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Comic Review: Thought Bubble Anthology 2019
5 years ago

Comic Review: Thought Bubble Anthology 2019

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Five teenagers in a red convertible with the headlights on drive towards the reader. A determined dark-skinned boy with cornrows is at the wheel, eyes narrowed and smirking. In the passengers seat, a tousle-haired boy with glasses reader a comic. In the backseat are three firls. A girl with pink hair gasps with delight, holding a comic book to her chest. On the other side, another girl with short blonde hair, reads a different comic book. Between them, a dark-haired girl in ripped jeans stands, holding her comic aloft with a defiant look.

The Thought Bubble Comic Art Competition started in 2010, with the first Thought Bubble Anthology showcasing the competition winners as well as select industry creators.This year’s anthology has been released …
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Comic Review: Pretty Deadly: The Rat #2
5 years ago

Comic Review: Pretty Deadly: The Rat #2

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Cover of Pretty Deadly The Rat #2

The third volume of Pretty Deadly, titled The Rat, again takes up the story of the Fields family, Sissy, and Ginny, Death’s daughter and Reaper of Vengeance. The first volume …
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Comic Review: Everything #1
5 years ago

Comic Review: Everything #1

Cover of Everything Issue 1: a woman with a green glowing eye and nametag "Shirley" stands in front of a background of falling Sale! banners

Released earlier this month, the first issue of Everything takes the reader back to October 1980, to the small town of Holland, Michigan. A new mega-department store, called Everything, has …
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Comic Review: Strayed Issue #1
5 years ago

Comic Review: Strayed Issue #1

Cover of Strayed Issue 1; a cat staring straight at the viewer with a starry galaxy behind him

There have been plenty of takes on “invention that allows you to talk to your pets” in pop culture. There’s everyone’s favorite Good Boy, Dug

Dug, Up

The SNL sketch …
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Manga Review: Daytime Shooting Star
5 years ago

Manga Review: Daytime Shooting Star

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Cover of Daytime Shooting Star 1

Image courtesy VIZ Media

Daytime Shooting Star is a twelve-volume manga written and illustrated by Mika Yamamori, originally published in Japan starting in 2011 and receiving a live-action film adaptation …
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Review: Snow, Glass, Apples
5 years ago

Review: Snow, Glass, Apples

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snow glass apples

There have been several recent graphic novel adaptations of Neil Gaiman’s short stories, and Snow, Glass, Apples seems to be a logical choice. The reimagined fairy tale presents a wealth …
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Review: Unicorn Fight Squad #1
5 years ago

Review: Unicorn Fight Squad #1

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Unicorn Fight Squad is the latest project from Christine Larsen, under her self-published label Snaga Comix. Following Orcs! (2016), Microcosmics (2017), and Holy Diver (2019), the new series features a …
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Book Review: As the Pizza Burns
6 years ago

Book Review: As the Pizza Burns

By  •  Books

As the Pizza Burns is the debut novel from Nick Powers, a Texas native with more than a few years of experience in customer service under his belt. Drawing from …
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Comic Review: Bettie Page TPB
6 years ago

Comic Review: Bettie Page TPB

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If you’re looking for a lot of gratuitous fifties-style pin-up poses… you’re pretty much in the right place with Dynamite’s Bettie Page. The real-life Bettie Page that the character here …
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Comic Review – Flavor #1
6 years ago

Comic Review – Flavor #1

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Imagine if you will that Hayao Miyazaki collaborated with Alton Brown to create a new and exciting universe; part Castle In the Sky and part Cutthroat Kitchen, the story of Flavor …
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Comic Review – Fraggle Rock #1
6 years ago

Comic Review – Fraggle Rock #1

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From Archaia, Fraggle Rock #1 contains a single, self contained story titled “Mokey Loses Her Muse” It was written and illustrated by Jared Cullum, who has previously worked on other …
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Comic Review: My Boyfriend is a Bear
6 years ago

Comic Review: My Boyfriend is a Bear

All love stories should start the way this one does: the person we will fall in love with greets us by unearthing something about ourselves we felt we had to …
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