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Tag Archives: comics
On X-Men: Apocalypse (2016)
I. SOME HISTORY Fox’s X-Men franchise has had more hits than misses. 2000’s X-Men was an excellent introduction to the world and the film franchise’s core character Wolverine. Following three years later, X2 solidified many of the themes that director Bryan Singer evoked in the first … Continue reading
On Chainmail Bikini
Chainmail Bikini is a collection of short comics written by women around the topic of videogames. That sentence, on face, doesn’t seem very radical, and when I backed CB on kickstarter, I didn’t take it as some kind of radical political project. … Continue reading
Posted in Comics, Video Games
Tagged chainmail bikini, comics, hazel newlevant, video games
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Tuscon Art Press Exhibit: Trip Report
A few weeks back I was in Tuscon for a conference, and while I was there the first (annual?) TAPE happened. I saw the signs around the touristy spots, and a friend and I wandered over in order to figure … Continue reading
Fungal Growth
B.P.R.D.: Plague of Frogs #2
Three Portraits of Johann Kraus
Posted in Comics
Tagged bprd, comics, hellboy, johann kraus
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Frank Castle on Fighting
Fighting for the people who run the world gets you stabbed in the back. You fight the wars they start and feed. You kill the monsters they create. You die from handling depleted uranium while they get rich on oil. … Continue reading
Posted in Comics, Quote Time
Tagged comics, the punisher, violence
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Todd McFarlane’s 1992 Comics Journal Interview
The fairly infamous Gary Groth interview with Todd McFarlane is up at The Comics Journal and it is glorious. Groth pins McFarlane to the wall on taste, culture, and the fact that McFarlane was an amazing force of mediocrity in the … Continue reading
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Tagged comics, gary groth, interview, the comics journal, todd mcfarlane
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