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Like Comics? We review comics and manga here. From Big 2 Marvel and DC to indie darlings! For more comic book blogging check out Nekoplz.

Daytripper – The Deaths We Die Every Day

On July 8, 2018 By Ryan Lindsay In Comics

Daytripper, the ten issue maxi series comic by Gabriel Ba and Fabio Moon, is an almost-surreal life study of one man, Brás de Oliva Domingos, and how he has lived his life. Each issue is …

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Back Matter Matters – A Study In Commitment

On June 14, 2018 By Ryan Lindsay In Comics

It is a story in words and pictures; that’s comic, kids. That’s what the companies sell, that’s what we buy. But I always want more, and I don’t think I’m asking for too much. There …

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Charlie Adlard Interview – Portrait of the Artist as a Walking Dead Man

On September 8, 2011 By Stefan Petrucha In Comics, Interviews

Back in the nineties, I had the pleasure of working with Charlie Adlard on Topp’s The X-Files comic.  Ages later, the man who draws The Walking Dead was kind enough to spend some time catching …

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C.A.S.S – Cool Acronyms of Spy Stories

On June 23, 2011 By Ryan Lindsay In Comics

The ability to boil something down to just one word has power. To use that word is impressive but to know the meaning of the word is the key to unlocking a world that exists …

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Scalped: Unwanted – A Study In Flawed Characters

On May 23, 2011 By Ryan Lindsay In Comics

Scalped is a phenomenal series, that’s not news to anyone whether you read it or not. The book gets good press like the ocean gets waves. Constantly. But just recently, I bought the latest trade, …

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Run, Micro, Run

On February 24, 2011 By Jimmy Callaway In Comics

The notion of the sidekick has been a popular one in story-telling since time out of mind, yet it has most likely been brought to its highest prominence in superhero comics.  The majority of these …

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Phonogram: Singles Club 4 – Konichiwa Bitches | Best Single Issue Comics

On February 16, 2011 By Ryan Lindsay In Comics

The first Phonogram mini landed and people weren’t sure what to believe. Here was a comic about music that talked about lyrics and music instead of writing and art. It didn’t feature a cape in …

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A Marjorie Liu Interview – Dirk, Steele, and X-23

On December 6, 2010 By Lexie C In Comics, Interviews

Recently I was given the chance to have a phone chat with best-selling author Marjorie M. Liu, author of the “Dirk & Steele” paranormal romance series and “Hunter Kiss” urban fantasy series; Marjorie is also …

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Daredevil’s Yellow – A Perfect Memory

On October 7, 2010 By Ryan Lindsay In Comics

A bright yellow costume on a man called Daredevil. It was simply never going to work putting a slightly older, lawyer/vigilante, protector of Hell’s Kitchen in a bright yellow costume. How many reasons are there …

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American Vampire – A Study In True Vampirism

On September 22, 2010 By Ryan Lindsay In Comics

Scott Snyder is a writer who is working to remind the reading masses what vampires are. In American Vampire, Snyder has created a new divergent path for vampires to tread as he imagines the species …

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Secret Warriors – A Steranko Vision For The Morrison Future

On August 19, 2010 By Ryan Lindsay In Comics

Secret Warriors was a title that spun out of the massive Marvel event of yesteryear, Secret Invasion. It could have been the usual dreck, a spin off title with the usual creative team but instead …

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The Abominable Charles Christopher

On August 12, 2010 By Ryan Lindsay In Comics

Karl Kerschl is another comic artist who has dipped his toe into the big pond, he’s worked for DC on a multitude of titles, but his real magnum opus is coming in his longform webcomic. …

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Sin Titulo – A Study In Paranoid Noir

On August 6, 2010 By Ryan Lindsay In Comics

Cameron Stewart is an artist who has become well known due to his collaborations with Grant Morrison on Seaguy and Batman & Robin as well as working with Jason Aaron on the Eisner winning Vertigo …

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Warren Ellis’ X-Men Is Death

On June 24, 2010 By Ryan Lindsay In Comics

The fact that Warren Ellis has a run on any X-Men title should be enough to merit pause and reflection. That he was then able to craft a science fiction dirge about mortality and creation …

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Black Panther: The King Without Fear

On June 6, 2010 By Ryan Lindsay In Comics

It’s just been announced that T’Challa, the Black Panther, King of Wakanda, is going to become the new Man Without Fear protecting Hell’s Kitchen. This turn of events will transpire after the Shadowland event centering …

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Stumptown – A Study In Retro Noir

On December 7, 2009 By Ryan Lindsay In Comics

If you missed Stumptown then you might not be blamed for the omission in your reading stack. Hell, even if you got the comic you might have missed the subsequent issues because the four issue …

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West Coast Blues by Jacques Tardi and Jean-Patrick Manchette Review

On October 29, 2009 By Brian Lindenmuth In Comics

Jean-Patrick Manchette was a French crime novelist who wrote 10 novels. He is held in the highest possible regard by his English-speaking audience. To date only two of his novels have been translated. Let me …

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MPD – Psycho No.1 by Eiji Otsuka Review

On August 31, 2009 By Brian Lindenmuth In Comics

MPD Psycho was a mini-series that came out in 2002 and was inspired by a Manga that came out in 1997. Dark Horse has been releasing the book in America since 2007. I’ve been meaning …

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Kick-Ass Female Authors and their Killer Heroines | NYCC Panel

On February 13, 2009 By Clare In Comics

Friday the 13th is the perfect day for Bookspotcentral Valentine to some wonderful women authors of paranormal fiction. Whether the label du jour is urban fantasy, dark fantasy, or some flavor of paranormal, with or …

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James P. Blaylock Interview – Where in the World is William Ashbless?

On August 9, 2008 By Jay In Book Reviews, Comics, Game of Thrones, Guest Blogs, Interviews

James P. Blaylock was one of the writers, along with Jonathan Carroll, that was at the forefront of reeducation of what Fantasy was or rather could entail, and it was work like The Paper Grail …

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