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Daytripper – The Deaths We Die Every Day

On July 8 By Ryan Lindsay In Comics

Daytripper, the ten issue maxi series comic by Gabriel Ba and Fabio Moon, is an almost-surreal life study of one man, Brás de Oliva Domingos, and how he has lived his life. Each issue is …

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Back Matter Matters – A Study In Commitment

On June 14 By Ryan Lindsay In Comics

It is a story in words and pictures; that’s comic, kids. That’s what the companies sell, that’s what we buy. But I always want more, and I don’t think I’m asking for too much. There …

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Charlie Adlard Interview – Portrait of the Artist as a Walking Dead Man

On September 8 By Stefan Petrucha In Comics, Interviews

Back in the nineties, I had the pleasure of working with Charlie Adlard on Topp’s The X-Files comic.  Ages later, the man who draws The Walking Dead was kind enough to spend some time catching …

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C.A.S.S – Cool Acronyms of Spy Stories

On June 23 By Ryan Lindsay In Comics

The ability to boil something down to just one word has power. To use that word is impressive but to know the meaning of the word is the key to unlocking a world that exists …

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Scalped: Unwanted – A Study In Flawed Characters

On May 23 By Ryan Lindsay In Comics

Scalped is a phenomenal series, that’s not news to anyone whether you read it or not. The book gets good press like the ocean gets waves. Constantly. But just recently, I bought the latest trade, …

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Run, Micro, Run

On February 24 By Jimmy Callaway In Comics

The notion of the sidekick has been a popular one in story-telling since time out of mind, yet it has most likely been brought to its highest prominence in superhero comics.  The majority of these …

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Phonogram: Singles Club 4 – Konichiwa Bitches | Best Single Issue Comics

On February 16 By Ryan Lindsay In Comics

The first Phonogram mini landed and people weren’t sure what to believe. Here was a comic about music that talked about lyrics and music instead of writing and art. It didn’t feature a cape in …

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A Marjorie Liu Interview – Dirk, Steele, and X-23

On December 6 By Lexie C In Comics, Interviews

Recently I was given the chance to have a phone chat with best-selling author Marjorie M. Liu, author of the “Dirk & Steele” paranormal romance series and “Hunter Kiss” urban fantasy series; Marjorie is also …

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Daredevil’s Yellow – A Perfect Memory

On October 7 By Ryan Lindsay In Comics

A bright yellow costume on a man called Daredevil. It was simply never going to work putting a slightly older, lawyer/vigilante, protector of Hell’s Kitchen in a bright yellow costume. How many reasons are there …

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American Vampire – A Study In True Vampirism

On September 22 By Ryan Lindsay In Comics

Scott Snyder is a writer who is working to remind the reading masses what vampires are. In American Vampire, Snyder has created a new divergent path for vampires to tread as he imagines the species …

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Secret Warriors – A Steranko Vision For The Morrison Future

On August 19 By Ryan Lindsay In Comics

Secret Warriors was a title that spun out of the massive Marvel event of yesteryear, Secret Invasion. It could have been the usual dreck, a spin off title with the usual creative team but instead …

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The Abominable Charles Christopher

On August 12 By Ryan Lindsay In Comics

Karl Kerschl is another comic artist who has dipped his toe into the big pond, he’s worked for DC on a multitude of titles, but his real magnum opus is coming in his longform webcomic. …

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Sin Titulo – A Study In Paranoid Noir

On August 6 By Ryan Lindsay In Comics

Cameron Stewart is an artist who has become well known due to his collaborations with Grant Morrison on Seaguy and Batman & Robin as well as working with Jason Aaron on the Eisner winning Vertigo …

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Warren Ellis’ X-Men Is Death

On June 24 By Ryan Lindsay In Comics

The fact that Warren Ellis has a run on any X-Men title should be enough to merit pause and reflection. That he was then able to craft a science fiction dirge about mortality and creation …

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Black Panther: The King Without Fear

