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Have you seen DC’s punk variant covers?
October 30, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Have you seen DC’s punk variant covers?
Wolverine: Revenge by Hickman, Capullo, and co. is one of the worst, most cynical comics I've ever read.
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💬 0 🔁 0 ❤️ 0 · Dig Two Graves · Wolverine: Revenge by Jonathan Hickman, Greg Capullo, and co.
The ballyhooed return of Capullo and Hickman to the X-Men stinks. Some of my disappointment likely s…
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October 8, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Wolverine: Revenge by Hickman, Capullo, and co. is one of the worst, most cynical comics I've ever read.
Quick reviews of a lot of #Xmen volumes:
NYX vol 2 by Lanzing, Kelly, & co.
Dazzler: World Tour by Loo, Loureire, & co.
X-Force v1 by Thorne, To, & co.
Exceptional X-Men v1 by Eve Ewing, Carnero, & co.
Mystique by Shalvey & co.
X-Factor v2 by Russell, Quinn, & co.
The last in particular stands out.
NYX vol 2 by Lanzing, Kelly, & co.
Dazzler: World Tour by Loo, Loureire, & co.
X-Force v1 by Thorne, To, & co.
Exceptional X-Men v1 by Eve Ewing, Carnero, & co.
Mystique by Shalvey & co.
X-Factor v2 by Russell, Quinn, & co.
The last in particular stands out.
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💬 0 🔁 0 ❤️ 0 · All Fall Down · NYX vol 2: Mojo City by Jackson Lanzing, Collin Kelly, Francesco Mortartino, and co.
More enjoyable than the debut volume, despite having two issues of fill-in art…
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October 6, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Quick reviews of a lot of #Xmen volumes:
NYX vol 2 by Lanzing, Kelly, & co.
Dazzler: World Tour by Loo, Loureire, & co.
X-Force v1 by Thorne, To, & co.
Exceptional X-Men v1 by Eve Ewing, Carnero, & co.
Mystique by Shalvey & co.
X-Factor v2 by Russell, Quinn, & co.
The last in particular stands out.
NYX vol 2 by Lanzing, Kelly, & co.
Dazzler: World Tour by Loo, Loureire, & co.
X-Force v1 by Thorne, To, & co.
Exceptional X-Men v1 by Eve Ewing, Carnero, & co.
Mystique by Shalvey & co.
X-Factor v2 by Russell, Quinn, & co.
The last in particular stands out.
My first video game review, of Stellar Blade by Kim Hyung-tae, Samuel Drake, and co, which takes liberally from the Matrix, Blade Runner, Neon Genesis Evangelion, Bayonetta, and the Mass Effect Trilogy, among other sources. #stellarblade #masseffect
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💬 0 🔁 0 ❤️ 0 · To Be Human · Stellar Blade by Kim Hyung-tae, Samuel Drake, and co.
Stellar Blade makes for a stunning technical achievement, but also stands as a prime example of how hollow tech…
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October 3, 2025 at 11:11 PM
My first video game review, of Stellar Blade by Kim Hyung-tae, Samuel Drake, and co, which takes liberally from the Matrix, Blade Runner, Neon Genesis Evangelion, Bayonetta, and the Mass Effect Trilogy, among other sources. #stellarblade #masseffect
My first blog post in a bit, reviewing:
Trinity by Matt Wagner and co., which is really icky at its edges.
Green Lantern vol 4 by Jeremy Adams, which squanders a flawed by promising opening.
Trinity by Matt Wagner and co., which is really icky at its edges.
Green Lantern vol 4 by Jeremy Adams, which squanders a flawed by promising opening.
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💬 0 🔁 0 ❤️ 0 · Squibs · Apologizes for my absence. I have been quite busy.
Batman/Superman/Wonder Woman: Trinity by Matt Wagner, Dave Stewart. Sean Konot, and co.
Set in the early days of the c…
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September 26, 2025 at 5:00 AM
My first blog post in a bit, reviewing:
Trinity by Matt Wagner and co., which is really icky at its edges.
Green Lantern vol 4 by Jeremy Adams, which squanders a flawed by promising opening.
Trinity by Matt Wagner and co., which is really icky at its edges.
