Author: Carl Doherty
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Indie Comic Spotlight: Cordyceps Tickles!
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Cordyceps Tickles! is an autobiographical comic about “an ambiguously-gendered ex-shut-in trying to make sense of life outside their room by sketching down the cool parts.”
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I Don’t Even Know What a Bloody “Comic Book” is Anymore
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in ColumnA few weeks back, two lengthy comic-related conversations erupted on Linkedin, one asking whether or not thought bubbles are dated, the other questioning the worth of words in digital comics. Anyway, all this got me asking myself: what exactly constitutes a comic book?
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SubCulture Omnibus Review
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The longstanding web series finally gets the treatment it deserves, in Action Lab’s hefty 336-page volume, which contains the limited series, long-running wecomic strip and a gallery of artwork from the series’ talented fans.
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Princeless Book One: Save Yourself Review
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Action Lab’s charming, Eisner-nominated all-ages series is a much needed parody of the gender roles played in fairy tales and high fantasy fiction. It’s also very, very funny.
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Stockton-Con Announces Tony DeZuniga Memorial Art Contest
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in Comic NewsStockton-Con has announced its second annual all ages art contest, which from this year will be known as the Tony DeZuniga Memorial Art Contest, in honour of the late Filipino artist.
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MCM London Comic Con to Expand this October
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in Comic NewsThe MCM London Comic Con will be furthering its plans for world domination when this October it will spread across both sides of the ExCel Centre.
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Interview with Ben Dobyns of Zombie Orpheus Entertainment
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in InterviewsBen Dobyns, the head of Zombie Orpheus Entertainment, the team behind the JourneyQuest webseries, discusses the art of making serial shows for an internet audience.
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Adventure Time Graphic Novel Competition
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in FeaturesThe folks at Titan Books have been kind enough to offer Shelf Abuse several competition copies of the upcoming Adventure Time graphic novels, based on the wacky hit Cartoon Network show.