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Author: Tom Smithyman

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Tributes Pour In For “GOAT,” “King,” “Powerhouse” Kim Jung Ji

Master artist Kim Jung Ji, known for his unique contributions to comics, illustration and pop art, died Monday of a

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October 5, 2022October 5, 2022 Tom Smithyman 2847 Views adi granov, CB Cebulski, Greg Capullo, Hyun Jin Kim, Jimmy Palmiotti, Kim Jung Gi, Mark Brooks, New York Comic Con 2022, NYCC 2022
Comics Reviews 

Advance Review: `Star Trek: Picard – Stargazer’ #2 Bides Time Before Season 3

When you have a character as celebrated as Jean-Luc Picard, there is an understandable tendency to want bigger stories each

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October 4, 2022October 2, 2022 Tom Smithyman 1353 Views advance review, Angel Hernandez, comics, IDW, Kirsten Beyer, Mike Johnson, Paramount+, Star Trek: Picard, Star Trek: Picard – Stargazer #2
Comics Reviews 

Advance Review: The Killer Stalks His Prey In `That Texas Blood’ #18

From its introduction, That Texas Blood has been appointment reading. Each arc deals with a new mystery in Ambrose County

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October 4, 2022October 2, 2022 Tom Smithyman 1084 Views advance review, Chris Condon, comics, Image Comics, jacob phillips, Reviews, suspense thriller, That Texas Blood #18
Comics Reviews 

Advance Review: We’ve Been Here Before In `Time Before Time’ #17

Bounty hunters often get a bad rap. From the Boba Fett in The Empire Strike Back to Jaws in the

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October 3, 2022October 2, 2022 Tom Smithyman 886 Views advance review, comics, Declan Shalvey, Eric Zawadzki, Image Comics, James Bond, Reviews, Rory McConville, The Empire Strikes Back, Time Before Time #17
Comics Reviews 

Advance Review: Choose Your Own Adventure In `Rogue Sun’ #7

For those of us of a certain age, Choose Your Own Adventure books were a staple of a pre-teen library.

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October 3, 2022October 2, 2022 Tom Smithyman 1596 Views advance review, choose-your-own-adventure, comics, Image Comics, Nick Cotton, Raul Angulo, Rogue Sun #7, Ryan Parrott, Zé Carlos
Comics Reviews 

Advance Review: `Dead Kingdom’ #2 Takes Too Many Cues From `The Walking Dead’

If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, then Robert Kirkman and the creative team from The Walking Dead must

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October 3, 2022August 30, 2022 Tom Smithyman 1304 Views advance review, comics, Dead Kingdom, Etienne Derepentigny, Red 5 Comics, Robert Kirkman, The Walking Dead, zombie apocalypse
Comics Reviews 

Advance Review: Fleshing Out the Villains In `Minor Threats’ #2

Minor villains have been the staple of comic books for decades. They serve often as comic relief or as a

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September 30, 2022September 29, 2022 Tom Smithyman 1746 Views advance review, comics, Dark Horse Comics, Jordan Blum, Minor Threats #2, Patton Oswalt, Reviews, Scott Hepburn
Comics Reviews 

Advance Review: Embracing Every Liberal Cause In `Survival Street’ #3

Comic books are no stranger to tackling important social issues. Throughout their history they have, either directly or through metaphors,

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September 30, 2022September 29, 2022 Tom Smithyman 1578 Views Abylay Kussainov, advance review, comics, Dark Horse Comics, James Asmus, Jim Festante, Reviews, Sesame Street, Survival Street #3
Comics Interviews 

Revenge Through Krispy Kremes: An Interview With `Cherish’ Writer Katana Collins

With more than 25 prose and graphic novels under her belt – including Batman: White Knight Presents: Harley Quinn, Katana

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September 29, 2022September 28, 2022 Tom Smithyman 1549 Views Cherish, comics, Dynamite, Interview, Katana Collins, Marc Silvestri, vigilante
Comics Reviews 

Advance Review: Fighting The Good Fight In ‘August: Purgatory Underground’ #3

Fistfights are not always the easiest battles to follow in comic books. Depicting the precise actions and reactions takes quite

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September 28, 2022August 8, 2022 Tom Smithyman 1247 Views advanced review, August: Purgatory Underground, Benjamin Morse, comics, Red 5 Comics, Review
Comics Reviews 

Advance Review: Revealing Origins In `Sins Of The Black Flamingo’ #4

In any story, exposition is more of an art than a science. There’s no predetermined, optimal path for a writer

