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Matthew Sardo
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Founder of Monkeys Fighting Robots and the Indie Comics Creator Con. Still trying to write the perfect comic book review. IC3 logo by Sam J Royale.
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PREDATOR: BADLANDS – The Hunt We Never Saw Coming #comicbooks #readmorecomics
PREDATOR: BADLANDS – The Hunt We Never Saw Coming
From director Dan Trachtenberg (10 Cloverfield Lane, Prey) comes the latest chapter in one of modern sci-fi’s most beloved and iconic franchises with Predator: Badlands. Starring Elle Fanning and Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi as our Predator protagonist, Badlands takes the biggest creative swing in the series thus far by making the Predator itself the main character. Although it comes […]
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November 11, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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Marvel Comics Exclusive Preview: SPIDER-MAN ’94 #3 #comicbooks #readmorecomics
Marvel Comics Exclusive Preview: SPIDER-MAN ’94 #3
SPIDER-MAN ’94 #3 hits your local comic book store on November 12th, but thanks to Marvel Comics, Monkeys Fighting Robots has an exclusive four-page preview for you! About the issue: WHO IS EZEKIEL SIMS? While SPIDER-MAN tries to recover from the worst beatdown of his life, MORLUN continues his dark and twisted plans. Why is […]
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November 9, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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Marvel Comics Exclusive Preview: 1776 #1 #comicbooks #readmorecomics
Marvel Comics Exclusive Preview: 1776 #1
1776 #1 hits your local comic book store on November 12th, but thanks to Marvel Comics, Monkeys Fighting Robots has an exclusive four-page preview for you! About the issue: REVOLUTIONARY WARRIORS, ASSEMBLE! Calamity strikes when a mysterious force dares to tamper with the sacred threads of history. CAPTAIN AMERICA and his formidable squad of Marvel […]
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November 9, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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Review: OUR SOOT STAINED HEART #1 – Steampunk Holiday #comicbooks #readmorecomics
Review: OUR SOOT STAINED HEART #1 – Steampunk Holiday
From writer Joni Hagg and co-author & artist Stipan Morian (20th Century Men) comes a grimy, Dickensian take on a holiday story with Our Soot Stained Heart #1. Featuring Ropemann on colors and letting from Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou, this opening issue is a beautifully crafted comic book that may be the most interesting take on a Christmas […]
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November 6, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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Marvel Comics Exclusive Preview: AVENGERS #32 #comicbooks #readmorecomics
Marvel Comics Exclusive Preview: AVENGERS #32
AVENGERS #32 hits your local comic book store on November 5th, but thanks to Marvel Comics, Monkeys Fighting Robots has an exclusive three-page preview for you! About the issue: ZOMBIE INVASION! The curtain has been pulled back and KANG’s triumph seems inevitable with the grail in his hands. The Avengers are outnumbered – but when […]
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October 30, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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Marvel Comics Exclusive Preview: AMAZING X-MEN #2 #comicbooks #readmorecomics
Marvel Comics Exclusive Preview: AMAZING X-MEN #2
AMAZING X-MEN #2 hits your local comic book store on November 5th, but thanks to Marvel Comics, Monkeys Fighting Robots has an exclusive four-page preview for you! About the issue: OUT OF THE FRYING PAN AND INTO THE HELLFIRE! X YEARS LATER, the X-Men find themselves at the mercy of the Darkchild and her demon […]
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October 30, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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Review: ABSOLUTE BATMAN ANNUAL #1 — His Way #comicbooks #readmorecomics
Review: ABSOLUTE BATMAN ANNUAL #1 — His Way
Absolute Batman 2025 Annual is a very strong and emotional set of stories from many different creatives. Writer/artist Daniel Warren Johnson, colorist Mike Spicer, and letterer Clayton Cowles focus on the first story, which also happens to be the longest one. The story features Bruce driving through an area named Slaughter Swamp in order to […]
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October 29, 2025 at 10:02 PM
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Quiet Disillusionment in NECROPOLITAN: THE LIFE & DEATH OF MARK HERNANDEZ #1 #comicbooks #readmorecomics
Quiet Disillusionment in NECROPOLITAN: THE LIFE & DEATH OF MARK HERNANDEZ #1
