Fee, Fi, Fo, Fun – Reviewing ‘Billionaire Island: Cult Of Dogs’ #3
Writer Mark Russell and artist Steve Pugh continue to take well deserved pot shots at the self-appointed sacred cows of
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The True Story Behind Jack And The Beanstalk Revealed In ‘Billionaire Island: Cult Of Dogs’ #3 Preview
Written by Mark Russell Art by Steve Pugh “Continuing the “scorching Swiftian satire of a not-too-distant future” (Broken Frontier), from
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Multicoloured Mayhem And Dark Comedy: Reviewing ‘Plush’ #2
Things just go from bad to work for our hapless hero, Devin Fulcher, in Plush #2 by writer Doug Wagner
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Review – More Satire And Send Ups In ‘Billionaire Island: Cult Of Dogs’ #2
In Billionaire Island: Cult of Dogs #2 we get another thinly veiled swipe at the failing system that is neo-liberal
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Satire With Bite – Previewing ‘Billionaire Island: Cult Of Dogs’ #2
Written by Mark Russell Art by Steve Pugh “Billionaire Island still stands, but life is very different than it once
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Franchise Expansion (Or Implosion) — ‘The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning’
Franchise Expansion (or Implosion) is a column that looks at franchises that have new installments or releases forthcoming. In looking
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Franchise Expansion (Or Implosion): ‘The Texas Chainsaw Massacre’ (2003)
Franchise Expansion (or Implosion) is a column that looks at franchises that have new installments or releases forthcoming. In looking
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Franchise Expansion (Or Implosion) — ‘Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation’
Franchise Expansion (or Implosion) is a column that looks at franchises that have new installments or releases forthcoming. In looking
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Franchise Expansion (Or Implosion): ‘The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2’
Franchise Expansion (or Implosion) is a column that looks at franchises that have new installments or releases forthcoming. In looking
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Review: ‘One-Star Squadron’ #1 Offers Up Mark Russell Brand Satire But A Good Deal Of Pathos Too
In One-Star Squadron #1 writer Mark Russell takes some of DC Comics less visible heroes – and some who have
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We Learn That Future Justice Is Just As Rigged As The Present System In ‘Not All Robots’ #2 Preview
You may have read the advance review, so now read up on the preview for Not All Robots #2, out
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Advance Review: ‘Not All Robots’ #2 Is A Dark Satire That Is Only Getting Darker
While Mike Deodato Jr.’s artwork in Not All Robots #2 evokes a seriousness and a certain sense of realism Mark
Read moreTalking With Mark Russell About His New Dark Sci-Fi Satire AWA Upshot Series ‘Not All Robots’
In the near future robots have replaced humans in virtually every corner of the workplace. But, is this wholesale automation
Read moreVault Comics’ Hit Series ‘Barbaric’ To Return In 2022
You may have noticed if you’ve picked up Barbaric #2 last week that there is only one more issue left
Read moreAdvance Review – ‘Second Coming: Only Begotten Son’ #3 Illustrates That Times May Change, But Greed Never Does
Mark Russell, Richard Pace and Leonard Kirk’s Second Coming: Only Begotten Son #3 comes to a comic book store near
Read moreReview: ‘Borat Subsequent Moviefilm’
The Borat sequel Borat Subsequent Moviefilm, or Borat Subsequent Moviefilm: Delivery of Prodigious Bribe to American Regime for Make Benefit
Read morePreview: Will The Truth Be Exposed In ‘Billionaire Island’ #6 From Ahoy Comics?
Written by Mark Russell Art by Steve Pugh Colour artist Chris Chuckry Letterer Rob Steen “The new series by Mark
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Franchise Expansion (Or Implosion): ‘Casino Royale’ (1967)
Franchise Expansion (or Implosion) is a column that looks at franchises that have new installments or releases forthcoming. In looking
Read moreReview: ‘Billionaire Island’ #2 And A Wolf In Wolf’s Clothing Infiltrates This Playboy Paradise
It’s very easy to get angry at the ultra-wealthy of this world as they swan around the globe flaunting their
Read moreHorror-Comedy ‘We Summon The Darkness’ Delivers Satirical Take On Cults
In 2017, director Marc Myers adapted John Backderf’s graphic novel, My Friend Dahmer, for the silver screen. The result was
Read moreWhat Did It All Amount To? ‘Shoplifters Will Be Liquidated #5’ Reviewed
Ambrosia and the Comrade Fellowship have captured Nussbaum and seek to make him their sleeper agent inside Caucasus. Above ground, Provo rolls out his Right to Die initiative while Lance and Bryce get ready to steal from the company.
Read moreLiving It All Over Again With Black Terror #3
Kid Terror has been reincarnated in his own body. He remembers everything of his previous life, but he’s doomed to experience it all again. Fate seems to conspire to keep him on his original track, and, when he fights against it, there are catastrophic consequences.
Read moreThe Puppet, The Bear, And The Northland Quest: Battlepug #1 Reviewed
The Last Kinmundian, Moll, Mingo, Colfax, and the Battlepug are back! After saving a village from a usurper governor, our heroes receive a message from Bryony. The man who once enslaved the Kinmundian is back, and that means he must once again defeat the King of the Northland Elves.
Read moreVampirism In The Heart Of America: Dark Red #1
Charles “Chip” Ipswich isn’t one of those coastal elites with a liberal arts degree and a job at a social
Read moreIn-Shadow Reflects Our World In Unsettling Ways
In-Shadow is a lengthy animated short that critiques current social pressures to “think inside of the box,” put on a
Read moreCrowded’s First Arc Succeeds In Balancing Bombast And Near-Nihilistic Realism
[*Mild Spoilers Ahead!] Charlie and Vita have been herded into Trotter’s trap, but Cam arrives to tell Trotter that his
Read moreEdgar Allan Poe’s Snifter Of Terror #1 Is A Horrifyingly Funny Black Comedy Of A Comic
Edgar Allan Poe’s Snifter of Terror #1 releases this Halloween, and is another book from fledgling publishers AHOY Comics that
Read moreSPX 2018: Jules Feiffer On Heroes, Satire, And Style In His Life’s Work
In his panel at the Small Press Expo today, Jules Feiffer spoke about his aspirations toward cartooning in childhood, and
Read morePuppets, Fuzz, & Filth Fuel The Happytime Murders
“Mah-na Mah-na Murders” might have been a catchier title for the newly-released The Happytime Murders. Granted, my proposed title’s a
Read moreMorty Hopes To Meet Girls Through RPG In Rick & Morty/Dungeons & Dragons #1
Join writers Patrick Rothfuss and Jim Zub (who spoke with us last week about this very title) along with artist Troy
Read moreSatire Gets Sexy In The Super Patriotic Dating Simulator – Now On Kickstarter
Visual Novels and Dating Simulators are a subgenre of video games originating in Japan. These games known to explore romantic
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