Author Archives: Jaina Hill

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Hellboy

By | Apr 22, 2019 | Movies, Reviews

The 2019 Hellboy film is inexplicable. But we’re here to figure it out, so I’m going to do my best. It’s a reboot, disconnected from the cult classic films by Guillermo del Toro. This film is arriving in a world chock full of comic book adaptations, smack dab between a SHAZAM movie and the 22nd […]

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“James Bond 007” #6

By | Apr 18, 2019 | Reviews

You could claim that James Bond is a franchise that doesn’t need to exist in 2019. It’d be hard to argue with that- does any franchise need to exist? But Bond is an especially outdated relic of the 1960s that seems obsessed with its own legacy. That’s what makes the alchemy of the new series […]

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Buffyversity: The Rise and Fall of Xander Harris

By | Apr 16, 2019 | Columns

From the first episode of the show to the last, Xander Harris was a constant presence in Sunndale. It’s clear what Xander was supposed to be: the nice guy. But decades of discussion has not been flattering for the Scooby Gang’s allegedly lovable loser. It’s not that Xander was the secret villain of Buffy the […]

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“Age of Conan: Belit” #2

By | Apr 11, 2019 | Reviews

The act of turning a series into a franchise makes me nervous, but “Belit” is a good comic. One way to look at it is proof that a wider shared universe of “Conan the Barbarian” stories is an idea with merit, but that is missing the point entirely. “Belit” does not succeed because the world […]

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Multiversity Call Sheet: MCU X-Men

By | Apr 8, 2019 | Columns

With the Fox/Disney deal almost upon us, it’s time to turn our gaze to the most sprawling of Marvel franchises: the X-Men! There have been many, many X-Men movies. A few of them have even been pretty good. But comic movie fans are stoked to see what happens when the mutants join with the biggest […]

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“Conan the Barbarian” #5

By | Apr 4, 2019 | Reviews

The thing about Jason Aaron’s run on “Conan the Barbarian” is that, despite being an ongoing story, each issue is really a self contained adventure from different periods of the Cimmerian’s life. This approach not only keeps the story fresh, it mirrors the non-sequential approach of Howard’s original Conan stories. Unlike Howard though, Aaron to […]

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Mutantversity: He’s Making a List

By | Apr 1, 2019 | Columns

Welcome back to Mutantversity, a class offered at the Stately Xavier Mansion. This isn’t a space for reviewing X-Men books- we have reviews for that! “Uncanny X-Men” continues to be great, and things are slowly heating up over the “Age of X-Man.” We’re jumping all over the place in terms of continuity but as your […]

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We Want Comics: Supergiant Games

By | Mar 26, 2019 | Columns

Supergiant Comics. No one is telling stories in any medium quite like Supergiant Games. Their worlds dip their toe in familiar storytelling convention, but are unlike anything you’ve ever experienced. Their characters are often funny, even whimsical, but their stories are melancholy and complex. The Supergiant video games combine engaging gameplay with virtuosic design- especially […]

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“Spider-Man: Life Story” #1

By | Mar 22, 2019 | Reviews

At first I wasn’t blown away by “Spider-Man: Life Story” #1. It’s an undeniably good comic, created by a journeyman veteran and a recent superstar. Then I got to the last page and suddenly, this entire venture clicked for me. “Life Story” isn’t just a good comic, the miniseries has the potential to be an […]

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Buffyversity: Drusilla and William the Bloody Awful

By | Mar 19, 2019 | Columns

This month’s “Buffy” comics have seen the return of the one of the greatest villainous duos in the entire franchise- Drusilla and Spike. The two rolled with a vampire crew that called themselves the Whirlwind before they arrived in Sunnydale early in Buffy’s second season. They stuck around throughout the show’s run, played a part […]

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