Bigger Is Better: Reviewing ‘Skinbreaker’ Deluxe Edition Hardcover
Robert Kirkman and David Finch’s Skinbreaker is the kind of comic that demands to be seen big. Now that all
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Review: ‘Midnight Spider-Man’ #1 Takes The Familiar And Mixes It With Horror And Gore
Midnight Spider-Man is not the wallcrawler you know. Not exactly, anyway. Sure there are familiar elements. Peter Parker is still
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Advance Review: Steve Skroce Asks “What If?” In ‘Tales Of Wonder’ #2
What if Captain America and the Avengers and the Fantastic Four weren’t figments of comic book creators’ imaginations but rather
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Advance Review: ‘Of The Earth’ #6 Ends The Series With An Unsatisfying Bang
Over the course of the six issues from the miniseries Of the Earth, Tabby Black has been through a lot.
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Advance Review: ‘Crowbound’ #2 Moves At Its Own Pace And Reveals Just Enough To Keep Readers Hooked
It’s not every new series that ends its premiere issue with the main character’s throat being slashed and pushed off
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Collector’s Paradise Celebrates The Marvel Midnight Universe With Special Launch Event
Marvel fans and collectors in Southern California will have a chance to be among the first to snag the first
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Advance Review: ‘Hammerfist’ #2 Is Nonstop Action From Cover To Cover
First the heist and now the escape. After a crazy first issue involving a scumbag main character getting
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Advance Review: ‘White Sky’ #6 Completes Initial Story Arc Leaving More Questions Than Answers
Story arcs in comics are funny things. First, they are pretty arbitrary. The arc begins and ends
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The Only Theme Is Diversity: Meeting The Talent Behind New Publisher Comicsburgh
Starting any company is a tall task, but founding an entirely new comic book publisher with a full slate of
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Buckle Up For A Fun Ride — Reviewing ‘The Last Driver’ #2
“So what do we do?” “We drive.” No other set of dialogue could better explain Sean Murphy’s The Last
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Review: “The Eye Collector’ #4 Continues To Embrace The Weird
There’s weird and then there’s The Eye Collector. Weird, of course, is relative. My weird may be normal to
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Advance Review: ‘Terminal’ #3 Is Less Than The Sum Of Its Talented Parts
Sometimes a proven team of industry legends comes together and wows readers with an amazing story, witty dialogue, and eye-popping
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Advance Review: ‘Corpse Knight’ #6 Wraps Up A Largely Forgettable Journey
Young Foy has been through a lot. And so have the readers. But it still wasn’t very satisfying for any
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Advance Review — Darrow Treats Readers To A Visual Extravaganza In ‘The Shaolin Cowboy: Staying A.I.Live’ #3
Chances are you’re not picking up a Geof Darrow book for the intricate story. That’s not a knock
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Advance Review — ‘Universal Monsters: Blood Of The Wolf Man’ #4 Can’t Live Up To Its Sister Series
It’s never easy being compared to your siblings — especially when they are more successful than you. But in
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Advance Review — ‘That Texas Blood: Hell Comes To Allison Ranch’ #1 Is Back *Again*
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before. The truth of the matter is you probably have. Things
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Advance Review — The End Is Near For The Federation And The Series In ‘Star Trek: The Last Starship’ #11
From the many battles with Klingons and Romulans to the threat of the Borg to the Dominion War, the United
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Advance Review — Massive Battles Dominate ‘Invincible Universe: Battle Beast’ Vol. 2
This one is all about the battles. After a slow start, Invincible Universe: Battle Beast Vol. 2 —
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The One Where Tom King Writes About ‘Friends’ — Reviewing ‘Six Of Us’ #1
Stop me if you’ve heard this before: A group of six young people star in an overwhelmingly successful sitcom about
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Inaugural ICON Festival Celebrates Comic And Narrative Art In LA This November
Move over Lake Como and the Hawaiian Islands. It’s time for Los Angeles to show off some comic glitz and
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Advance Review: ‘Odin’ #4 Will Have You Guessing About What Is Really Happening
In the real world, journalists are having a rough time with the closing of newspapers and the distrust of many
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Advance Review: ‘Of The Earth’ #5 Delivers Its Best Issue To Date
My Grandma, what a very big … knife you have! Of the Earth’s Gramma Betty is back — and
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Advance Review — ‘Star Trek: Red Shirts — Ghosts Of The 21st Century’ #2 Defies The Franchise’s Rigid Structure
With its utopian society and lack of conflict among humans, Star Trek is not the easiest franchise to write for. After all,
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Advance Review — ‘Blood & Thunder’ #17 Delivers Another Inconsistent Issue
The seesaw of inconsistency that has marked Blood & Thunder has once again swung downward. The series just can’t
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You Keep Going Because You Love It — Discussing New Publisher Brain Poison’s Upcoming Slate Of Comics
If you thought creating one comic book series was difficult, imagine launching three at the same time. That’s the task
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It’s A Lot, But Dang It’s Fun — Jason Neulander Discusses ‘Treasure Island Reimagined’
Jason Neulander wears many hats including playwright, director, producer, and comic book writer. The hyphenated creator is putting all those
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Advance Review: Art Imitates Life In Comics In ‘Tales Of Wonder’ #1
The never-ending debate of who is more important in comics — the writer or the artist — rages in Steve Skroce‘s
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Advance Review: ‘Oifusa’ #1 Shows Off Guillem March’s Storytelling Prowess
You can’t say that Guillem March isn’t willing to put in the work. March, known for his illustration work on Batman and Catwoman,
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Advance Review: The Story Starts To Take Hold In ‘The Eye Collector’ #3
There’s a lot of confusion in The Eye Collector, but one thing is certain: Never let Nathan’s mom tell the kids
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Advance Review: ‘Corpse Knight’ #5 Reveals The Series’ Real Bad Guy
With friends like these, young Foy certainly doesn’t need any more enemies. For the last four issues of
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Advance Review — ‘Universal Monsters: Blood Of The Wolf Man’ #3 Racks Up The Body Count
If nothing else, this issue put the blood in Universal Monsters: Blood of the Wolf Man. Just as in
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