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Author: James Ferguson

Comics 

Meet The Playlist-Powered Super Hero In ‘Shuffle’ From Arledge Comics

Indie publisher Arledge Comics has announced Shuffle, a middle-grade super hero comic from writer JD Boucher and artist George Kambadais.

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September 10, 2020 James Ferguson 2491 Views Arledge Comics, comics, George Kambadais, JD Boucher, Shuffle
Comics Reviews 

Review: Meet The Crew As A Robbery Is Planned In ‘Dry Foot #1’

High school kids now get into all new kinds of trouble. It’s just not the same as back in the

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September 9, 2020 James Ferguson 3872 Views comics, Dry Foot, Jarred Lujan, Justin Birch, Mad Cave Studios, Orlando Caicedo, Review, Warnia Sahadewa
Comics 

The Bad Guys Answer Fan Mail In ‘Dear Super-Villains’ Coming In 2021

Last year I was absolutely delighted to read Dear Justice League, a fun original graphic novel from writer Michael Northrop

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September 9, 2020 James Ferguson 2118 Views comics, Cris Peter, DC Comics, DC FanDome, Dear Super-Villains, Gustavo Duarte, Michael Northrop, Wes Abbott
Comics 

Design Your Own Space Marine With ‘Warhammer 40,000: Marneus Calgar #1’ Color Your Own Variant

Next month sees the debut of Warhammer: 40,000: Marneus Calgar, the new series bringing the tabletop gaming universe to Marvel

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September 9, 2020 James Ferguson 2334 Views comics, Jacen Burrows, Kieron Gillen, Marvel Comics, Max Dunbar, variant covers, Warhammer 40000: Marneus Calgar
Comics 

Deconstructing Comics #672: “Pulp” And Publishing Your Book

The words “Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips” have essentially become the name of a genre, a certain kind of noir-ish

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September 8, 2020 James Ferguson 2038 Views comics, Deconstructing Comics, Ed Brubaker, Gamal Hennessy, Ghost Band, pulp, The Business Of Independent Comic Book Publishing
Comics Reviews 

Review: An Unbelievable And Inspiring Journey Unfolds In ‘Bear’

You know that old proverb about a group of blind people touching different parts of an elephant and coming up

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September 8, 2020 James Ferguson 2216 Views Andworld Design, Bear, Ben Queen, Boom! Studios, comics, Joe Todd-Stanton, Review
Comics Reviews 

Review: The Fight Comes Home In ‘Miles Morales: Spider-Man #18’

Home invasion is a horrifying idea. It’s one that scares everyone. The feeling is one of violation. It’s heightened when

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September 8, 2020 James Ferguson 2462 Views Carmen Carnero, comics, Cory Petit, David Curiel, Marvel Comics, Miles Morales: Spider-Man, Review, Saladin Ahmed
Comics 

Exclusive Preview: Oz Debuts With New Creative Team In ‘Angel & Spike #14’

This month sees a new creative team jumping onto Angel & Spike from BOOM! Studios. Produced in partnership with 20th

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September 8, 2020 James Ferguson 2244 Views 20th Century Studios, Angel & Spike, Boom! Studios, comics, Ed Dukeshire, Hayden Sherman, Roman Titov, Zac Thompson
Comics Reviews 

Review: A Dreary Dieselpunk Landscape Awaits In ‘Broken Gargoyles #1’

In an alternate world where the Great World was fought with Dieselpunk technology, society has seen better days. The perils

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September 7, 2020 James Ferguson 3741 Views Bob Salley, Broken Gargoyles, comics, Justin Birch, Review, Robert Nugent, Source Point Press, Stan Yak
Comics 

Nerves Of Steel – Jarred Lujan & Orlando Caicedo Talk ‘Dry Foot’

Dry Foot, the latest series from Mad Cave Studios is set to debut this week, following a group of kids

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September 7, 2020 James Ferguson 2186 Views comics, Dry Foot, Jarred Lujan, Mad Cave Studios, Orlando Caicedo
Comics 

