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Flippin’ through Previews – June 2013
It’s time for Travis Pelkie’s favorite column! Huzzah!
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Flippin’ through Previews – January 2013
So the wheel turns back around, and a fresh catalog of Previews arrives on my doorstep. Issue #292 is here!
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Frantic as a cardiograph scratching out the lines Archive!
Yes, it’s a list of all the posts in which I’ve been looking at the first pages of comics. You could just click the category tag, but in this post, I’ve organized them! Whoo-hoo! I placed this on 1 January for the entire year, but now that the year is over, I thought I’d move it to the final day of the year!
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What I bought – 17 October 2012
Aliye’s death, and its echoes, had been stilled by the greater horror of this mother’s death, which burned inside him like a smothered coal in the silence there. But Aliye had started dying from the moment his mother told him that they were not to marry, in spite of the bey’s gracious visit, in spite of the fine carpet, in spite of the words he has whispered to Aliye and which he had thought were true words. He knew then how it must end for her, though his mother said it would be otherwise. He wished that there were one fixed thing in the world that would never change, or disappoint him, or leave him, but he did not know what that might be, unless it was the idea of God, which was a certitude without delight or consolation. (Starling Lawrence, from Montenegro)
What I bought – 25 July 2012
“It’s all right. Keep right on lying to me. That’s what I want you to do.” (Ernest Hemingway, from A Farewell To Arms)
As you might be able to figure out, there’s a NSFW panel below. No gold star for figuring out which comic it comes from! I just thought it would be better to tell you now!
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Frantic as a cardiograph scratching out the lines, Day 184: Vaistron #5
Every day this year, I will be examining the first pages of random comics. Today’s page is from Vaistron #5, which was published by SLG and is cover dated May 2006. Enjoy!
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Flippin’ through Previews – June 2012
Previews #285. “I’ll try this again …”
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Comics You Should Own – Rex Libris
Yes, it’s weird. That’s partly why you should love it!
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Review time! with Sparko
No, I’m not sure why it’s called Sparko. It’s a mystery!
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Flippin’ through Previews – May 2012
Well, my good friend Ivan Hart Dominguez-Carson, sensitive soul that he is, went away crying from the comments last month, so I’m back to being a solo act! Let’s dive right into Previews #284, shall we?
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What I bought – 7 March 2012
Above him there was now nothing but the sky – the lofty sky, not clear yet still immeasurably lofty, with gray clouds gliding slowly across it. “How quiet, peaceful, and solemn; not at all as I ran,” thought Prince Andrew — “not as we ran, shouting and fighting, not at all as the gunner and the Frenchman with frightened and angry faces struggled for the mop: how differently do those clouds glide across that lofty infinite sky! How was it I did not see that lofty sky before? And how happy I am to have found it at last! Yes! All is vanity, all falsehood, except that infinite sky. There is nothing, nothing, but that. But even it does not exist, there is nothing but peace and quiet. Thank God! …” (Leo Tolstoy, going all emo, from War and Peace)
Review time! with Sanctuary #1-4
Here’s a comic that was sent to me in .pdf form, because digital comics are the future, even if I cling to paper! Waaaaah!!!!
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She Has No Head! – Third Annual Awesome Women In Comics Holiday Gift List, 2011
Welcome back to my annual female positive comics holiday gift list!
So the holidays are (suddenly) upon us and you’ve decided that in these tough economic times you want to support the comic industry by giving everyone on your list sweet comics. And not only that, but you want to take it one step further and only give female positive comics…well, in that super specific case you’ve found the right list.
Like last year, in addition to picking excellent female positive titles, I also limited myself to books released in 2011 only. If you’re looking for more books that just those released in 2011, I urge you to check out my first list, which was not limited by a time period, and my second list, which covered books released in 2010.
Let’s get started, yes?
Review time! with Widgey Q. Butterfluff
With a name like that, it has to be good!
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Review time! with Shadoweyes in Love
I’m kind of hesitant to review this, because it’s a book very much in the middle of a storyline, but what the heck – Campbell needs more press, doesn’t he, and it can’t all come from Kelly T.!
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