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Anime Film 

An Expressionist Heist Film — “Ruben Brandt Collector” Review

Ruben Brandt Collector is a heist film with elements of noir, mystery, and horror all presented in a radical animation

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January 6, 2020 Tito W. James 2842 Views art film, cubism, Iván Kamarás, mature animation, Reviews, Ruben Brandt Collector
Film 

One Film, Two Options: ‘The Wild Heart’ And ‘Gone To Earth’

Given the choice between watching a movie the way its directors intended or watching a version that was tampered with

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December 3, 2019 Rachel Bellwoar 3644 Views Cyril Cusack, David Farrar, David O. Selznick, Emeric Pressburger, Gone to Earth, Jennifer Jones, Kino Lorber, Michael Powell, Reviews, The Wild Heart
Film 

Doctor Sleep Is A Soporific Sequel To The Shining

I always meant to read Stephen King‘s sequel to his classic 1977 novel The Shining but never did — perhaps

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November 25, 2019 Koom Kankesan 2903 Views Doctor Sleep, Ewan McGregor, Kyliegh Curran, Mike Flanagan, Rebecca Ferguson, Reviews, Stanley Kubrick, Stephen King, the shining
Games 

El Patrón VS The DEA – A Review of Narcos: Rise of the Cartels

Narcos: Rise of the Cartels brings some interesting features to the turn-based strategy genre of video games. Despite a wanting

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November 21, 2019 Gary Catig 2699 Views Curve Digital, Kuju, Luis Guzman, Narcos, Narcos: Rise of the Cartels, Netflix, Pedro Pascal, Reviews, video games
Comics 

Lose It All With Everything #3

Lori receives some hard news, EB questions his own health and sanity, and Peggy continues to talk to a stuffed animal while carrying out unspeakable acts for Everything. Worse yet, the Everything founder is on his way.

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November 8, 2019 Josh Davison 2309 Views Berger Books, Christopher Cantwell, comic review, Dark Horse Comics, Everything, fantasy, horror, I.N.J. Culbard, Reviews, sci-fi, Steve Wands
Comics 

No Ivy League – Homeschooling Meets The Outside World

No Ivy League is a childhood memoir documenting one pivotal summer in Hazel Newlevant‘s life, something that she says transformed

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August 1, 2019 Richard Bruton 2213 Views 0 Comment comics, Lion Forge, No Ivy League, Reviews, Roar
Comics 

Ryuko Volume 1: Fast, Frenetic, Fabulous Crime Manga

Ryuko is, quite simply, a spectacular exercise in comics art, a kinetic, breathless rush of a read. It’s both the

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July 24, 2019 Richard Bruton 5359 Views 0 Comment comics, crime, Eldo Yoshimizu, manga, Reviews, Ryuko, Titan Comics
Comics 

The Comicon Monthly Megazine Preview – Issue 408: Marvelous Marshal Lawson’s The Star

The Monthly Megazine – does exactly what you think it does! Every month, here at Comicon.com, we give you a

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April 30, 2019 Richard Bruton 2272 Views 0 Comment Reviews, The Monthly Megazine
Comics 

Rovers Return: Roy Race Takes The Field Again In ‘Foul Play’

Rebellion’s revitalisation of Roy Race continues in a second volume full of fabulous football action (or, if you prefer, stunning

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March 28, 2019 Richard Bruton 2700 Views 0 Comment Ben Willsher, comics, Reviews
Comics 

Skyward Begins A New Arc With Issue #11: What Goes Up?

It’s the first part of the brand-new story-arc, Fix The World, and there’s a lot of things going on. We’re

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March 27, 2019 Richard Bruton 2608 Views 0 Comment comics, Image Comics, Reviews, Skyward
Comics 

The Weekly 2000AD – Prog 2118 Previewed: Out Of The Grey And Into The Black With The Return Of Grey Area

The Comicon Weekly 2000AD, our regular preview of the latest from Britain’s greatest sci-fi comic. This week, Prog 2118, packed

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February 11, 2019 Richard Bruton 2503 Views 0 Comment 2000AD, comics, Reviews
Comics 

The Wrath Of Fantômas – The World’s First Supervillain

Incredibly, despite the character first appearing in 1911 and entertaining millions of readers, viewers and listeners since then, particularly in

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February 8, 2019 Richard Bruton 4186 Views 0 Comment comics, Julie Rocheleau, Olivier Bocquet, Reviews, Titan Comics
Comics 

Revealing The Hidden Lives Of Autistic Women In ‘Camouflage’

In Camouflage, Dr. Sarah Bargiela and Sophie Standing have put together something rather different, specialised, designed to inform and educate

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February 4, 2019 Richard Bruton 7160 Views 0 Comment comics, Dr Sarah Bargiela, Jessica Kingsley Publishers, Medical Comics, Reviews, Sophie Standing
Comics 

The Weekly 2000AD – Prog 2117 Previewed: Light Your Torch And Wave It For The Nu-Earth On Wednesday…

Welcome, once more, to The Weekly 2000AD, Comicon.com’s regular look at 2000AD, still Britain’s greatest sci-fi comic! This week, Prog

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February 4, 2019 Richard Bruton 2662 Views 0 Comment 2000AD, comics, Reviews, The Weekly 2000AD
Comics 

What’s Willa Going To Do? Skyward’s 2nd Arc Wraps Up In #10

Here we are, at the end of the second story arc, Here Be Dragonflies, and Skyward continues to be one

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February 1, 2019 Richard Bruton 2877 Views 0 Comment comics, Image Comics, Lee Garbett, Reviews, Skyward
Comics 

The Weekly 2000AD – Prog 2114 Previewed: Brink Above All

The weekly 2000AD gives you lucky people the chance to take a little look-see at the greatest sci-fi comic coming