‘Mega Man: Fully Charged #1’ Sells Out Week Of Release

BOOM! Studios is racking up the sell-outs lately with new titles like Seven Secrets, We Only Find Them When They’re

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September 5, 2020 James Ferguson 2193 Views A.J. Marchisello, Boom! Studios, comics, Dentsu Enteratinment USA, Marcus Rinehart, Mega Man: Fully Charged, Stefano Simeone, WildBrain Ltd
Comics 

‘The Expanse’ Expands In New Comic Series From BOOM! Studios

Fans of the Amazon Original TV series The Expanse will soon have more space-faring story to dig into. BOOM! Studios

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September 5, 2020 James Ferguson 2309 Views Alejandro Aragon, Boom! Studios, comics, Corinna Bechko, The Expanse
Events 

NerdFest Comes To Quad Cities In 2021

The Quad Cities are getting a new festival for all things nerd, geek, and fandom. August 2021 will bring NerdFest

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September 5, 2020 James Ferguson 3337 Views NerdFest
Comics Events 

Mad Cave Studios Gears Up For Another Virtual Showcase

Earlier this year publisher Mad Cave Studios unveiled its upcoming slate of titles through an online virtual showcase. This October,

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September 5, 2020 James Ferguson 2289 Views Battlecats, comics, Honor & Curse, Mad Cave Studios, Stargazer, Terminal Punks, Villainous
Comics 

‘Wynd #1’ Sells Out Of Second Printing; Third On The Way

Wynd, the new fantasy series from BOOM! Studios continues to grow. The publisher has announced the debut issue of the

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September 4, 2020 James Ferguson 1918 Views Aditya Bidikar, Boom! Studios, comics, James Tynion IV, Michael Dialynas, Wynd
Comics 

Spider-Woman, More Dawn Of X, And More Coming To Marvel Unlimited In September

Marvel Unlimited, the digital comics subscription service providing access to over 27,000 issues of Marvel Comics is getting a little

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September 4, 2020 James Ferguson 2271 Views comics, Marvel Comics, Marvel Unlimited
Comics 

‘We Only Find Them When They’re Dead #1’ Heads To Third Printing

The new sci-fi series We Only Find Them When They’re Dead from BOOM! Studios debuted this week and has already

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September 4, 2020 James Ferguson 2417 Views Al Ewing, Andworld Design, Boom! Studios, comics, Mariasara Miotti, Simone di Meo, We Only Find Them When They're Dead
Comics 

A Secret Destiny Revealed In ‘Shang-Chi #1’ Trailer

You’ve seen the variant covers leading up to the release. Now as we get closer to the series debut, Marvel

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September 4, 2020 James Ferguson 1954 Views comics, Dike Ruan, Gene Luen Yang, Marvel Comics, Philip Tan, Shang-Chi
Comics 

Critiquing Comics #177: “Genius Animals?”

Back in the early days of the podcast, artist Jun-Pierre Shiozawa was one of our first interviewees. He recently resurfaced

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September 3, 2020 James Ferguson 2147 Views Critiquing Comics, Genius Animals?, Jun-Pierre Shiozawa
Comics 

The Green Goblin Returns In ‘Amazing Spider-Man #850’ Trailer

Amazing Spider-Man #49 is set for release later this month, however, using Marvel Math, this is also Amazing Spider-Man #850

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September 3, 2020 James Ferguson 2594 Views Aaron Kuder, Amazing Spider-Man, Chris Bachalo, comics, Humberto Ramos, Kurt Busiek, Mark Bagley, Marvel Comics, Nick Spencer, Ryan Ottley, Saladin Ahmed, Tradd Moore
Comics 

The Art School Basketball Team Story Concludes In ‘The Avant-Guards: Down To The Wire’ First Look

The Avant-Guards, the super fun comic following a group of misfit art students who band together to create their school’s

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September 3, 2020 James Ferguson 2335 Views Boom! Box, Boom! Studios, Carly Usdin, comics, Ed Dukeshire, Eleonora Bruni, Noah Hayes, The Avant-Guard, The Avant-Guards
Comics 

‘ArkWorld: Volume 1’ Sells Out On Day Of Release; 2nd Printing Coming

ArkWorld, the “Archeopunk” sci-fi series from Devil’s Due Comics has sold out of its first volume the day of release.