On June 6 By Ryan Lindsay In Comics

It’s just been announced that T’Challa, the Black Panther, King of Wakanda, is going to become the new Man Without Fear protecting Hell’s Kitchen. This turn of events will transpire after the Shadowland event centering …

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Stumptown – A Study In Retro Noir

On December 7 By Ryan Lindsay In Comics

If you missed Stumptown then you might not be blamed for the omission in your reading stack. Hell, even if you got the comic you might have missed the subsequent issues because the four issue …

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West Coast Blues by Jacques Tardi and Jean-Patrick Manchette Review

On October 29 By Brian Lindenmuth In Comics

Jean-Patrick Manchette was a French crime novelist who wrote 10 novels. He is held in the highest possible regard by his English-speaking audience. To date only two of his novels have been translated. Let me …

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MPD – Psycho No.1 by Eiji Otsuka Review

On August 31 By Brian Lindenmuth In Comics

MPD Psycho was a mini-series that came out in 2002 and was inspired by a Manga that came out in 1997. Dark Horse has been releasing the book in America since 2007. I’ve been meaning …

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Kick-Ass Female Authors and their Killer Heroines | NYCC Panel

On February 13 By Clare In Comics

Friday the 13th is the perfect day for Bookspotcentral Valentine to some wonderful women authors of paranormal fiction. Whether the label du jour is urban fantasy, dark fantasy, or some flavor of paranormal, with or …

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James P. Blaylock Interview – Where in the World is William Ashbless?

On August 9 By Jay In (special) Guest Blogs, Book Reviews, Comics, Game of Thrones, Interviews

James P. Blaylock was one of the writers, along with Jonathan Carroll, that was at the forefront of reeducation of what Fantasy was or rather could entail, and it was work like The Paper Grail …

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A Mignola Daydream – Rhys Hughes Guest Blog

On June 21 By Rhys Hughes In (special) Guest Blogs, Comics

I first learned of the existence of Mike Mignola only in 2007 when I received an email out of the blue from a writer and editor by the name of Christopher Golden. His message informed …

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Your Prescription for Reading?

On October 26 By Jay In (special) Guest Blogs, Book Reviews, Comics, Game of Thrones, Interviews

This is the first of a new monthly feature we are calling Synergy. Basically, one of our contributors offers a single question for our other contributors to give answer to. Beyond that, we go out …

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Scalped: Indian Country Review

On October 7 By Brian Lindenmuth In Comics

Indian Country collects the first five issues of the monthly series Scalped. The art in Scalped is very good. Offering up shadows with hidden depths at times and bright, clear and detailed panel at others …

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Synergy! Sharing Favorite Scary Stories with Carrie Vaughn, Charlie Huston, Jimmy Palmiotti & More!

On September 5 By Jay In (special) Guest Blogs, Book Reviews, Comics, Game of Thrones, Interviews

Synergy is back! If you haven’t seen this column before, the basic idea is that we put the same question to a variety of professionals (and sometimes amateurs) who interest us to create a plateful of …

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Graphic Novels: Going the Long Way Round – Tim Eldred Guest Blog

On July 23 By Tim Eldred In (special) Guest Blogs, Comics

It’s a process that places abnormal demands on you and on the people around you. If this is the way you choose to express yourself creatively, there is a price to be paid for it. But …

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A DC Comics Gateway in Identity Crisis

On June 4 By Jay In Comics

Identity Crisis is a DC mini-series that love or hate is a legitimate benchmark on the DC timeline noting the company’s trends as the beginning of a shift in their line’s direction as a whole. …

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Susanna Clarke’s Magical Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell Review

On June 4 By Jay In (special) Guest Blogs, Book Reviews, Comics, Game of Thrones, Interviews

In my opinion, simply stated, with no reservation what so ever, the best novel published in 2004. The best Fantasy novel? Well, yes, but also, the best fictional novel, bar none. Susanna Clarke’s debut novel, …

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