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Review time! with Strange Attractors

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  • Saturday, May 18th, 2013 at 4:21 PM EST
Chaos theory in comics! Whoo-hoo! Charles Soule is getting more press in the comics world these days because he’s the new writer on Swamp Thing, but he writes other stuff, too! His new graphic novel from Archaia, Strange Attractors, is pretty  …

Review time! with Wicked Vibes #1

According to the cover of this, it’s the “first flippin’ issue!!” So you know they’re serious! Wicked Vibes is an anthology comic created and published by Dillon Hallen under the name Fizz Comics. Hallen was nice enough to send me a copy, so I …

Review time! with Red Handed: The Fine Art of Strange Crimes

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  • Tuesday, May 14th, 2013 at 5:28 PM EST
Or, to put it more bluntly: WHY I HATE MATT KINDT!!!! Last week First Second shipped Red Handed: The Fine Art of Strange Crimes, the latest graphic novel by Matt Kindt. It costs $26.99 for 266 pages, and frankly, we should be happy they didn’t  …

Review time! with Hopeless, Maine volume 1: Personal Demons

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  • Saturday, May 11th, 2013 at 2:07 PM EST
Let’s see what’s what with this, shall we? The fine folk at Archaia occasionally send me comics, and while I don’t review all of them because, well, I just don’t have the time, I do like to shine the spotlight on some of them. I feel a bit bad  …

Review time! with Kill All Monsters volume 1

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  • Tuesday, May 7th, 2013 at 10:41 AM EST
You know, the Emerald City Comic Convention ended a bit over two months ago. I should probably start reviewing some of the books I bought there, right? So let’s get into it! Kill All Monsters is the webcomic by Michael May (who writes for  …

Review time! with Jerusalem: A Family Portrait

You know, for a “tiny, strategically and economically insignificant desert hamlet” (as the frontispiece to this book calls it), people sure do love writing about Jerusalem. I wonder why? Jerusalem: A Family Portrait is a big slab of comics from …

Review time! with Babble

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  • Tuesday, April 16th, 2013 at 5:12 PM EST
Oh, it’s a clever-titled graphic novel! As someone who can’t name anything well (seriously, I suck at titles), I always appreciate a simple yet elegantly clever title! But will the work live up to it???? Babble is written by Lee Robson, drawn  …

Review time! with An Enchantment

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  • Saturday, April 13th, 2013 at 10:33 AM EST
It’s another comic book produced in conjunction with the Louvre! Those are always pretty good! NBM brings us An Enchantment by Christian Durieux, the latest in their series of comics set in and around the Louvre (it’s translated by Joe Johnson) …

Review time! with Jihad

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  • Tuesday, April 9th, 2013 at 12:35 PM EST
Here’s an older book with a new, fancy format. Yay, new formats! (I hate that I have to do this, but there’s some NSFW stuff below the cut. Just so you know.) [caption id="attachment_136751" align="alignnone" width="620"] Yep. Penises. Right th …

Review time! with Calling Dr. Laura

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  • Tuesday, March 26th, 2013 at 2:51 PM EST
Hey, look – another Portland comic artist! What are the odds? Calling Dr. Laura: A Graphic Memoir by Nicole J. Georges is a nice, thick comic, clocking in at 260 pages, for which you only pay $16.95. It’s published by Mariner Books, and it’s the f …

Review time! with Prisoner of the Mind, volume 1

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  • Tuesday, February 12th, 2013 at 1:37 PM EST
Look at that! It’s a comic I received in the mail, like magic! Those are always fun! Allan Linder was nice enough to send me his graphic novel, Prisoner of the Mind (volume 1), and I appreciate it. I’m always amazed when I get comics in the mail, …

Review time! with The Nao of Brown

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  • Tuesday, January 22nd, 2013 at 5:04 PM EST
For some inexplicable reason, I didn’t order this when it showed up in Previews. Am I stupid? Blind? Insane? Well, it could be all three of those! But I have it now, and I’m going to review it! The Nao of Brown is Glyn Dillon’s labor of love –  …

Review time! with Sharaz-De: Tales from the Arabian Nights

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  • Sunday, January 6th, 2013 at 3:03 PM EST
Well, I wish I had heard of Sergio Toppi before he died, but I guess it’s better than never having heard of him, right? Yes, it’s true that I don’t think I’d ever heard of Sergio Toppi before this book was solicited, but maybe I had. I do know I di …

Review time! with Iron: Or the War After

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  • Tuesday, January 1st, 2013 at 10:15 AM EST
So many anthropomorphic animal comics! You can’t escape them! Archaia brings us the new graphic novel by S. M. Vidaurri, Iron: Or the War After, which will cost you $24.95 retail and probably less if you poke around on the Internet. It’s pretty ne …

Review time! with The Girl Who Would Be King

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  • Sunday, December 30th, 2012 at 5:22 PM EST
I know, it’s a prose book, but it’s written by one of our very own bloggers, so just deal with it! The Girl Who Would Be King is, of course, Kelly Thompson’s first novel, which she funded through Kickstarter with some phenomenal success. If you’ve  …

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