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Writer: Plot by Mike Mignola, Scripts by John Arcudi Artist: Guy Davis, supplemented by Mike Mignola Publisher: Dark Horse Comics (2004) When Spinoffs Work In the early 1990’s, comic artist and writer Mike Mignola decided to branch out on his own away from the safety of mainstream comics at DC and into the wilds of…
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Because Great Things – and People – Come to an End As I stated near the end of the last part of this discussion, Black Widow’s motivation for her arc is largely motivated by guilt for past wrongs and a need to protect everyone as recompense. I also noted how similar this was to Tony…
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The Great Blockbuster of our Time – 10 Years and 22 Films in the Making *SPOILERS FOR ENDGAME AHEAD* In May of 2008, for my brother’s 10th birthday, my family filed into a row of seats in our local theater for Marvel Studio’s first feature film Iron Man. Being completely honest, I don’t recall much…
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Writer(s): Ed Brubaker and Greg Rucka Artist(s): Michael Lark, Stefano Gaudiano Publisher: DC Comics; 2002-2006 I don’t much care for modern police procedurals. I don’t hate them, I’ve just always found them to be a bit on the cookie cutter side of television programs. By this I mean if you watch a couple episodes each…
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It does stick out a bit; an English major that can’t shut up about his picture books. While most of my peers are studying the effects of postmodernism on modern entertainment or writing passionate theses on the evolution of the Byronic Hero, I’m talking about comic books. This isn’t at all bashing other English students…
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