A Unique Take On The Supernatural — Discussing ‘Night Wolf’ With Writer Robert Multari
Werewolf stories have been around for about 4000 years, so it’s difficult to come up with a new take on
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Advance Review: It’s One Long Prison Break In ‘Blood & Thunder’ #14
You knew it wasn’t going to last for long. When bounty hunter-turned-fugitive Blood was arrested and thrown into
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Hope Is The Only Weapon We Have — Discussing ‘Welcome To Hell’ With Creator Mohammad Sabaaneh
The focus in the Middle East may have shifted to the war again Iran, but a new graphic novel shows
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Advance Review — ‘Star Trek: Red Shirts — Ghosts Of The 21st Century’ #1 Learns From Its Predecessor’s Missteps
It turns out that the bright future depicted in Star Trek isn’t all that much different from today’s reality —
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Review — ‘The Twilight Zone’ #7 Needs To Show, Not Tell
Henry the taxidermist is a hero. He and his fellow firefighters recently saved their small town from a devastating blaze,
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Advance Review — The Killer Finally Takes Center Stage In ‘Dead By Daylight: The Hillbilly’ #3
Better late than never. After being introduced in issue #1 and barely making a cameo in issue #2, the supposed
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Review — The Opera Ghost Is Gloriously Unmasked In ‘Universal Monsters: Phantom Of The Opera’ #4
Some artwork catches your eye. Others grab you in the stomach. Martin Simmonds’ manages to do both. From
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Review: ‘Corpse Knight’ #2 Gets Caught Up In Its Own Side Quests
Most stories – even limited comics series – have multiple plot points. Sure, the creative team is going to regale
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Review: Two Unexpected Characters Battle To The Death In ‘Exquisite Corpses’ #13
Exquisite Corpses’ final battle is here. But the two characters fighting for it are probably not the ones you were
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Advance Review — There Is Plenty To See In ‘The Eye Collector’ #1
Have you ever read a comic book or watched a movie that was so bizarre that, while you have no
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It’s The Journey That Matters — Talking About ‘The Odyssey’ #1 With Writer Bruno Catarino
Setting Homer’s classic The Odyssey in space? It may seem out there — literally — but Bruno Catarino and team
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Advance Review — ‘The Odyssey’ #1 Cleverly Sets The Classic Epic In Outer Space
If in space, no one can hear you scream, are the Sirens going to be much of a threat?
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Advance Review — ‘Of The Earth’ #1 Is A Slow Burn Of Terror
The best horror stories are not the ones that scare you from the outset. Instead, they are the ones that
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Advance Review — ‘Invincible Universe: Battle Beast’ #9 Takes An Unwelcome Pause In The Action
It seems like Invincible Universe: Battle Beast’s latest big bad wasn’t all that big or bad. After defeating half of
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What If The Bad Guys Won? — Discussing ‘Empire’ Crowdfunding With Writer Mark Waid
Eisner Award-winning writer Mark Waid is known for his work on Kingdom Come, Superman: Birthright, and Captain America, among many
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Advance Review: ‘Odin’ #1 Kicks Off A Road Trip From Hell — Or Asgard
From the start, the new limited series Odin tries to walk the line among genres. There are elements of a
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Advance Review — Gritty Artwork Tells Its Own Story In ‘Star Trek: The Last Starship’ #7
Sometimes all it takes is a change in artists to breathe new life into a comic book series.
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Crowdfunding Campaign For Sci-Fi Version Of ‘The Odyssey’ Launches May 26th
Move over Christopher Nolan. Bruno Catarino has his own take on The Odyssey. While a new version of the Greek epic hits
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Advance Review — ‘Dead By Daylight: The Hillbilly’ #2 Needs More Hillbilly
For a story that is supposed to give readers and gamers the origin story of a particularly nasty baddie, Dead By Daylight: The Hillbilly #2 could
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Advance Review: ‘That Texas Blood’ #21 Returns True To Form
Sheriff Joe Bob is back — and if you know who that is, you know that it’s a cause for
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Advance Review: ‘Blood & Thunder’ #13 Stages A Prison Break And Regains Its Footing
Is there anything more gratifying than seeing someone or something that has lost its way find itself again?
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Advance Review — ‘If Destruction Be Our Lot’ #1 Uses Robots To Examine The Human Condition
A new series about artificial intelligence and sentient machines has found an unlikely hero in…Abraham Lincoln. Or rather a mechanical
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Review: ‘White Sky’ #3 Begins To Answer Some Questions While Posing New Ones
For any long-term story — whether it’s in comic books or other media — posing and answering questions is something
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LCCAF 26: Restocking The Batcave, Italian Style
As the name implies, the Lake Como Art Festival is all about comic artwork and creators. Writers are not invited,
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Review: ‘Skinbreaker’ #8 Wraps Up The Series With An Extended Denouement
From its start, Skinbreaker has been a series that has relied on more on great visuals than on a great
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LCCAF 26: This Is My Passion Project — Discussing ‘The Wonderverse Saga’ With Creator Rachta Lin
Tucked away near the back of the Lake Como Comic Art Festival pavilion is Rachta Lin’s table. The cover artist has
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LCCAF 26: He Fights Monsters And Crap — Discussing ‘Shaolin Cowboy: Staying A.I.Live’ With Creator Geof Darrow
You can’t look at a piece of writing or art and a business process and not wonder if it’s been
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LCCAF 26: Canapes, Spritz, And Gelato With Artists And Collectors At The Lake
One of Lake Como Comic Art Festival’s many unique features is a VIP gathering in Vila Erba, a beautiful venue
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LCCAF26: The Comics World’s Stars Descend On Lake Como This Weekend
While sports fans are descending on Pittsburgh this weekend for the NFL Draft, enthusiasts of a different persuasion are headed
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Advance Review: ‘Exquisite Corpses’ #12 Reminds Us Why We Fell In Love With This Series
And then there were two. Just not the two you expected. It’s been a rough Halloween night for
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There Are Clearly Fans From Every Era: Discussing Crowdfunding ‘G.I. Joe’ With Editor Alex Antone
As the crowdfunding campaign for the second set of G.I. Joe compendiums is winding down, Comicon.com caught up with editor Alex
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