawed Execution
Lady Killer #1(w) Joelle Jones, Jamie S. Rich(a) Joelle Jones(c) Laura AllredDark Horse Comics$3.50 In my job as a reviewer I read a lot of issue number ones. Like a lot, a lot. And I’m ashamed to say...
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