Category Archives: Comics & Graphic Novels

Wanna peek at the titles for next year’s Free Comic Book Day? Right this way…

Mmm, free comic books.  Yeah, yeah, mah people.  We’ll probably clean up this month, with all the holidayness erupting all over the place.  Mmm, prezzies.  But the folks at Free Comic Book Day have announced the 50 titles that made … Continue reading

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Salt Lake Comic-Con joins with Indie Lounge at Sundance

Still more reasons why I need to travel more…  This year’s Sundance Film Fest is looking like a nicely nerdy fit with the Indie Lounge and SLCC.  Oh who am I kidding; I just want to sit in a gorgeous … Continue reading

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Comic Distributors will summit…here in Baltimore! Whee!

Ever wondered what it must be like to go to a ‘con where you get to meet with publishers and comic book retailers?  Well, you just might get a taste of that at this year’s Baltimore Comic-Con, because the Diamond … Continue reading

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Off the Shelf — Harley Quinn Volume 1: Hot in the City

Nutshell: Hot in the City is a must for Quinn fans, even though this TPB it isn’t a completist’s dream. Gorgeous drink-it-all-in art, 4th-wall busting at it’s most wack-a-doo, and Jimmy Palmiotti and Amanda Conner’s tongue-in-cheek storytelling gets you one … Continue reading

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Off the Shelf: Neil Gaiman’s The Last Temptation 20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition

Nutshell: The Last Temptation is classic Gaiman, and classic Cooper to boot.  The artwork is still breathtaking after 20 years, and the added bits of script, letters and insight are worth the price of admission for fans.  A must for … Continue reading

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Off the Shelf: V-Wars Volume 1

Publication 411: TBP of the first five issues of the V-Wars series. Scheduled for publication by IDW on 10/28/2014. Story: We have met the enemy, and he is infected with the ICE virus.  Y’know the virus that turns people into…no, … Continue reading

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Off the Shelf: White Death

(NOTE: I received a copy of this book through NetGalley.) Publication 411: Hardcover edition of the original 1998 title (though the info page is confusing as it lists the copyright as 2014.) Story:  WWI was supposed to be “the war … Continue reading

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Off the Shelf: Hatsune Miku Graphics Vocaloid Comics & Art Vol 2

(NOTE: I received a copy of this book via NetGalley) Though “Virtual Pop Star” Hatsune Miku (and the Vocaloid voice synthesizer in general) may not be widely known in the USA, the singing voice synthesizer with a groovy anime look … Continue reading

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Off the shelf: Harbinger #25

(Note: I received a free copy of this comic from creator Vivek J. Tiwary.) Story: Think Misfits with a dash of X-Men & Babylon 5‘s Psi Corps. Peter Stanchek is a kid with psionic abilities that looked to Toyo Harada … Continue reading

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Off the shelf: Chastity #1

Not only am I a sucker for horror comics, but I’ll read just about anything that’s free.  So when I saw that Dynamite was trotting out Chastity #1 (the Dynamite re-launch of the ol’ Chaos! Comics vampire assassin from the … Continue reading

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