Critiquing Comics #214: ‘The 9 Circles’ #1
A drifter in the Old West gives confession to an alcoholic priest. Demons attack and the drifter, who has special
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Deconstructing Comics #732: ‘The Immortal Hulk’
The Immortal Hulk won a fair amount of praise, including for Al Ewing‘s writing (although also censure for the hate
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The Law Of Equivalent Exchange Ch 39: “Complications At Central”
The title of Chapter 39 of Fullmetal Alchemist is an understatement! “Complications” include homunculi trying to kill our heroes (minus
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Deconstructing Comics #731: ‘Judge Dredd’
Judge Dredd, created by writer John Wagner and artist Carlos Ezquerra, first appeared in 1977 and is as mainstream in
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The Law Of Equivalent Exchange Ch 38 “Signal To Strike”
“Action” is the word in Fullmetal Alchemist chapter 38! Mustang, Hawkeye, and Al go up against the homunculi as Barry’s
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The Law Of Equivalent Exchange Ch 37: “The Body Of A Criminal”
The mood moves from mourning to subterfuge in Fullmetal Alchemist chapter 37! Who is this mysterious “other” Barry the Chopper?
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Deconstructing Comics #728 — Kirby’s Fourth World: ‘Mister Miracle’ #1-#6
Our journey through Jack Kirby‘s Fourth World books now takes us to the first six issues of Mister Miracle, a
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Deconstructing Comics #727 — Jack Kirby’s Fourth World: ‘New Gods’ #1-#6
While the Forever People are (mistakenly, in our view) seen by many as “cheesy,” Jack Kirby’s New Gods has been
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The Law Of Equivalent Exchange Ch 36: “Alchemist In Distress”
We knew it had to happen: Ed, Al, and Winry finally learn of Hughes’ death and why it happened. It’s
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The Law Of Equivalent Exchange Ch 35: “The Sacrificial Lamb”
What happens when Ed, Al, and Winry return to Central in hopes of meeting up with Lt. Col. Hughes? How
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The Law Of Equivalent Exchange Ch 34 “The Footsteps Of A War Comrade”
The murder of Lt. Colonel Maes Hughes, back in Chapter 15 finally, comes to the fore — but Ed and
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The Law of Equivalent Exchange Ch 33 “Showdown in Rush Valley”
When we left the Elrich Brothers, they had just met Lin Yao, who says he wants a Philosopher’s Stone. Turns
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Deconstructing Comics #721 — Kirby’s Fourth World: ‘Jimmy Olsen’ Pt 1
By the end of the 1960s, Jack Kirby had had enough of Marvel. He felt that the company had not
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Critiquing Comics #212: ‘Second Place’
Weight training is very big in space. At least, on the planet Cankee, where Earth-style weightlifting has caught on like
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The Law Of Equivalent Exchange Ch 32: “Emissary From The East”
This time, we’re treated to a chapter that simultaneously brings back some familiar faces (Winry!!) and introduces some brand new
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Critiquing Comics #211: ‘Thready’
Thready is a comic about a week in the life of a character who is bipolar. That’s him in the
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Deconstructing Comics #720: ‘The Other 1980s’
There were several landmark comics titles in the 1980s (do we really need to name them?), but unfortunately they tend
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Deconstructing Comics #719: ‘Demon Slayer’
The latest manga sensation is Koyoharu Gotouge‘s Demon Slayer. Both the manga and the anime have broken records (including in
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The Law Of Equivalent Exchange Ch 31: “The Snake That Eats Its Own Tail”
Fullmetal Alchemist Chapter 31 gives us a) NO Ed and Al, and b) plenty of reveals, including a couple from
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Deconstructing Comics Special: ‘Avengers: Age Of Ultron’
“Tim Catches Up with the MCU” moves on to the second Avengers movie, Avengers: Age of Ultron, and Tim reveals
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The Law of Equivalent Exchange Ch 30: “The Truth Inside the Armor”
In Fullmetal Alchemist chapter 30, the bloody end of the military’s massacre of Greed’s cohorts at the Devil’s Nest causes
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The Law Of Equivalent Exchange Ch 29: “The Eye of the King”
Ed and Al’s confrontation with Greed and his gang is broken up by a sudden, violent raid by troops led
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Deconstructing Comics #715: Comics Adaptations — ‘Dune’ (1984) And ‘Bram Stoker’s Dracula’ (1992)
Sometimes comics adaptations of movies can have as much, or more, significance than the films themselves. Marvel’s 1984 adaptation of
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The Law Of Equivalent Exchange Ch 28: “A Fool’s Courage”
Greed wants an, ahem, “equivalent exchange” with Ed: knowledge of how to bind a soul to an object, in exchange
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Critiquing Comics #209: ‘Producing The End Of The World’
Anthologies have traditionally been something of a bear to critique, especially if they’re not very good. Producing the End of
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Deconstructing Comics #713: ‘Second Coming’ Comes Back
Mark Russell & Richard Pace‘s Second Coming stirred up controversy before it even came out, because it was a comic
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The Law Of Equivalent Exchange Ch 27: “The Beasts Of Dublith”
Chapter 27 of Fullmetal Alchemist may be the funniest yet! It’s a master class in character-based humor that isn’t forced,
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The Law of Equivalent Exchange Ch 26: “To Meet the Master”
Ed leaves to get his overdue annual assessment by the military; while he’s gone, Al gets kidnapped by some mysterious
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Deconstructing Comics #711: Tom Scioli’s ‘Kirby’
Tom Scioli’s Jack Kirby: The Epic Life of the King of Comics is a bio in comics form and written
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The Law of Equivalent Exchange Ch 25: “Master And Apprentice”
Ed and Al’s explanation of their “origin story” is over and we’re back in Fullmetal Alchemist’s present. How does their
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Critiquing Comics #207: ‘Texas Tracts’
Texas Tracts, by Rachelle Meyer, is a series of three short comics, modeled in format after the Christian evangelical “Chick
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