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Various artists’ Manga Survey, Part 3

Posted on 28th March 2022 by Robert M. Tilendis

Kentaro Yabuki’s Black Cat, Vols. 1-6 BONES, Keiko Nobumoto, and Toshitsugu Iida’s Wolf’s Rain Makoto Tatenos Steal Moon, Vol. 1 Science fiction is another area in which Western comics and manga have made a strong presence for themselves. Aside from … Continue reading →

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Various artists’ Manga Survey, Part 1

Posted on 28th March 2022 by Robert M. Tilendis

Matsuri Hino’s Vampire Knight (Vols. 1-5) Maguro Wasabi’s Necratoholic Tite Kubo’s Bleach, Vols. 1-2 Comics and graphic novels have always had an affinity for the bizarre, surreal, fantastic, and otherwise otherworldly, and manga is no exception. Although many titles – … Continue reading →

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Alan Grant’s Justice League of America: Batman: The Stone King

Posted on 13th March 2022 by Richard Dansky

There are two problems with the GraphicAudio presentation of Batman: The Stone King, and neither of them are what you’d expect. The actual voice acting is fine, ranging from competent to quite good. Richard Rohan’s narration moves things along briskly, … Continue reading →

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Hank Wagner, Christopher Golden and Stephen R. Bissette’s Prince of Stories: The Many Worlds of Neil Gaiman

Posted on 13th March 2022 by Aptil Gutierrez

Authors Hank Wagner and Christopher Golden collaborated previously on The Complete Stephen King Universe, a comprehensive, excellent study of King’s writings. This time around they’ve enlisted the help of artist Stephen Bissette and have turned their attention to Neil Gaiman. … Continue reading →

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Mike W. Barr and Brian Bolland’s Camelot 3000

Posted on 13th March 2022 by Richard Dansky

You can’t look at Camelot 3000 strictly on its own merits, whatever those merits might be. Someone coming to first read the series now – recently re-collected in a gorgeous hardcover deluxe edition by DC – would probably see it … Continue reading →

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Alan Moore and Kevin O’Neill’s The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen – Century: 1910

Posted on 28th February 2022 by Robert M. Tilendis

I confess to a bit of ambivalence about Alan Moore’s work. Swamp Thing didn’t really catch me at all, Watchmen left me cold (it seems to me that if you’re going to do a successful parody, you can’t take yourself … Continue reading →

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John Ridley and Georges Jeanty’s The American Way

Posted on 28th February 2022 by Richard Dansky

There’s a little bit of Watchmen in The American Way, in which a hidden conspiracy uses superheroes and manufactured threats to manipulate public opinion for the “greater good.” There’s a bit of Marvels, with a regular Joe type (in this … Continue reading →

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Kazu Kibuishi’s Flight Explorer: Volume 1

Posted on 28th February 2022 by Aptil Gutierrez

Flight Explorer is a spin-off of Kazu Kibuishi‘s ongoing comic anthology Flight, aimed very specifically at children. The artists who join him in this graphic novel also contribute to Flight. Each of the artists involved including Kibuishi provided both story … Continue reading →

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Bill Willingham and Matthew Sturges’s The Great Fables Crossover

Posted on 25th January 2022 by Aptil Gutierrez

Bill Willingham and Matthew Sturges writers; Mark Buckingham, Russ Braun, Tony Atkins, Andrew Pepey, Jose Marzan, Jr. and Dan Gree artists The Great Fables Crossover takes place entirely within the Fables universe, pulling together characters and plot threads from the … Continue reading →

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Bill Willingham’s Fables, Volume 3: Storybook Love, Volume 4: March of the Wooden Soldiers, and Volume 5: The Mean Seasons

Posted on 25th January 2022 by Aptil Gutierrez

Storybook Love: Bill Willingham writer; Mark Buckingham, Steve Leialoha artists March of the Wooden Soldiers: Bill Willingham writer; Mark Buckingham, Craig Hamilton, Steve Leialoha, P. Craig Russell artists The Mean Seasons: Bill Willingham writer; Tony Akins, Mark Buckingham, Steve Leialoha, … Continue reading →

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