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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Advance Review: `That Texas Blood’ #17 Delivers A Terrific Tale Of Humanity And Suspense
No capes. No superpowers. No problem. Midway through its third story arc, That Texas Blood continues to deliver a nuanced,
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Advance Review: Returning To Simpler Storytelling In `Time Before Time’ #16
Confusing a reader is a common storytelling technique. Multiple plot lines and characters with mysterious pasts that are slowly revealed
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Advance Review: Art Imitates Life In `The Ward’ #4
A highly infectious disease ravages the population. Hospitals are overwhelmed. Healthcare workers are at their breaking point. Meanwhile xenophobia runs
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An Interview With `Unbreakable Red Sonja’ Writer Jim Zub
Writer Jim Zub returns to his sword and sorcery roots in the upcoming Unbreakable Red Sonja, which will hit comic
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