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Vandroid #1 – A Love Letter to Cult Sci-Fi Movies That Gets Lost in the Post

  • by Evan Henry
  • March 7, 2014

Vandroid takes genre tropes to an occasionally funny extreme in a well-crafted new mini-series, but loses its tonal compass somewhere along the way. A would-be blockbuster is lost long before…

Veil #1 by Greg Rucka & Toni Fejzula (Dark Horse Comics)

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Veil #1 – Greg Rucka and Toni Fejzula Breathe New Life into a Familiar Trope for Dark Horse

  • by Tom Murphy
  • March 6, 2014

Another week, another amnesia mystery. However, the high-level craft of Greg Rucka and Toni Fejzula adds a bit of gloss to a routine set-up. It seems that every week brings…

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Pariah #1 – The Vitros Get Down to Earth in a Follow-Up Mini-Series from Dark Horse

  • by Evan Henry
  • March 6, 2014

The Pariah monthly picks up where its predecessor left off, taking genetically engineered teens on a quest for survival in low-earth orbit. And then they were in space, and… Wait, where’s the…

Veil #1 (Dark Horse), by Greg Rucka and Toni Fejzula

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Broken Frontier Staff Picks for March 5, 2014: Moon Knight, Evil Empire, Veil, Forever Evil & More

  • by Frederik Hautain
  • March 5, 2014

It’s almost Wednesday, and you know what that means: a fresh load of comics and graphic novels! With so many publications hitting your local comics store or digital storefront, BF…

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Tomb Raider #1 – Gail Simone Gets Lara Croft’s New Adventures off to a Promising Start

  • by Joe Krawec
  • March 5, 2014

As fan-favourite writer Gail Simone starts a new Tomb Raider series for Dark Horse, is it a comic by a woman, about a woman, for a woman? When I read…

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Serenity: Leaves on the Wind #2 – A Wholly Believable Continuation of the 2005 Feature Film

  • by Karen O'Brien
  • February 27, 2014

Whedon’s characterizations and dialogue are spot-on, making this comic wholly believable as a continuation of events following the 2005 feature film. Where is the Firefly-class ship Serenity? In the capable…

White Suits #1 by Frank J Barbiere & Toby Cypress (Dark Horse Comics)

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White Suits #1 – A Blistering Shot of Neo-Noir from Frank J. Barbiere and Toby Cypress

  • by Tom Murphy
  • February 20, 2014

What’s black and white and red all over? How about White Suits #1 from Dark Horse, by Frank Barbiere and Toby Cypress – the perfect cure for those 100 Bullets…

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Lobster Johnson: Get the Lobster #1- Pulp Era Adventuring from Mignola, Arcudi and Zonjic

  • by Evan Henry
  • February 10, 2014

The Lobster’s pulp-era adventures continue in a miniseries that is entertaining, if not quite standout Mignola fare. The year is 1934, and naturally, that means we’re in for the noir/pulp…

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Furious #1

  • by Evan Henry
  • February 3, 2014

Dark Horse’s Furious brings fresh material to familiar “antihero” territory, examining the intersection of fame and superheroics. The Beacon is a superheroine with some anger issues. While she means well,…

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Broken Frontier Staff Picks for January 29, 2014

  • by Frederik Hautain
  • January 28, 2014

It’s almost Wednesday, and you know what that means: a fresh load of comics and graphic novels! With so many publications hitting your local comics store or digital storefront, BF…

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Broken Frontier Staff Picks for January 15, 2014

  • by Frederik Hautain
  • January 14, 2014

It’s almost Wednesday, and you know what that means: a fresh load of comics and graphic novels! With so many publications hitting your local comics store or digital storefront, BF…

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Broken Frontier Staff Picks for December 18, 2013

  • by Frederik Hautain
  • December 17, 2013

It’s almost Wednesday, and you know what that means: a fresh load of comics and graphic novels! With so many publications hitting your local comics store or digital storefront, BF…

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Diamond Announces Contents for the January 2014 PREVIEWS

  • by Richard Boom
  • December 15, 2013

Press Release The January edition of Diamond Comic Distributors’ monthly PREVIEWS catalog arrives in comic shops, hobby stores, and other specialty outlets on January 1st and features comic books, graphic…

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The Fifth Beatle: The Brian Epstein Story

  • by Evan Henry
  • November 27, 2013

Tiwary and Robinson exquisitely meld history and fiction in this fully painted graphic biography of the legendary Beatles manager. By the time Brian Epstein met the Beatles in 1961, they…

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Hellboy: The Midnight Circus

  • by Kris Bather
  • November 4, 2013

In the dedications page, Mignola acknowledges Carlo Collodi, the author of Pinocchio and Fegredo thanks his mother who didn’t dissuade him from joining the circus. That indicates the tone of…

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Conan and the People of the Black Circle #1

  • by Evan Henry
  • October 28, 2013

Dark Horse’s latest Conan series dishes up widescreen action and brilliant art in a faithful adaptation of Howard’s short story. Fred Van Lente, soon to take over writing duties for…

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S.H.O.O.T. First #1

  • by Evan Henry
  • October 22, 2013

S.H.O.O.T. First shows promise with an intriguing premise and solid art, but falls flat on originality and character development. Welcome to the world of S.H.O.O.T. First, a world where angels,…

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UXB TPB

  • by Evan Henry
  • October 16, 2013

Writer-artist Colin Lorimer expertly weaves a grim, darkly sardonic story of survival and depravity in a post-apocalyptic London. Dark Horse Comics’ UXB hardcover both collects the “UXB” serial from Dark…

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