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January 15, 2019 Richard Bruton 2580 Views 0 Comment 2000AD, comics, Reviews
Comics 

Best Of British: Welcome To Oddleigh’s Very Knowing Comedy

Join Chief Inspector Jessie and Sergeant Sid for some unusual new cases in Oddleigh, a town with more than its

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January 4, 2019 Richard Bruton 5038 Views 0 Comment comics, Reviews, Tor Freeman, Welcome To Oddleigh
Comics 

Best Of British: Enjoy Your Stay At The Victory Motel

The Victory Motel is located on the main road over the moor. Just before the turning for the coastal town

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January 1, 2019 Richard Bruton 3501 Views 0 Comment Best of British, British Comics, comics, Reviews, The Victory Motel
Comics 

Best Of British: Make Your Own Mystery & Horror In Sightings Of Wallace Sendek

More from the best of British comics now, with a comic by two creators I’ve already featured, Douglas Noble and

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December 31, 2018 Richard Bruton 4278 Views 0 Comment Best of British, British Comics, comics, Reviews, Sean Azzopardi, Sightings Of Wallace Sendek
Comics 

The Stylish And Stylised Return Of John K. Snyder’s Fashion In Action

The world’s highest-priced and best-dressed celebrity protection agency. That’s the deal behind Fashion In Action, the fashion-forward, female led action

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December 26, 2018 Richard Bruton 3981 Views 0 Comment comics, Fashion In Action, John K. Snyder III, Reviews
Comics 

Blackbird # 1: So Much Potential For A New Tale Of Magic

Under a spectacular cover from series artist Jen Bartel, with luscious pink and blue hues, we have something that should

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September 20, 2018 Richard Bruton 3136 Views 0 Comment Blackbird, comics, Image Comics, Jen Bartel, Jodi Wynn, Nayoung Wilson, Paul Reinwand, Reviews, Sam Humphries
Comics 

Exploring A Brave New World In Analog #4

Analog began as a smart, ultra-modern concept comic, a vision of a near future where Internet privacy is no more,

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July 24, 2018 Richard Bruton 3040 Views 0 Comment Analog, comics, David O'Sullivan, Gerry Duggan, Image Comics, Joe Sabino, Mike Spicer, Reviews
Comics 

Mickey Spillane’s Mike Hammer #1 Is Hard Boiled But Problematic

Never judge a book by its cover, they say. Well, here’s a comic with a beautiful cover by veteran pulp

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July 3, 2018 Richard Bruton 3680 Views 0 Comment Alex Ronald, comics, Mack Chater, Marcelo Salaza, Marcio Freire, Max Allan Collins, Mickey Spillane, Mike Hammer, Reviews, Robert McGinnis, Titan Comics, Tom Williams
Comics 

Returning To The Village For Issue 3 Of The Prisoner

It’s not just a visually striking cover, it’s also a perfect image of what’s been happening in Peter Milligan and

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July 2, 2018 Richard Bruton 3208 Views 0 Comment Colin Lorimer, comics, David Leach, Peter Milligan, Reviews, The Prisoner, Titan Comics
Comics 

Skyward #3 Deep Dives Into A Low-Gravity World

The hit series from Image Comics deals with a simple, but incredible premise… just what would happen in a world

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June 20, 2018 Richard Bruton 3215 Views Antonio Fabela, comics, Image Comics, Joe Henderson, Lee Garbett, Reviews, Simon Bowland
Comics 

Forecast: Hot And Sunny With Outbreaks Of Violence & Thrills In The Weatherman #1

Welcome to Mars. It’s 2770, the weather’s just fine, and humanity has settled in nicely. But, with The Weatherman, a

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June 13, 2018 Richard Bruton 3613 Views comics, Dave Stewart, Image Comics, Jody LeHeup, Nathan Fox, Reviews, Steve Wands
Comics 

Black Lightning/Hong Kong Phooey #1: Not As Good As It Should Have Been?

Oh, this was one I was really looking forward to when it was announced a while back. After all, Hong

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June 11, 2018 Richard Bruton 4259 Views Bill Sienkiewicz, Black Lightning, Bryan Hill, comics, Denys Cowan, Hong Kong Phooey, Janice Chiang, Jeff Parker, Jeremy Cox, Reviews, Scott Kolins, Tony Avina
Comics 

Advance Review: My Boyfriend Is A Bear – Beauty And The Beast For Grown-Ups

My Boyfriend is a Bear could be about something deeper than it seems, the search for someone dependable, trustworthy, that

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April 9, 2018 Richard Bruton 4650 Views Cat Ferris, comics, My Boyfriend Is a Bear, Oni Press., Pamela Ribon, Reviews, Saida Temofonte
Comics 

Turn Off, Tune Out, Drop Out…Welcome To An Analog #1 World

Isn’t it wonderful when you’re totally into a comic within the first two pages? That comic is Analog issue #

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April 4, 2018 Richard Bruton 3386 Views Analog, comics, David O'Sullivan, Gerry Duggan, Image Comics, Reviews
Comics 

Art And Story That Capture The Heart: ISOLA #1

ISOLA could well be the most gorgeous looking comic you see this year. First announced back at the Image Expo

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April 4, 2018 Richard Bruton 4445 Views Brenen Fletcher, comics, Image Comics, Isola, Karl Kerschl, Msassyk, Reviews
Comics 

Like Sam Smith Covering David Bowie: The Hellblazer #20

Mostly, I review things I’ve looked at and know I’m going to enjoy. Because life is short and there’s not

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April 3, 2018 Richard Bruton 3559 Views Christian Dalla Vecchia, comics, David Fabbri, Hellblazer, John Constantine, Reviews, The Hellblazer, Tim Selley
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