Truth, justice, and the American way… These are all themes writer/letterer Julian Darius and artist/colorist/letterer Steven Legge explore in Martian Lit’s Necropolis: The Life & Death of Mark Hernandez #1. But their exploration isn’t one of wide-eyed curiosity or general intrigue. In many ways, it feels more like an autopsy. Writing Darius — returning to […]
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October 26, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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Image Comics Preview: Tyler Kirkham’s FINAL BOSS #1 #comicbooks #readmorecomics
Image Comics Preview: Tyler Kirkham’s FINAL BOSS #1
FINAL BOSS #1 hits your local comic book store on November 19th, but thanks to Image Comics, Monkeys Fighting Robots has a three-page preview for you! About the issue: From the dynamic creator and artist, Tyler Kirkham (Amazing Spider-Man, Green Lantern), comes a thrilling new action hero: Tommy Brazen in FINAL BOSS! Get ready for […]
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October 23, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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Marvel Comics Exclusive Preview: THOR #3 #comicbooks #readmorecomics
Marvel Comics Exclusive Preview: THOR #3
THOR #3 hits your local comic book store on October 29th, but thanks to Marvel Comics, Monkeys Fighting Robots has an exclusive two-page preview for you! About the issue: SNAKES IN THE GRASS! Roxxon Construction has a vigilante problem. But whoever this “Thor” is, they know he’s only human… …and the people they’ve hired to […]
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October 23, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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Marvel Comics Exclusive Preview: DEATH OF THE SILVER SURFER #5 #comicbooks #readmorecomics
Marvel Comics Exclusive Preview: DEATH OF THE SILVER SURFER #5
DEATH OF THE SILVER SURFER #5 hits your local comic book store on October 29th, but thanks to Marvel Comics, Monkeys Fighting Robots has an exclusive five-page preview for you! About the issue: THE ALL-NEW SILVER SURFER?! The Silver Surfer is dead. Long live the Silver Surfer. The issue is by writer Greg Pak and […]
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October 23, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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Review: CAPTAIN HENRY AND THE GRAVEYARD OF TIME #1 – Steampunk Ghostbusters #comicbooks #readmorecomics
Review: CAPTAIN HENRY AND THE GRAVEYARD OF TIME #1 – Steampunk Ghostbusters
From comics legend Mike Mignola and creator Bruce Zick (The Mighty Thor, Primordial) comes a new adventure in the paranormal Curious Objects universe with Captain Henry and the Graveyard of Time #1. Featuring lettering from Clem Robins, this opening issue is exactly the sort of jaunt you’d expect and want from Mignola and his collaborators. With […]
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October 22, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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Review: DICK TRACY HALLOWEEN SPECIAL — Crime And Horror Fighting It Out #comicbooks #readmorecomics
Review: DICK TRACY HALLOWEEN SPECIAL — Crime And Horror Fighting It Out
There’s a long tradition of putting out spooky specials around Halloween, but it’s not something that you see so much these days, especially in comics. So the arrival of the Dick Tracy Halloween Special on October 29 is something worth getting excited for. The ongoing series from Mad Cave Studios about the famous detective in […]
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October 20, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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Advance Review: DIE: LOADED #1 — Back in the Game #comicbooks #readmorecomics
Advance Review: DIE: LOADED #1 — Back in the Game
From writer Kieron Gillen (The Wicked + The Divine, Phonogram, Immortal X-Men), artist Stephanie Hans (Journey into Mystery, Angela: Queen of Hel, Secret Wars 1602), and letterer by Clayton Cowles (Daredevil, Star Wars, Moonstruck), and published by Image Comics, comes Die: Loaded, the continuation of Gillen and Hans’ three time Hugo award-winner Die.  For those […]
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October 20, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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Review: OUT OF ALCATRAZ – No More Road #comicbooks #readmorecomics
Review: OUT OF ALCATRAZ – No More Road
From writer Christopher Cantwell (Halt and Catch Fire, Plastic Man No More!) and artist Tyler Crook (The Lonesome Hunters, Harrow County) comes a desperate yet hopeful take on one of le last century’s greatest mysteries in Out Of Alcatraz. Now collected in a complete hardcover from Oni Press, Out of Alcatraz is a tense, focused tale inspired by […]
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October 20, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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Marvel Comics Exclusive Preview: ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN: INCURSION #5 #comicbooks #readmorecomics