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September 3, 2020 James Ferguson 2317 Views ArkWorld, comics, Devil's Due Comics, Josh Blaylock, Travis Hymel
Comics 

Brother Sabre Joins The Fight In Mico Suayan’s ‘Shang-Chi #1’ Variant

Marvel has been dropping a bunch of variant covers leading up to the release of Shang-Chi #1 later this month.

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September 2, 2020 James Ferguson 2162 Views comics, Dike Ruan, Gene Luen Yang, Marvel Comics, Mico Suayan, Philip Tan, Shang-Chi, variant covers
Comics Crowdfunding 

BOOM! Studios Hits Kickstarter For Keanu Reeves-Backed ‘BRZRKR’ Collections

In a move that has caused quite a stir in the comic book industry, BOOM! Studios has launched a Kickstarter

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September 2, 2020 James Ferguson 2728 Views bill crabtree, Boom! Studios, BRZRKR, Clem Robins, comics, Keanu Reeves, Kickstarter, Matt Kindt, Ron Garney
Comics 

Deconstructing Comics #671: Derf’s “Kent State”

Fifty years ago, four students died when national guardsman inexplicably opened fire during an anti-war protest at Kent State University.

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September 1, 2020 James Ferguson 2110 Views comics, Deconstructing Comics, Derf Backderf, Kent State
Comics Reviews 

Review: An Elaborate And Fascinating Heist Unfolds In ‘Wicked Things #4’

Sure, she’s accused of attempted murder, but that doesn’t mean Lottie is going to stop solving mysteries. She can’t help

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September 1, 2020 James Ferguson 4013 Views Boom! Studios, comics, Jim Campbell, John Alllison, Max Sarin, Review, Whitney Cogar, Wicked Things
Comics 

‘We Only Find Them When They’re Dead #1’ Sells Out The Week Of Release

We Only Find Them When They’re Dead hasn’t even debuted yet, but BOOM! Studios has already announced the first issue

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September 1, 2020 James Ferguson 1999 Views Al Ewing, Andworld Design, Boom! Studios, comics, Dan Mora, Mariasara Miotti, Simone di Meo, We Only Find Them When They're Dead
Uncategorized 

UDON Entertainment Reveals Exclusive Variants For ‘Street Fighter #100’

UDON Entertainment is celebrating a double milestone with its own 20th anniversary and Street Fighter reaching 100 issues. This monumental

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September 1, 2020 James Ferguson 2412 Views comics, Ken Siu-Chong, Panzer, Reiq, Street Fighter, UDON Entertainment, variant covers
Comics 

Dark Horse Hosts ‘Legend Of Korra’ Comic Book Live Reading

With The Legend of Korra hitting Netflix and CBS All Access, new and old fans are discovering the series once

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September 1, 2020 James Ferguson 2487 Views comics, Dark Horse Comics, David Faustino, Janet Varney, Mindy Sterling, P.J. Byrne, Seychelle Gabriel, The Legend of Korra, Twitch
Comics Reviews 

Review: A Satisfying Ending That Came Way Too Soon In ‘Ghosted In LA #12’

Daphne is forced to make a decision that will affect her future, both in college and at Rycroft Manor. It’s

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August 31, 2020 James Ferguson 2152 Views Boom! Studios, Cathy Le, comics, DC Hopkins, Ghosted in LA, Review, Sina Grace, Siobhan Keenan
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Preview: Strange Creatures In A Strange Dimension Await In Rob Cham’s ‘Lost’

Next month sees the release of Lost from Buño Books, the second book in the silent graphic novel series, Light

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August 31, 2020 James Ferguson 2951 Views Buño Books, comics, Lost, Rob Cham
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