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September 27, 2022September 26, 2022 Tom Smithyman 1273 Views advance review, Andrew Wheeler, comics, Image Comics, Sins of the Black Flamingo #4, Tamra Bonvillain, Travis Moore
Comics Conventions Cosplay Events 

Get Your Con On: Planning For October’s New York Comic Con

With New York Comic Con less that two weeks away, it’s time to start making plans. NYCC is one of

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September 24, 2022September 23, 2022 Tom Smithyman 1463 Views Blue's Clues, Jamie Lee Curtis, Michael J Fox, New York Comic Con 2022, NYCC 2022
Comics Reviews 

Advance Review: Entering the Disney World from Hell In `Dark Ride’ #1

With rides named Devil’s Due, Murder Mountain, Cannibal Café and Tunnel of Lovecraft, it’s pretty clear that that the amusement

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September 23, 2022September 22, 2022 Tom Smithyman 2046 Views advance review, Andrei Bressan, comics, Dark Ride #1, horror, Image Comics, Joshua Williamson, Walt Disney
Comics Reviews 

Advance Review: The 12-Step Program From Hell In `Ice Cream Man’ #32

For many addicts, the road to recovery begins with a 12-step program. You know the drill: Admit that you are

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September 20, 2022September 17, 2022 Tom Smithyman 1524 Views advance review, Chris O'Halloran, comics, horror, Ice Cream Man #32, Image Comics, M.C. Escher, Martín Morazzo, W. Maxwell Prince
Comics Interviews 

Enter The Death Game: Zac Thompson And Bayleigh Underwood Discuss Mad Cave’s `Nature’s Labyrinth’

Nature’s Labyrinth is a new series from Mad Cave Studios due out November 2, 2022. In the series, eight felons

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September 20, 2022September 19, 2022 Tom Smithyman 1476 Views Andrei Tarkovsky, Bayleigh Underwood, comics, Interview, Mad Cave, Nature's Labyrinth, Richard Connell, Squid Game, Survivor, Zac Thompson
Comics Conventions Interviews 

Without Hesitation: An Interview With `A La Brava’ Writer Kayden Phoenix

Kayden Phoenix and her creative team are launching the world’s first Latina superhero team at next month’s New York Comic

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September 19, 2022September 18, 2022 Tom Smithyman 1237 Views A La Brava, comics, Interview, Kayden Phoenix, Latina, New York Comic Con, NYCC 2022, Superhero
Comics Reviews 

Advance Review: Devouring A Visual Smorgasbord In `Shaolin Cowboy: Cruel To Be Kin’ #5

Everything you need to understand Geof Darrow’s work can be found on the first panel of the first page of

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September 19, 2022September 17, 2022 Tom Smithyman 1117 Views advance review, comics, Dark Horse Comics, Geof Darrow, Kung Fu, Shaolin Cowboy: Cruel to be Kin #5
Comics Interviews 

Possibility And Potential: Comics Legend Dan Jurgens Talks `Lord Of The Jungle’

From the creation of Booster Gold to the death of Superman, Dan Jurgens has done it all. He has written

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September 16, 2022September 15, 2022 Tom Smithyman 1987 Views Benito Gallego, Burne Hogarth, comics, Dan Jurgens, Death of Superman, Dynamite, Gray Morrow, Hal Foster, Interview, Joe Kubert, john buscema, Lord of the Jungle, Russ Manning, tarzan
Comics Interviews 

Writer Fred Van Lente Discusses `Peter Cannon, Thunderbolt: Destroyer Of Death’

Peter Cannon, the Lightning Vessel of the Awakened from the shuttered Charlton Comics, is back in a new origin story

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September 14, 2022September 14, 2022 Tom Smithyman 1675 Views comics, DIEnamite, Dynamite, Fred Van Lente, interviews, peter cannon, Peter Cannon Thunderbolt: Destroyer of Death, The Vow, The Watchmen
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A Tale Of Two Strong Women: Writer Dan Abnett Talks `Vampirella Versus Red Sonja’

In 2020, Dynamite kicked off two titles in parallel – Red Sonja: The SuperPowers and Vampirella: The Dark Powers. Now those

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September 14, 2022September 14, 2022 Tom Smithyman 2407 Views Alessandro Ranaldi, comics, Dan Abnett, Dynamite, Interview, Red Sonja: The Superpowers, Vampirella Versus Red Sonja, Vampirella: The Dark Powers
Comics Reviews 

Advance Review: Set Phasers To Fun In `Star Trek: Lower Decks’ #1

The success of the streaming series Star Trek: Lower Decks caught many by surprise. After all, the Star Trek franchise

