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Writers: Warren Ellis, Mark Millar and Tom Peyer Artists: Bryan Hitch, Frank Quietly and Dustin Nguyen Publisher: DC Comics (Wildstorm Imprint, 1999-2002) Heroes for the 21st Century Superheroes in the most classical sense are designed to be the best possible versions of humanity to strive for. They are creations of myth used to serve as…
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Written & Drawn by Katsuhiro Otomo Publisher: Kodansha (1982-1990) Fear and Power in Neo-Tokyo There has to be some sort of hubris in going about the task of reviewing Akira. What has to be one of the most important pieces of genre-fiction of the late 20th century has already been appraised as invaluable to the…
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Writer(s) Mike Mignola, John Arcudi (Plot); Joshua Dysart (Scripts) Artists: Paul Azaceta, Gabriel Ba, Fabio Moon, Max Fiumara Publisher: Dark Horse Comics The First Steps into the Abyss Mike Mignola’s Hellboy universe at Dark Horse Comics is undoubtedly one of the most ambitious projects in modern storytelling. From the plodding mythic voyage of the title…
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Writer: Rick Remender Art: Sean Murphy (Pencils); Matt Hollingsworth (Colors) Publisher: Image (2015) Cyberpunk for the 21st Century Rick Remender and Sean Murphy’s Tokyo Ghost is a 10-issue sci-fi/cyberpunk comic series published by Image Comics in 2015. While most cyberpunk hinges on the speculations of what will become of late-era capitalism, Ghost instead takes that…
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Writer: Rick Remender Artist(s): Tony Moore and Jerome Opena Publisher: Image (2005-07, 2018); Dark Horse (2007-2011) “If everybody was satisfied with himself, there would be no heroes.” -Samuel Clemens The tale of the morally and spiritually broken male hero is a now slowly-dying trope. The alcoholism, low-key sexism and toxic self-reliance of these types of…
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What I’m reading as it comes out in singles or Trade Paperbacks. When it comes to my collecting, reading and reviewing content, the vast majority of what I cover comes from collected editions of past series. For example, my first review on this site was of DC’s Gotham Central, a 15 year-old series that I…
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Sources for inspiration for many people often stem from the people we admire for any number of reasons. Our parents, for example, as they are compassionate, wise, and instill in us our formative values in our early years. Sometimes it is local or even international people of acclaim for their selflessness or bravery; from authority…
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Written and Drawn by James Stokoe Published by Dark Horse Comics (2017) Maintaining the Terror…40 Years Later By the time I was probably 6 years old, the entire Alien film series was under my regular viewing schedule. Indeed, among regular viewings of The Lion King, Batman: the Animated Series and Blues Clues, the iconic sci-fi…
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Written and Drawn by Jeff Lemire; Colors by Jose Villarrubia Published by DC-Vertigo (2009-2013) This Is A Story. In the time surrounding the year 2010, the post-apocalypse story setting was near beaten to death by the mainstream horde of zombie fiction. Television, film, games and comics were swarming with people vs. the undead vs. worse…
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Written & Drawn by Maximillian Uriarte Published by Little, Brown and Company (2007). The Mundanity of War War stories in modern American culture usually fit into one of two categories: heart-wrenching tales of valor and courage in times of combat (Propaganda), or examinations of the dehumanizing effects of being a soldier and the horrors…
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