Monthly Archives: January 2014

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News
Marvel Announces a New Marvel Comics API Program

By | Jan 31, 2014 | News

In a rather interesting turn events, Marvel has announced Marcel Comics API, a new program that gives developers access to portions of Marvel’s comic data for use in “personal, non-commercial websites and applications.” API, for those unaware, is application programming interface, which specifies how software components interacts with one another, and Marvel is opening up […]

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Dark Horse Announces the Sakai Project

By | Jan 31, 2014 | News

One of the most seminal characters from one of the most important artists of our times, it appears that later this year, Dark Horse will be releasing a brand new oversized hardcover book “The Sakai Project: Artists Celebrate Thirty Years of “Usagi Yojimbo.”” Done as a benefit for Stan Sakai and his wife Sharon, who […]

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Sex Criminals #3 Gets a Queen-Themed Third Printing

By | Jan 31, 2014 | News

Because they continually want to make “Sex Criminals” our favorite book, Image has announced a third printing of the third issue of “Sex Criminals,” now featuring an homage to the cover of Queen II in honor of the issues fantastic sequence in the pool hall. I’d say more, but really, the press release says everything […]

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Reviews
Review: Furious #1

By | Jan 31, 2014 | Reviews

“Furious” is a superhero story with a twist! Only I’m pretty sure that tagline doesn’t work on anybody any more. Er, “Furious” is a complicated superhero-centred story that has some believable angst and pain to it. That sounds less snappy, but there really is a messy, celebrity-trainwreck appeal to this story – and it works […]

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Columns
Cross-Canon: Make Death Count

By | Jan 31, 2014 | Columns

Article originally written by Zachary Clemente Have you seen the cover for issue 30 of “Nightwing” in the April solicitations for DC? Or maybe the cover of the recently released 4th issue of “Cataclysm: The Ultimates’ Last Stand”? I have and I think it’s time we had a chat about the use of character death […]

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Reviews
Review: Theremin #4

By | Jan 31, 2014 | Reviews

Have you ever seen Adaptation.? Where, in a struggle to adapt Susan Orlean’s “The Orchard Thief”, Charlie Kaufman wrote a screenplay about Charlie Kaufman struggling to adapt Susan Orlean’s “The Orchard Thief” into a screenplay? Yeah. This is “Theremin” #4. Written by Curt Pires Illustrated by Dalton Rose Eventually every creation myth becomes a resurrection […]

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Review: Thor: God of Thunder #18

By | Jan 31, 2014 | Reviews

After a less than stellar arc with Malekith, “Thor: God of Thunder” returns to form with a morning-after tale that makes that one “Hangover” mission from Skyrim look like child’s play. Written by Jason Aaron Illustrated by Das Pastoras • A tale of Young Thor, in the age of the Vikings. Here be a dragon. ‘Nuff said. […]

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Review: Batman And Robin Annual #2

By | Jan 31, 2014 | Reviews

The first Robin gets a chance to shine as Dick Grayson’s first week in the red and green tights is spotlighted in “Batman and Robin Annual” #2. Written by Peter J. Tomasi Illustrated by Doug Mahnke with Pat Gleason A YEAR ONE ADVENTURE OF DICK GRAYSON AS ROBIN! Bruce Wayne and Dick Grayson have shared […]

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