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Assault on New Olympus #1, Incredible Hercules #140
Posted by Tom Crippen on March 10th, 2010 at 9:00 AMSuperman/Batman #68, Superman: World of New Krypton #11
Posted by Tom Crippen on February 9th, 2010 at 10:00 AMBoring superhero art is examined for shortcomings, hints of ability.
Why Ebony White Isn’t Sassy
Posted by Tom Crippen on February 5th, 2010 at 12:01 AM
The quote is a beautiful linguistic specimen because it shows what words can do when no thought is present. Hit on race and the brain gets shut off. That’s not the only reflex we have, but it’s common, especially when entertainment professionals are talking in public about what to do with a given property.
Alpha: Fall of the Hulks
Posted by Tom Crippen on February 4th, 2010 at 9:00 AMWitness the birth of Swimming MODOK.
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Siege: The Cabal
Posted by Tom Crippen on February 3rd, 2010 at 10:00 AMThe Bendis-Kirby one-two punch gets a demonstration in the kickoff to Siege.
The Wench with a Million Sighs
Posted by Tom Crippen on February 1st, 2010 at 10:00 AMHow the new Empowered special gives a guided tour of the series’ psyche.
TCJ 300: Post-Human Review
Posted by Tom Crippen on December 31st, 2009 at 4:07 AMAge of Geeks
The Owl Ship’s controls in Watchmen: The Film Companion, photographed by Clay Enos; ©2009 DC Comics.
In the late 1970s, when this magazine came to be, Alan Moore was kicking around from one clerk job to another, collecting his paychecks from places like the Northampton gas board. He wanted to be an artist and seer, but he couldn’t find the nerve to collar his destiny. One night he had a dream: His 10-year-old self looked at him and wanted to know what had happened to their life. A decade later, Moore was finishing Watchmen, and now he sits in his living room in Northampton, keeping an irritated distance from the $150 million dumb idea Hollywood has raised over his bright idea from a quarter-century back.
The Essential Dykes to Watch Out For reviewed by Tom Crippen
Posted by Tom Crippen on December 15th, 2009 at 12:01 AMAlison Bechdel; Houghton Mifflin Harcourt; 416 pp., $25; B&W, Hardcover; ISBN: 978-0618968800
In the following article you will find phrases like “dicks become a big part of life” and “penetration is in.” Traditionally, among a certain class of people, these…
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