Green Lantern vol 4 by Jeremy Adams, which squanders a flawed by promising opening.
More #theshadow reviews!
The Shadow 1941: Hitler's Astrologer by Dennis O'Neil, Michael Wm. Kaluta, Russ Heath, & co.
Masks by Chris Roberson, Alex Ross, Dennis Calero, & co.
The Shadow: Midnight in Moscow by Howard Chaykin & co.
The Shadow 1941: Hitler's Astrologer by Dennis O'Neil, Michael Wm. Kaluta, Russ Heath, & co.
Masks by Chris Roberson, Alex Ross, Dennis Calero, & co.
The Shadow: Midnight in Moscow by Howard Chaykin & co.
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💬 0 🔁 0 ❤️ 0 · Running For the Door · The Shadow: 1941-- Hitler's Astrologer by Denny O'Neil, Michael W. Kaluta, Russ Heath, Phil Felix, and co.
Marvel tries to pass this off as a prestige produ…
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September 15, 2025 at 1:44 AM
More #theshadow reviews!
The Shadow 1941: Hitler's Astrologer by Dennis O'Neil, Michael Wm. Kaluta, Russ Heath, & co.
Masks by Chris Roberson, Alex Ross, Dennis Calero, & co.
The Shadow: Midnight in Moscow by Howard Chaykin & co.
The Shadow 1941: Hitler's Astrologer by Dennis O'Neil, Michael Wm. Kaluta, Russ Heath, & co.
Masks by Chris Roberson, Alex Ross, Dennis Calero, & co.
The Shadow: Midnight in Moscow by Howard Chaykin & co.
Spoiler-heavy brief review of Zach Cregger's well-made but thematically thin #Weapons.
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💬 0 🔁 0 ❤️ 0 · Walk Without Rhythm · Weapons by Zach Cregger and co.
WARNING: SPOILERS from the first paragraph
Cregger's second horror film teases being about more than it is. As a frightfest,…
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September 10, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Spoiler-heavy brief review of Zach Cregger's well-made but thematically thin #Weapons.
Quick reuse of a FB post about a favorite issue of Adventures of #Superman by Karl Kesel and Stuart Immonen with ties to #SuicideSquad.
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💬 0 🔁 0 ❤️ 0 · Somebody They're Gonna Remember · Real life issues have me behind on a post about the Killjoys comics. My Facebook memories brought this post from two years ago to my attention tod…
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September 2, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Quick reuse of a FB post about a favorite issue of Adventures of #Superman by Karl Kesel and Stuart Immonen with ties to #SuicideSquad.
I ruined Jack Kirby's birthday by finally watching Fantastic Four: Steps by Matt Shakman and co. #MCU #FantasticFour
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💬 0 🔁 0 ❤️ 0 · Failure to Launch · Fantastic Four: First Steps by Matt Shakman and co.
The fourth time is not the charm for Marvel's first family. Frankly, I walked out the theater thinking that…
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August 29, 2025 at 12:11 PM
I ruined Jack Kirby's birthday by finally watching Fantastic Four: Steps by Matt Shakman and co. #MCU #FantasticFour
This time out:
#Grendel vs. #theShadow by the Wagners
The Shadow: the Last Illusion by Cullen Bunn, which makes extensive use of Lovecraft's "Under the Pyramids." It also really makes me wonder what exactly the difference is between a Shadow story and a #Batman story.
#Grendel vs. #theShadow by the Wagners
The Shadow: the Last Illusion by Cullen Bunn, which makes extensive use of Lovecraft's "Under the Pyramids." It also really makes me wonder what exactly the difference is between a Shadow story and a #Batman story.
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💬 0 🔁 0 ❤️ 0 · My Escape · Grendel vs. the Shadow by Matt Wagner, Brennan Wagner, and co.
Well, I missed that this one existed. Originally published in 2014, this came in-between Wagner's very p…
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August 28, 2025 at 2:50 PM
This time out:
#Grendel vs. #theShadow by the Wagners
The Shadow: the Last Illusion by Cullen Bunn, which makes extensive use of Lovecraft's "Under the Pyramids." It also really makes me wonder what exactly the difference is between a Shadow story and a #Batman story.
