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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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Bill Willingham’s Fables: Sons of Empire

Posted on 24th January 2022 by Aptil Gutierrez

Bill Willingham writer; Mark Buckingham, Steve Leialoha, Michael Allred, Andrew Pepoy artists In this ninth installment in the ongoing Fables series, Bill Willingham is back in top form, delivering solid character development and intriguing plot in spades. A mix of … Continue reading →

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Bill Willingham’s Fables: The Dark Ages

Posted on 24th January 2022 by Aptil Gutierrez

Bill Willingham author, Steve Leialoha artist With this twelfth collection of his award-winning series, Bill Willingham tackles the aftermath of the Fables’ victorious war with the Adversary, examining the effects on the Fables, Gepetto and the lands he formerly ruled. … Continue reading →

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Bill Willingham’s Jack of Fables: The (Nearly) Great Escape, and Jack of Hearts

Posted on 24th January 2022 by Richard Dansky

Bill Willingham author, Matthew Sturges, Tony Akins and Andrew Pepoy artists Jack of Fables is very much a “your mileage may vary” sort of series. Whether or not you like it depends pretty much entirely on whether or not you … Continue reading →

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Bill Willingham’s Fables: The Good Prince

Posted on 24th January 2022 by Aptil Gutierrez

Bill Willingham author; Mark Buckingham, Steve Leialoha, Aaron Alexovich, Andrew Pepoy artists When a series is as consistently excellent as Fables, it can be extremely difficult to decide which is the finest issue or volume. However, The Good Prince, the … Continue reading →

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