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COMICS CAN BE AWESOME (15 January 2024)

Don’t you just love close-ups?

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COMICS CAN BE AWESOME (26 September 2022)

A two-fisted reminder that comic book covers can be awesome:

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On Jennifer Blood

Longtime readers of this blog know that I have an unhealthy fascination with fucked up vigilante comics that go into odd directions, so perhaps you won’t be surprised with my choice of devoting an entire post – probably one of … Continue reading

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COMICS CAN BE AWESOME (7 February 2022)

A dynamic reminder that comics can be awesome…

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2020’s books of the year: honorable mentions – part 3

If you read last weeks’ posts, you know what’s going on. Here are another five comics that came out in 2020 and feature neat takes on adventure, crime, horror, espionage, mystery, war, science fiction, and/or the occasional hero with bizarre … Continue reading

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COMICS CAN BE AWESOME (2 November 2020)

Your weekly reminder that comics can be awesome, free-for-all edition…

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COMICS CAN BE AWESOME (31 August 2020)

Your action-packed reminder that comics can be awesome:

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1990s’ Batman comics reading guide – part 3

Vengeance of Bane We’re back with another installment of the 1990s’ Batman comics reading guide! Sadly, in the meantime this feature has also become a tribute to the recently deceased group editor of these titles, Dennis O’Neil, whose vision was … Continue reading

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Spotlight on Fury: My War Gone By

2012’s limited series Fury: My War Gone By is the kind of idiosyncratic, fascinating beast you get in the field of comics, bizarrely merging auteurism-ran-loose with a popular corporate franchise in the form of provocative historical fiction. It’s not just … Continue reading

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Spotlight on Foolkiller

As I explained last week, this month is all about vigilantes operating outside of Gotham City. Last July, I addressed obvious series about street justice like The Punisher and Vigilante, but this time around I’m focusing on more off-kilter comics. … Continue reading

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