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September 13, 2022September 11, 2022 Tom Smithyman 1474 Views advance review, Chris Fenolgio, comics, Dixon Hill, IDW, Ryan North, Sherlock Holmes, Star Trek, Star Trek: Lower Decks #1
Comics Reviews 

Advance Review: The Predictable Truth Slowly Emerges In `Seven Sons’ #4

After three issues of introducing readers up a country as obsessed with the second coming of Christ as it is

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September 13, 2022September 9, 2022 Tom Smithyman 1128 Views advance review, comics, Image Comics, Jae Lee, june chung, Kelvin Mao, Robert Windom, Seven Sons #4
Comics Reviews 

Advance Review: Zeus Is Loose In `There’s Something Wrong With Patrick Todd’ #3

If ordinary people are judged based on the company they keep, then comic book heroes are only as good as

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September 13, 2022September 12, 2022 Tom Smithyman 1085 Views advance review, Aftershock Comics, comics, Ed Brisson, Gavin Guidry, horror, There's Something Wrong With Patrick Todd #3
Comics Reviews 

Advance Review: Revisiting A Really Bad Year In `The Silver Coin’ #14

For many people, 2020 was the year from hell. The pandemic, the toilet paper shortage, the civil unrest following the

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September 12, 2022September 9, 2022 Tom Smithyman 1409 Views advance review, comics, horror, Image Comics, Michael Walsh, Pornsak Pichetshote, The Silver Coin #14
Comics Interviews 

The Eyes Have It: An Interview With `The Silver Coin’ #14 Writer Pornsak Pichetshote

Multiple Eisner Award-nominee Pornsak Pichetshote, known for his work on The Good Asian, Daytripper and The Unwritten, recently joined the

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September 12, 2022September 11, 2022 Tom Smithyman 1141 Views comics, Daytripper, exclusive interview, Michael Walsh, Pornsak Pichetshote, The Good Asian, The Silver Coin #14, The Unwritten, Tom King
Comics Interviews 

Exploring Artificial Intelligence and Art: Dave McKean Talks ‘Prompt’

From his collaborations with Neil Gaiman on The Sandman and Violent Cases to his seminal work painting 120 pages for

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September 7, 2022September 6, 2022 Tom Smithyman 4841 Views arkham asylum, Artificial Intelligence, Dave McKean, Interview, Neil Gaiman, Netflix, Prompt: Conversations with Artificial Intelligence, The Sandman, Violent Cases
Comics Reviews 

Advance Review: Sending Demons Back To Hell With A Song In `The Roadie’ #1

Roadies have a lot of responsibilities – from helping to set up concert venues to prepping the musicians’ instruments. Fighting

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September 6, 2022September 4, 2022 Tom Smithyman 1538 Views advance review, comics, Dark Horse, Fran Galan, horror, The Roadie #1, Tim Seeley
Comics Reviews 

Advance Review: Celebrating The Final Frontier In `Star Trek’ #400

From a new starship captain’s first moments in the center chair, to Miles O’Brien’s early conflict with the Cardassians, to

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September 6, 2022September 3, 2022 Tom Smithyman 1397 Views advance review, chris eliopoulos, comics, Declan Shalvey, IDW, Joe Eisma, Luke Sparrow, Seth Damoose, Star Trek #1, Star Trek #400, Wil Wheaton
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Advance Review: Deanna Schemes And Plots In `Star Trek– The Mirror War – Troi’

The real fun in Star Trek’s mirror universe is getting to see normally well-behaved and predictable characters act like they

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September 6, 2022September 1, 2022 Tom Smithyman 2136 Views advance review, comics, IDW, Marieke Nijkamp, Megan Levens, Star Trek, star trek: The mirror war - troi
Comics Reviews 

Advance Review: Targeting Our Gun-Obsessed Culture In `Survival Street’ #2

Popular media’s use of thinly veiled references to satirize or comment on the real world is a tried-and-true storytelling technique.

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September 5, 2022September 3, 2022 Tom Smithyman 1279 Views Abylay Kussainov, advance review, Charlton Heston, comics, Dark Horse Comics, James Asmus, Jim Festante, Sesame Street, Star Trek, Survival Street #2, Wayne LaPierre
Comics Interviews 

An Interview With `The Roadie’ Writer Tim Seeley

In Tim Seeley’s newest series, The Roadie, long-time heavy metal band stagehand Joe D. gets pulled back to his old

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September 5, 2022September 6, 2022 Tom Smithyman 2046 Views Ant-Man, comics, Fran Galan, GI Joe, Hack/Slash, Interview, Masters of the Universe, The Roadie, Tim Seeley, Tipper Gore, Transformers
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