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Category Archives: Comic Book Wednesday
Comic Book Wednesday: ‘East of West’
There is no easy way to describe “East of West” by Jonathan Hickman and Nick Dragotta. It is about Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse coming to a dystopian future of our world that has an alternative history tale.
Posted in Comic Book Wednesday, Comic books
Tagged "A Tale of Fire and Ice.", 2064, alternative history, Christian, civil war, comic book wednesday, comic books, comics, conquest, death, dystopian future, east of west, epic, famine, Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, George R.R. Martin, gruesome, Jonathan Hickman, native american, Nick Dragotta, pagan, Seven Nations of America, suzanne collins, the hunger games, violent, war, Wild West
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Comic Book Wednesday: ‘Fanny & Romeo’
Fanny wants kids; Fabian wants security beforehand. Then Fanny clings to a cat named Romeo, and here is the translated story by Yves Pelletier titled “Fanny & Romeo.”
Posted in Comic Book Wednesday, Comic books
Tagged biological clock, canada, cat, cheating, comic book, comic book wednesday, comics, Conundrum Press, Fabien, Fanny, Fanny & Romeo, french, insecurity, jealousy, KerryAnn Cochrane, kids, kitty, language, obsession, Pascal Girard, pet, Quebec, relationship woes, Romeo, translation, Yves Pelletier
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Comic Book Wednesday: ‘Jupiter’s Legacy’
Mark Millar has fallen hard, and “Jupiter’s Legacy” does not live up to its title or reviews.
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Tagged 1929, All-Star Superman, comic book wednesday, comic books, comics, Frank Quitely, great depression, horrible, island, jupiter's legacy, Kick-Ass, Kick-Ass 2, Mark Millar, sucks, superhero, superheroes, Wall Street Crash, world war II
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Comic Book Wednesday: ‘Son of Merlin’
Simon Ambrose is a young professor at MIT, so he never expected to get involved with magic and be told he is the son of the great wizard Merlin. Now Simon must fight to save the world.
Comic Book Wednesday: ‘Polarity’
Timothy Woods is incredibly creative, but to the point that it almost killed him. “Polarity” struggles with bi-polar disorder and the necessity or not to take medication.
Comic Book Wednesday: ‘Optic Nerve’
Adrian Tomine hits a nerve with the masses with his autobiographical work, compiled in “Optic Nerve.”
Posted in Comic Book Wednesday, Comic books
Tagged "Drop", "Echo Ave", "Long Distance", "Lunch Break", "Sleepwalk", Adrian Tomine, autobiographical, batman, brain, comic book, comic book wednesday, comics, Drawn and Quarterly Publications, Harvey Pekar, jeffrey brown, love, Optic Nerve, retina, sex, Spider-Man, Superman
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Comic Book Wednesday: ‘Great Pacific’
Floating in the Pacific Ocean is a pile of garbage. Instead of ignoring it or helping it to grow, oil heir Chas Worthington III wants to destory it, to save the environment and the world. But his company wants money instead, at any cost. The new comic book “Great Pacific” tackles this environmental problem.
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Tagged Chas Worthington III, comic book wednesday, comic books, comics, debris, eco, environment, environmental, Great Pacific Garbage Patch, Great Pacific Gyre, green, green living, Hero, Hydrocarbon Remediation Operation, Image Comics, Joe Harris, Kenya, Maasai, Martin Morazzo, Pacific Ocean, plastic, plastic debris, pollution, smart magazine
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Comic Book Wednesday: ‘Y: The Last Man’
What if there was only one man left on Earth? Would all the women use him or kill him? This is what Yorick and his monkey Ampersand is dealing with in “Y: The Last Man.”
Posted in Comic Book Wednesday, Comic books
Tagged Agent 355, Australia, Beth, Brian Vaughan, Clem Robins, Colonel Tse'Elon, comic book, comic book wednesday, comics, Congresswoman Brown, Dr. Allison Mann, dystopian, Eisner Awards, female, Fiona Staples, Hero, Jennifer Brown, Madam President, male, Margaret Valentine, Pia Guerra, Saga, science fiction, The Last Man, Y, Y: The Last Man, Yorick
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Comic Book Wednesday: ‘Savage Wolverine’
Wolverine fights off dinosaurs and neanderthals, while trying to get off an island called the Savage Land. This first issue of a pulpy, campy Wolverine is a great read.
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Tagged 20th Century Fox, batman, comic book wednesday, comic books, comics, DC Comics, dinosaurs, Frank Cho, Hugh Jackman, James Howlett, Logan, Marvel, Marvel Comics, mer-people, S.H.I.E.L.D., Savage Wolverine, Shanna, Shanna the She-Devil, Superman, Wolverine
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