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October 20, 2020October 20, 2020

RORSCHACH / AN UNKINDNESS OF RAVENS [Reviews]: Fistful of Mystery.

It’s been almost a year since Damon Lindelof’s HBO mini-series WATCHMEN and the Geoff Johns/Gary Frank DC Comics mini-series DOOMSDAY CLOCK, both sequels to the Alan Moore’/Dave Gibbons seminal masterpiece WATCHMEN, took their final bows. But the former just won a gang of Emmys, and DC Comics is only too happy to push out more …

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September 20, 2020September 21, 2020

FEARLESS DAWN MEETS HELLBOY / MILESTONE COMICS / IMMORTAL HULK [Reviews]: Super Sunday Stash!

Nazis + Zombies = Nazi Zombies ! The undead are in a continued battle for domination with .... Fearless Dawn? It’s “underground comix” sensation Steve Mannion’s Nazi zombie smasher meeting up with Mike Mignola’s Nazi zombie smasher himself - HELLBOY! In classic team-up style, we join Hellboy already on a mission in Romania, finding something …

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September 9, 2020

WE ONLY FIND THEM WHEN THEY’RE DEAD / BLACK WIDOW / HELLBLAZER – RISE AND FALL [Reviews]: Cosmic Comic Cavalcade.

Let’s just start off by simply saying We Only Find Them When They’re Dead by Boom! Studios beat the hype. A beautiful creative team between current rockstar writer Al Ewing and artist Simone Di Meo. Ewing, known of course for his Eisner nominated run on Immortal Hulk, and taking over the reigns on Guardians of …

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July 29, 2020July 29, 2020

HIP-HOP AND COMICS [Comic-Con@Home]: Cultures Combining!

The year was 2005, I found myself living in San Diego, and its July. I kept hearing about Comic-Con, but had given up the idea of ever being able to attend, and -- not having had many people like myself in my life -- someone as deeply comfortable at the record store looking for the …

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July 28, 2020July 29, 2020

PRO WRESTLING x COMICS [Comic-Con@Home]: Really Strange ‘Fellows.

Like many who've never been to San Diego, this is my first Comic-Con. So of course, it's COVID time, so its Comic-Con@Home. When the boss asked me to review The Relationship Between Pro Wrestling and Comics panel I was psyched. I figured it would be awesome. But I was psyched out. Like, this is gonna …

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July 25, 2020July 25, 2020

STAN LEE & JACK KIRBY / COMICS SATIRE & POLITICAL CARTOONS [Comic-Con@Home]: Decoding the Dynamic.

DECODING THE LEE/KIRBY DYNAMIC - Comic-Con@Home It's one of those “chicken and egg” questions, one that ardent Marvel fans will argue about: who created the Marvel Universe as we know it? Was it Stan Lee? Was it Jack Kirby? Or, was it truly a mixture of the two with a few other ingredients mixed in (Steve …

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