Author Archives: Elias Rosner

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Interviews
Mary Pope Osborne on Free Play, Reading, and Joy in “Magic Tree House”

By | May 27, 2024 | Interviews

Mary Pope Osborne is not a big name in comics but she is a gigantic name in the world of children's literature. Her "Magic Tree House" series has been running for over 30 years and inspired multiple generations of readers, like myself, to inquire deeply and with openness. Her 39th (or maybe it's 67th) "Magic Tree House" book, "Windy Night with Wild Horses" has just come out. It was a joy to get to talk to her about a wide range of topics related to her books, in particular the graphic novel adaptations by Jenny Laird and Kelly & Nicole Matthews that are going three years strong, with book 7, "Sunset of the Sabertooth" on the horizon.

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Spider Gwen the Ghost Spider #1 - Featured Reviews
“Spider-Gwen: The Ghost Spider” #1

By | May 23, 2024 | Reviews

Spider-Gwen (or Ghost Spider, if you’re feeling nasty) fans rejoice! Our favorite What If? Spidey is back headlining her own ongoing series. Can Phillips & co. inject some much needed juice into her adventures or is this another false start to capitalize on the character’s popularity? I think the words “trapped in the 616...for good” answers that question quite succinctly.

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Realm of Owls - Featured Reviews
The Webcomics Weekly #282: Hoo Could it Be Now? (5/7/2024 Edition)

By | May 7, 2024 | Reviews

The Webcomics Weekly is back in your life! Flying in for a second week in a row, I have decided to really go out of my comfort zone and review a…shudders...comedy series. No serious dramatics or contemplation here. Just good old fashion goofs, gags, and guffaws. Also Owls in funny hats. Lo! Prithee praytell what goes on in the “Realm of Owls?” Forsooth, we shall discover readily.

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Spectregraph #1 - Featured Reviews
“Spectregraph” #1

By | Apr 30, 2024 | Reviews

Tynion, Ward, and Bidikar on an old dark house comic? I cannot think of a better team to scare the living pants off of me. Things would have to go horribly awry for this to be anything but magical. That’s not foreshadowing. Just a statement of fact.

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Dead and the Damned #1 - Featured Reviews
“The Dead and the Damned” #1

By | Apr 25, 2024 | Reviews

What does it mean to live forever? Is it a blessing, a curse, or something less binary? These are the questions many fantasies - particularly of the apocalyptic zombie kind - presents us with, whether knowingly or not. “The Dead and the Damned” tackles it head on, starting from the curse and then asking my favorite question: Why? Come. Let us join a world most fierce, forged in steel and magic, in a place ravaged by the scourge of the undead.

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Interviews
Jamming, Blocking, and Paranormal Yeeting: An Interview With “Blood City Rollers’s” V.P. Anderson and Tatiana Hill

By | Apr 9, 2024 | Interviews

Roller Derby has always been something I’ve liked hearing about but never really got. While I still don’t really get it after talking with V and Tatiana, I certainly have a much greater fondness for this wacky, wild and ever changing sport. I think you will too. You’ll certainly come out wanting to read more […]

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