“Evolve or die!” This is true for comics as it is any other medium. According to a recent article by Forbes, data is showing that, for pretty much the first time since the 10-Cent Plague,[…]
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We’re finally getting a BONE animated series, because f*ck yeah
I want to send my heartfelt congratulations to Jeff Smith and his team at Cartoon Books, and also to YOU, dear member of the public, because Bone will doubtlessly be an amazing animated experience. In[…]
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The JOKER movie is pretentious, gross, and tone-deaf, but it’s still a well-made film.
Against my better judgement, since the trailers just made it look like a noxious movie-watching experience, I decided to see Joker yesterday. What I saw is a movie that is an insult to the mentally[…]
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Fans of Marvel and fans of oxygen have had a helluva week.
By now anyone without web in their eyes has read the truly shocking and equally tragic news that the deal between Marvel Studios and Sony to share the rights of Spider-Man is no more, and[…]
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Art Spiegelman is right and the Folio Society are cowards (and maybe Marvel, too)
Let’s be clear about something; when Art Spiegelman agrees to write for you, you do not censor him, especially when he is speaking truth. He is legendary comics creator Art Spiegelman, and you are not.[…]
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I am still not okay from last week’s mind-blowing House of X #2, send help
This morning before work, I picked up today’s copy of Powers of X #2. The comic shop had no copies available to anyone who didn’t reserve it beforehand; each and every copy was reserved by[…]
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One more X-related post; I got my “Krakoa seeds,” did you?
It’s a bit late in the summer to be planting seeds, but this is a cool marketing idea. Not since the release of Ferngully: The Last Rainforest have I gotten seeds as a media tie-in[…]
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Powers of X, and I shall smugly remind you that it’s pronounced “Powers of Ten,” you filthy casuals
Okay, so directly following last week’s House of X #1 was Powers of X #1, released yesterday. Oh boy. It is so. dang. weird. Last time I stated that Jonathan Hickman’s writing isn’t really for[…]
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So, House of X #1…huh.
The mutant event of the decade is finally upon us, and the only thing that could make me happier is if Jonathan Hickman’s style were really my thing. Unfortunately, it is not. But just because[…]
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I cannot remember the last time I was this excited for an X-Men comic.
Despite the fact that this review of the first issue of Jonathan Hickman’s run on X-Men, which drops next week, incorrectly refers to his New Avengers title as Secret Avengers, it has me in a[…]
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