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Witchblade #171

A supernatural thriller, this is the Witchblade you’ve been waiting for. Writer Ron Marz understands Sara Pezzini the way Jeph Loeb understands Batman—inside and out with an emphasis on the…

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Team Girl Comic #9

A positive thinking and well-grounded small publishing collaborative of artists with no shortage of imagination. Team Girl Comic’s fun-loving casual collaborative ethos lends itself well to the anthology nature of…

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Harley Quinn #1

A sociopath with humor and heart. Harley Quinn has a certain homicidal charm and can-do attitude that makes her the Ann Marie or Carrie Bradshaw of the DC Universe. Her…

Celebrated Summer by Charles Forsman (Fantagraphics Books)

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Celebrated Summer

Charles Forsman rounds off a banner year with Celebrated Summer, an affecting trip through teenage ennui. The name Charles Forsman has been cropping up in a lot of end-of-year lists over…

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Invincible #107

Invincible shakes off the rust and shows there’s still new roads take after all these years Invincible has been in an interesting place in the past year or so. Robert Kirkman…

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Justice League 3000 #1

With Legion of Super-Heroes now a title of the past, DC Comics is looking to keep interest in the heroes of the 31st century alive. Unfortunately, Justice League 3000 isn’t…

Black is the Color by Julia Gfrörer (Fantagraphics Books)

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Black is the Color

Julia Gfrörer’s tale of strangeness at sea is a rich and surprisingly touching mix of lyricism, doomed romance and humour. Welcome back to Broken Frontier – where it’s ALL MERMAIDS,…

Look Straight Ahead by Elaine M Will (Cuckoo's Nest Press)

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Look Straight Ahead

Elaine M Will’s self-publishing success story uses every tool in the cartoonist’s kit to depict vividly the experience of mental illness. As you enter  ‘Paul Klee: Making Visible’, a major…

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Black Science #1

Remender and Scalera cook up old school sci-fi with an anarchist twist and a side of psychedelia in Black Science. Scientist Grant McKay and his Anarchist League of Scientists have…

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Letter 44 #2

Nothing is quite what it seems on Earth or in space. Letter 44 messes with your mind, and you won’t mind at all. While newly elected President Blades is being…

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Uncanny Avengers #14

The themes of Remender’s multiple “Uncanny” titles come together in a devastating issue This issue of Uncanny Avengers has been well hyped this week as a game changer, promising plenty of death…

Boxers and Saints by Gene Luen Yang (First Second)

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Boxers and Saints

Through the lives of two young people in 19th century China, Gene Luen Yang provides a powerful look at the dangers of fanaticism and the difficulties of faith. Without a…

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Room for Love

Room for Love is no conventional, sweet and cheerful, happy-ending love story. It’s a painful, sometimes bitter, account of the unlikely collision of two people’s lives told with sincere authenticity…

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Rocket Girl #2

Impulsive, witty, and captivating, Rocket Girl #2 is a jetpack-powered thrill ride through time. Dayoung Johansson is a freckle-faced teenage cop on a mission to prevent our future (her present)…

Map of Days by Robert Hunter (Nobrow Press)

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Map of Days

Ambitious storytelling meets exquisite design in Robert Hunter’s lovely fable, marking another triumph for Nobrow Press. Emerging graphic novelist Robert Hunter and the design-led British publisher Nobrow got to know…

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