Marvel Comics Exclusive Preview: ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN: INCURSION #5
ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN: INCURSION #5 hits your local comic book store on October 22nd, but thanks to Marvel Comics, Monkeys Fighting Robots has an exclusive four-page preview for you! About the issue: THE ULTIMATE EXIT! A SHOWDOWN WITH THE MAKER’S COUNCIL! The clock is ticking for Miles to escape the Ultimate Universe with his baby sister! […]
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October 16, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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Marvel Comics Exclusive Preview: THE ULTIMATES #17 #comicbooks #readmorecomics
Marvel Comics Exclusive Preview: THE ULTIMATES #17
THE ULTIMATES #17 hits your local comic book store on October 22nd, but thanks to Marvel Comics, Monkeys Fighting Robots has an exclusive four-page preview for you! About the issue: THE ULTIMATE FANTASTIC FOUR? Now that the Ultimates are using the Immortus Engine to its full capacity, Doom’s dream of the Ultimate Fantastic Four may […]
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October 16, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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I didn't realize I needed Medieval Robocop!

Thank you, Jesse Lonergan for an amazing commission.

#NYCC
October 15, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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Words of Wisdom from Michel Fiffe for Aspiring Creators. #indiecomics #NYCC #comicbooks
Words of Wisdom from Michel Fiffe for Aspiring Creators. #indiecomics #NYCC #comicbooks
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October 14, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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Heading to New York Comic Con, and I feel like I’m forgetting something!

#nycc #traveling #stress #forgotsomething
October 9, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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Marvel Comics Exclusive Preview: CAPTAIN AMERICA #4 #comicbooks #readmorecomics
Marvel Comics Exclusive Preview: CAPTAIN AMERICA #4
CAPTAIN AMERICA #4 hits your local comic book store on October 15th, but thanks to Marvel Comics, Monkeys Fighting Robots has an exclusive three-page preview for you! About the issue: A NATION DOOMED! It’s a showdown between DOOM and CAPTAIN AMERICA with the fate of Latveria hanging in the balance! As Doom prepares a fatal […]
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October 8, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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Marvel Comics Exclusive Preview: AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #14 #comicbooks #readmorecomics
Marvel Comics Exclusive Preview: AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #14
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #14 hits your local comic book store on October 15th, but thanks to Marvel Comics, Monkeys Fighting Robots has an exclusive four-page preview for you! About the issue: ENTER: THE GOBLIN SLAYER! Something has been trying to kill Norman Osborn since the first issue of this volume, and they up the ante this […]
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October 8, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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Inaugural Kirby Awards To Be Held At Original Art Expo In Orlando #comicbooks #readmorecomics
Inaugural Kirby Awards To Be Held At Original Art Expo In Orlando
ComicArtFans.com (CAF) announced today that it has entered into an Event Partnership Agreement with The Estate of Jack Kirby (Kirby Estate) as represented by The Rosalind Kirby Family Trust and The Jack Kirby Museum & Research Center (Kirby Museum). The initial product of the partnership will be The Kirbys, a new awards ceremony named in […]
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October 8, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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#NYCC is upon us…Who’s going and who should IC3 check out??!#indiecomics #makemorecomics
#NYCC is upon us…Who’s going and who should IC3 check out??!#indiecomics #makemorecomics
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October 7, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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Interview: Tony McMillen talks Two Kids In a Trench Coat #comicbooks #readmorecomics
Interview: Tony McMillen talks Two Kids In a Trench Coat
Cartoonist Tony McMillen is no stranger to creating deeply moving narratives that connect readers back to their pasts and childhoods. Books like Serious Creatures and Atta Boy use pop culture like movies and video games to address issues like growing up and the power that the things you loved as a kid have on you, […]
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October 4, 2025 at 1:59 PM