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GRAPHIC NOVEL REVIEW: The Realist OGN – Humor in the Midst of Chaos!
What is the true potential of the comics as a medium? Seriously, the answer with this rather simple question can lead to more complicated and dynamic discourse that proceed to more engaging ways on how to expand the medium itse...
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IMAGE COMICS: There’s an ‘I’ in ‘WIN’
Independent comics (or ‘indie’ or ‘creator-owned’ for some) are on the march since the late 2000s, though they pick up pace in the 2010 up to this day. Still they are lagging behind in terms of overall c...
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COMIC BOOK REVIEW: Deadly Class #11 – Love’s a Bitch!
This is how to end an arc with a killer cliffhanger. Rick Remender and Wes Craig do not disappoint yet again for they deliver yet again another explosive climatic moment in Deadly Class #11. With Lee Loughridge onboard as their...
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COMIC BOOK REVIEW: Saga #26 – Filipinos are virtually everywhere around the world!
Things are getting more interesting in Saga #26 - second chapter of the sixth part of the critically-acclaimed series by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples. Three stories emerge as every party attempts to face tremendous dilemm...
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GRAPHIC NOVEL REVIEW: Big Hard Sex Criminals HC – Enough said!
LET’S BE REAL HERE! Matt Fraction, one of the most creative minds in the comics industry, continues to impress readers and critics alike with his no-holds barred innovations and thought-provoking way of pushing the medium to it...
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COMIC BOOK REVIEW: Men of Wrath #5 – The Wrath Moment
Jason Aaron and Ron Garney show us readers once again how a great story like Men of Wrath end unexpectedly. Unexpected in the strictest sense that we are rooting or invested on the characters we supposedly feel worth redeeming,...
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GRAPHIC NOVEL REVIEW: Captain America: The Trial of Captain America Omnibus – Guilty or not guilty
Marvel Comics just released another omnibus that is worth to serious comic book collection — Captain America: The Trial of Captain America Omnibus by Eisner-winning comic scribe Ed Brubaker and illustrated by a smorgasbord of t...
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GRAPHIC NOVEL REVIEW: The Fade Out Vol. 1, An epic noir in the Golden Era of Hollywood
In the ongoing tradition of releasing compilations right after an arc or story ended, Image Comics proudly presents one of its highly acclaimed titles, THE FADE OUT Vol. 1. This volume comprises issue one to four of the critica...
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COMIC BOOK REVIEW: The Multiversity: Mastermen #1 is the weakest link
Grant Morrison’s THE MULTIVERSITY continues to receive more critical appraisals primarily on how surprisingly accessible compared to its legitimate successor FINAL CRISIS, and pushing further his brand of meta-narrative to the ...
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COMIC BOOK REVIEW: MPH #5 = Millar’s Procastinated Hype
I have some issues with Mark Millar’s way of ending his titles. First, they are delayed; way so long that I almost forgot they existed until I check my lists in the comic internet sites. Second are the forces behind the delays....
