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June 8, 2020June 9, 2020

THE BOYS – DEAR BECKY / BLACK LABEL – BIRDS OF PREY [Comics Reviews]: The Boys/Birds Are Back In Town!

The Boys are back in town (sorry...I had to. I'm going mad with isolation...)! Writer Garth Ennis and artists Darick Robertson (doing covers) and the incomparable Russ Braun return to the satirical, perverse, hilarious, seedy, ultra-violent world of Billy Butcher, Wee Hughie, and the rest of the Boys, in The Boys: Dear Becky. And they …

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October 1, 2019

PREACHER [Series Finale Review & Retrospective]: It Was The Time.

You read that Preacher comic? If you have, I bet you got a story about it. It’s one of those where sometimes the story you read is only the beginning, the real interesting part is what the story does to you, how it takes root and changes you in ways you don’t even fully realize …

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July 28, 2019

THE BOYS [TV Show Review]: Time For A Spanking!

Confession time: I love The Boys. Garth Ennis' and Darick Robertson's expansive, subversive work is one of my favorite comic series ever, and I ran through the entire series twice, each time noticing little bits and references I'd missed the first time around, and grew continually impressed with the emotional beats and character growth. One …

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April 17, 2019

THE BOYS [Uncensored Teaser Trailer]: …will be Boys.

The uncensored trailer for the anticipated Amazon Original series The Boys was revealed today on Reddit by Garth Ennis, writer and co-creator of the original comic book series. The subversive superhero series will debut July 26 exclusively on Amazon Prime Video in more than 200 countries and territories. The Boys will make its world premiere …

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August 14, 2018

SANDMAN UNIVERSE / HAL JORDAN & THE GLC / FANTASTIC FOUR [Reviews]: First Family Homecoming!

Vertigo has a special place in the hearts of a lot of people who grew up reading comics in the Nineties. Karen Berger and Shelly Bond curated a ridiculous run of titles for mature readers based on the sensibilities of Alan Moore’s SWAMP THING, Grant Morrison’s DOOM PATROL, and Neil Gaiman’s SANDMAN that yielded a …

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July 9, 2018

HUNT FOR WOLVERINE / COSMIC GHOST RIDER / DEATH OF THE INHUMANS [Reviews]: Marvel-ous!

Sooo…it drops in a lil sumpin like dis, mutie… Slit-throat Cypher bleedin’ out down ‘round da maple syrup underground Hell’s Kitchen Hornskull witda dead-set eyez Creepin’ up dankazz Saskatchewoodz backside Ole Red’s posse-huntin’ fo dat missin’/dead Canucklehead Do ya hunt fo da Wolverine, Wolverine, Wolverine??? Sayyyyyy what??? Do ya stunt fo da Wolverine, Wolverine, what??? …

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