It’s downright shameful how the comic industry got looked down on from the rest of the literary world in years past. Only recently, in the past decade or so, have comics become more widely accepted—some even used in classrooms as an education tools. For the most part comics offer up some great stories, demonstrate how […]
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“The rabbit-hole went straight on like a tunnel for some way, and then dipped suddenly down… Down, down, down.” —Alice in Wonderland In many ways DISKORDIA, written/illustrated by Rivenis (Andrew Blackman), is a topsy turvy spin on Lewis Carroll’s classic tale, Alice in Wonderland. Rather than simply reinventing that story, however, Diskordia takes the basic […]
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Paper Cuts #5: Weekly Comic Pull List
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Office supplies going to war? Check. Slacker robot superhero stuck in a dead end office job? Check. Demon slaying scarecrow whose actually the displaced spirit of an ancient warrior? Check. It’s all here in our latest, thrilling edition of PAPER CUTS!
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Paper Cuts #4: Weekly Comic Pull List
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Things get a little batty this week, with not one but two new Batman book and one guy who thinks he’s a Silver Age dinosaur detective but wishes he was Batman. On the upside he does get to battle an evil army of Frankensteins… so there’s that.
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If most post-apocalyptic movies are accurate, the future looks pretty freaking bleak for us humans. Zombies Vs. Robots, co-created by Chris Ryall and Ashley Wood, doesn’t do much to change that outlook but it does manage to put a cool new spin on the idea. In this future humans are near extinction, sentient robots walk […]
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Announced yesterday, Image Comics revealed that they’ll be publishing a brand new creator-owned series by Eric Powell (The Goon) and Tim Wiesch. Born out of “drunken conversations,” the project promises “nothing but brutality” featuring an unintimidating protagonist “driven beyond his own limitations by rage.” Wiesch adds, “When we were coming up with the story, we […]
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A Yeti, an angel and a devil, and a supervillain walk into a bar… no, seriously, they’re who we’re here to talk about! Some of you might recall my last post spotlighting three choice picks to “Kickstart” your comic collection. Now let’s take a look at three more Kickstarter comic book picks that are sure […]
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Issue #3 of Polish-based artist Łukasz Kowalczuk’s 5-part minicomic, Vreckless Vrestlers, is now on sale over at the Strange Kids Club shop (only 10 in stock!). Vreckless Vrestlers #3 (of 5) Łukasz Kowalczuk (w/a/c) If you consider quarterfinals savage, then you haven’t seen anything yet! What happens when a drakkar collides with an armored vehicle? […]
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Do you guys remember the when there was a decent selection of comic book-esque monster magazines lining our local comic book shelves? Publications like Tales from the Crypt, Creepy, Eerie and even Cracked Monster Party? Man, those things were great! It’s a shame we don’t have anything like that anymore… …oh, but wait! There are […]