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Farewell to ‘The Dandy’: UK Comics Anthology Ends Digitally As Well

by Tony Ingram
July 4, 2013

Yesterday, word got out that the long-running UK comics anothology The Dandy had halted its digital publication plans and that last week’s edition was the final one. It was only…

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How to Capture a Ghost: Joshua Williamson Talks ‘Ghosted’

by Frederik Hautain
July 1, 2013

On sale next week from Image Comics is Ghosted, a five-issue miniseries about Jackson T. Winters, a criminal mastermind who’s locked away in jail for good, until some rich bloke…

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Dave Gibbons’s War Machine: A Rogue Trooper Hit or Misfire?

by Tony Ingram
June 21, 2013

The War Machine, the first fourteen-part story to feature the rebooted version of 2000 AD’s Rogue Trooper by Dave Gibbons and Will Simpson, has just been released in collected form…

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Love Lost at Sea: Becky Cloonan Talks ‘Demeter’

by Frederik Hautain
June 18, 2013

June is a big month for Becky Cloonan. Not only is she drawing the spectacular The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys, of which the first issue hit last week,…

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The Avengers: Earth’s Most Stylish Heroes

by Tony Ingram
June 3, 2013

There are plenty of heroes and groups of heroes in fiction, but few as innovative, as unusual or with just so much pure class as the Avengers, created way back…

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The Pre-Apocalypse Is Near: Ed Brisson Talks Sheltered

by Frederik Hautain
May 29, 2013

By now it’s pretty clear that those Mayans got it wrong. The world didn’t explode on December 21, 2012. But that doesn’t mean humanity is completely out of harm’s way,…

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Trading Up: The Simon & Kirby Library: Science Fiction

by Andy Oliver
May 28, 2013

Over the last few years Titan Books have published a number of handsome collections of classic comics work by legendary creators Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. These have included volumes…

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Bryan J.L. Glass: The End of Mice Templar

by Kris Bather
May 21, 2013

Little creatures on a big adventure is normally something you’d associate with Disney, but Image Comics’ The Mice Templar is closer to fantasy epics by J.R.R. Tolkien, or George R.R….

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Heads in the Clouds: Jeff Ellis and Bevan Thomas Dream Big as Members of Cloudscape Comics Society

by Jason Wilkins
May 9, 2013

Denny O’Neil, comics writer and editor extraordinaire and one of the smartest guys on the planet when it comes to funny books, once said: “There is seldom one absolute, unarguable,…

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Free Comic Book Day 2013: What To Get – Part 2

by Kris Bather
May 3, 2013

Here is my final examination of this year’s offerings for the awesomeness that is Free Comic Book Day (see Part 1 here). All-Ages Kaboom! Summer Blast. BOOM! Comics’ all-ages imprint has…

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Free Comic Book Day 2013: What To Get – Part 1

by Kris Bather
May 2, 2013

Welcome to an introduction to one of the greatest comic loving days of the year. Saturday is Free Comic Book Day, an annual occurrence on the first Saturday in May….

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Tony Stark vs. The Mandarin: Iron Man 3 Lives up to its Potential

by Kris Bather
April 30, 2013

Superhero sequels will always undergo scrutiny, and especially this franchise, after the rise of Robert Downey Jr, and the Marvel Cinematic Universe, expectations were always going to be high. Thankfully,…

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C2E2 2013: Once Again a Blast for Comics Fans

by Eric Lindberg
April 28, 2013

The Chicago Comics and Entertainment Expo, now in its fourth year, continues to be one of the best pop cultural events in the Windy City. While keeping comics at the…

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Trading Up: Kick-Ass 2 Prelude: Hit-Girl

by Andy Oliver
April 18, 2013

At its core, this Hit-Girl run is about one very damaged little girl trying to connect with a reality she cannot even begin to understand. The original Kick-Ass series was…