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The Weekly Crisis Down Under Reviews for 01/26/2011
Hi all, just your friendly neighbourhood Aussie here to drop some quick reviews for you all. I’ve got a smattering of publishers to represent here with looks at Secret Avengers , Fantastic Four, Conan: Road of Kings, Detective Comics, and Thunderbolts
Chicago home to new wave of comic-strip artists
Step aside, Gotham City. Chicago is the new center of the comic universe, a place where introspective everymen have replaced caped crusaders in tights.
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Crisis on Infinite Arts – Cameron Stewart’s Suicide Girls
Hey, you! Yes, you! Do you like girl with tattoos and pretty comic book art? Then Cameron Stewart has a treat for you today, because he was hired to design a set of fictional characters for the upcoming Suicide Girls and he has uploaded a set of character sketches as well as the cover for the first issue on his blog . There's plenty of tattoos, piercings, and unconventional hair styles.
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Ryan L’s Soapbox – A Collection of Random Thoughts Vol 1
Alright, people, I got a lot of problems and now you’re going to hear about them.
Big talk on the lowly comic book – Daily Blog – Colan comic book …
Chief among them being that the work they love is not being afforded the respect they believe it deserves by academia because academics, by definition, find comic books beneath serious study. The argument apparently goes like this.
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Comic Book Review Power Rankings for 12/22/10
Christmastime is upon us and I’ve got a gift for you—the penultimate edition of the Comic Book Review Power Rankings for 2010! I’m ready to stuff your stockings with reviews of some of the finest comics on the market including new issues of X-Men: Legacy , Batman Incorporated , Mice Templar , and more! Hit the jump to find out which comic has a Book of the Week honor under its tree! For the uninitiated, the Comic Book Review Power Rankings is a countdown from worst-to-best of my weekly comic book haul. Before reading the issues, I preRank them based on the creative team, previous issues, solicitations, and gut instinct. The final Ranking number is based upon how the issues actually turned out
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What to Watch 2010 – A Look Back
In the closing days of 2009, I looked ahead to 2010 and made my predictions on ten items that I expected to be amongst the most buzzed about aspects of the comic book industry. I looked at up-and-coming creators, significant films, and highly anticipated titles
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Advanced Review: Train Me, Gamble
When the galaxy’s most-feared hero, Andrew Smith, is asked to stop a diabolical warlord, he has to own up to the fact that he doesn’t actually know how to fight and seek out the training of Gamble, a legendary immortal fighter. The Good
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