Category: Comic Book Reviews
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DC Universe Online: Legends #1 Comic Review
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DC Comics, $2.99 Story: Marv Wolfman, Tony Bedard Art: Howard Porter, Livesay, Adriana Melo, Norman Lee Colours: Carrie Strachan DC Universe Online: Legends sits in the rather unenviable position of being a comic book based on a video game based on a comic book. However, DCUO is no ordinary video game but an MMO; an…
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Nineteen Eighty Five Volume 3 Review
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Written & illustrated by James Reitano Anyone unfortunate enough to reach the age of thirty will tell you that your taste in fashion and music is forged during your teenage years and early twenties. After that, your passions either stay the same or, for the majority, are gradually diminished by the combined forces of responsibility,…
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Action Comics #894 Review
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$3.99, DC Story: Paul Cornell Art: Pete Woods Colours: Brad Anderson Yup, it’s part 5 of ‘The Black Ring’, which shall forever more be referred to as ‘that issue of Superman with Death in it’. I’m not quite sure why it’s so jarring to see Neil Gaiman’s Goth-girl incarnation of Death chatting with Lex Luthor.…
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In Maps & Legends #2 Review
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Story: Michael Jasper Art: Niki Smith For many an aspiring writer/artist, resilience is probably a more valuable asset than any measure of talent. Michael Jasper and Niki Smith must have felt like their moment had finally come when their effort In Maps & Legends found a weekly webcomic spot on DC Comic’s Zuda site in…
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The Royal Historian of Oz #2 Comic Review
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$2.95, Slave Labor Graphics Story: Tommy Kovac Art: Andy Hirsch The first issue of Tommy Kovac and Andy Hirsch’s The Royal Historian of Oz playfully poked fun at writers who regurgitate treasured literary creations while indulging in the act itself. The basic premise behind the series is that Jasper Fizzle, a lacklustre writer who’s devoted…
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Toner #5 Comic Book Review
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2010 Story, Art: Jonathan Wayshak Toner #5 is the latest self-published offering from the innately talented Jonathan Wayshak. While he’s worked for mainstream publishers such as DC (the Ferryman miniseries, Authority: The Lost Year) and Image, it’s apparent why Wayshak has remained in self-publishing mode for the past decade. Toner is bawdy, perverse, irreverent, passionate…
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Magnus: Robot Fighter #1 Comic Review
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$3.50, Dark Horse Story: Jim Shooter Art: Bill Reinhold, Raymond Swanland (cover) Colours: Wes Dzioba With Dark Horse’s new retro-fitted Magnus: Robot Fighter, Jim Shooter takes us back to the year 4000 and the futuristic city of New Am, a technological haven where robots fulfil every duty from policing the streets to working as effeminate…
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New Indie Releases: Star Crossed Galaxies, Because I Am & The Dream Quest of Randolph Carter
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In the second of what should now be a regular mini-reviews post, I’ve selected a trio of indie titles that have piqued my interest over the past few week. Stylistically, they couldn’t be further apart. Star Crossed Galaxy #1 First up is Star Crossed Galaxy from Twilight Pop Productions, the first issue of an ongoing…