Greg Burgas
Ecce liber cum pictura: East of West #1
The question is: If you can read a comic in which Jonathan Hickman does everything he does in his Marvel comics, but because he owns the characters, he can go further with them, why wouldn’t you?
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Review time! with Calling Dr. Laura
Hey, look – another Portland comic artist! What are the odds?
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What I bought – 20 March 2013
An old Ukrainian proverb warns, “A tale that begins with a beet will end with the devil.”
That is a risk we will have to take. (Tom Robbins, from Jitterbug Perfume)
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What I bought – 13 March 2013
We must harness the revolutionary Poles in the fight against Russia, we must promise the separation of this land from Russia even if it means sacrificing Galicia, so that this giant may be weakened and driven back on Asia, unless the whole earth is not to be sooner or later divided between two powers: the North Americans and the Russians. (Field-Marshal Franz Kuhn von Kuhnenfeld of Austria, 1870)
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What I bought – ECCC edition!
I got a bunch of comics at the Emerald City Comicon (some I actually bought!), and some of them were single issues, so I figured I’d do like last year and review them all at once. That’s fun, right?
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Flippin’ through Previews – March 2013
It’s a bit late due to other things, but let’s check out Previews #294 – maybe there’s some interesting stuff in it!
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What I bought – 27 February and 6 March 2013
George looked at his granddaughter’s empty suit. He thought of Job. Satan lacked imagination. To crack a man’s faith, one need not resort to burning his flesh, ruining his finances, or any such obvious afflictions. One need only take a man’s species away from him. (James Morrow, This Is The Way The World Ends)
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Everything you could ever want to know about Emerald City Comicon 2013!
Okay, well, maybe not everything. I’m only one dude!!!!
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Superhero comics versus superhero movies: Why does one get a bigger audience than the other?
A few weeks ago I got into a bit of an argument in the comments section for my latest “Flippin’ through Previews” post. After it had played out, I thought the kernel of the argument would make an interesting post about the prevalence of superhero movies even as superhero comics are still ghetto-ized. Yes, it’s another post where I postulate. I can postulate with the best of ‘em, I reckon!
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Sunday brunch: Links for the week of 17-23 February 2013
What do we have this week? Only you can discover that!
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What I bought – 20 February 2013
There is not much importance in giving an award of importance to someone of no importance. (Joseph Heller, from Picture This)
Comics You Should Own – Sandman Mystery Theatre
The many, many excellent series that begin with “S” continue!
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Sunday brunch: Links for the week of 10-16 February 2013
This week: More than last week! Better than last week? You’ll have to read on to find out!
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What I bought – 13 February 2013
Sipping drinks on the porch in the sunset, Farsheed Shomloo, an immigration lawyer, pointed to a book on the patio table and told Jim, “You should read this new book about Iran, it’s really interesting.” Jim replied:
“I don’t want to read it. I know the outcome already. In Iran, there is beautiful poetry and everything turns out a disaster. Here the poetry is not so beautiful, but people are free to discover the best in themselves; that’s why America has happy endings. Here it’s a negative system: there is no entrenched despotism, no will to dominate. We immigrants can remake the whole country if we want to. It’s ours for the taking, as if there is a perpetual clean slate where nobody is ever owed anything. I’ll tell you, the Iranian revolution was a disaster for Iran and a success for America, because it brought a lot of talented, ambitious Iranians here. Every time there is a disaster in the Third World, it’s a good thing for America, since the best of the middle class finds its way here.” (Robert Kaplan, from An Empire Wilderness)
Review time! with Prisoner of the Mind, volume 1
Look at that! It’s a comic I received in the mail, like magic! Those are always fun!
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