#Grendel vs. #theShadow by the Wagners
The Shadow: the Last Illusion by Cullen Bunn, which makes extensive use of Lovecraft's "Under the Pyramids." It also really makes me wonder what exactly the difference is between a Shadow story and a #Batman story.
This past Sunday, my copy of the #BostonGlobe arrived with the comic section for the #bostonHerald. With both sections in hand, I decided to review every comic strip in the paper. Does this tell us anything about the state of syndicated comic strips in 2025?
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💬 0 🔁 0 ❤️ 0 · A Brick to the Head · Luckily, I still live in a two-newspaper town. On one side, we have a paper that regularly publishes pieces less than kind to the trans community, pro-AI op-e…
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August 26, 2025 at 12:45 PM
This past Sunday, my copy of the #BostonGlobe arrived with the comic section for the #bostonHerald. With both sections in hand, I decided to review every comic strip in the paper. Does this tell us anything about the state of syndicated comic strips in 2025?
So I've actually had two obsessions for the last couple of weeks-- the Shadow and My Chemical Romance. I decided to review the new-to-me #MCR music I've been listening to. I hope this isn't terrible. #Mychemicalromance
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💬 0 🔁 0 ❤️ 0 · Never Let Them Take the Light · I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love
Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge (Deluxe Edition)
The Mad Gear and Missile Kid
Conventional Weapon…
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August 24, 2025 at 5:29 PM
So I've actually had two obsessions for the last couple of weeks-- the Shadow and My Chemical Romance. I decided to review the new-to-me #MCR music I've been listening to. I hope this isn't terrible. #Mychemicalromance
John Lone steals Russell Mulcahy's #theshadow film.
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💬 0 🔁 0 ❤️ 0 · All the Days Collided · The Shadow by Russell Mulcahy and co.
I cannot recall who first made this observation, but the upshot of the world-beating success of Tim Burton's 1989 Bat…
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August 23, 2025 at 1:46 PM
John Lone steals Russell Mulcahy's #theshadow film.
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The New Problem We All Live With.
August 23, 2025 at 6:44 AM
The New Problem We All Live With.
Matt Wagner starts well with the Death of Margo Lane but fumbles the ending.
Steve Orlando and Scott Snyder write an atrociously bad comic, certainly the worst #theShadow comic I've read, with #Batman /Shadow. Without Snyder, Orlando turns in a real gem in The Shadow/Batman. 🤷♂️
Steve Orlando and Scott Snyder write an atrociously bad comic, certainly the worst #theShadow comic I've read, with #Batman /Shadow. Without Snyder, Orlando turns in a real gem in The Shadow/Batman. 🤷♂️
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💬 0 🔁 0 ❤️ 0 · Trying to Find a Hand to Hold · The Shadow: the Death of Margo Lane by Matt Wagner, Brennan Wagner, and co.
Something about this character just seems to make creators want to use…
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August 21, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Matt Wagner starts well with the Death of Margo Lane but fumbles the ending.
Steve Orlando and Scott Snyder write an atrociously bad comic, certainly the worst #theShadow comic I've read, with #Batman /Shadow. Without Snyder, Orlando turns in a real gem in The Shadow/Batman. 🤷♂️
Steve Orlando and Scott Snyder write an atrociously bad comic, certainly the worst #theShadow comic I've read, with #Batman /Shadow. Without Snyder, Orlando turns in a real gem in The Shadow/Batman. 🤷♂️
Yes, it's more #theShadow comics! This time a look at Chris Roberson's run from 2013! It looks horrible. Is the writing any more successful? Yes, but still has issues. And despite being published in 2013, racism is STILL a problem in Shadow comics.
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💬 0 🔁 0 ❤️ 0 · Every Touch Felt Cold · The Shadow v3: The Light of the World by Chris Roberson, Giovanni Timpano, Fabrico Guerra, and co.
The Shadow v4: Bitter Fruit by Roberson, Timpano, Andrea…
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August 19, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Yes, it's more #theShadow comics! This time a look at Chris Roberson's run from 2013! It looks horrible. Is the writing any more successful? Yes, but still has issues. And despite being published in 2013, racism is STILL a problem in Shadow comics.
A review of the final volume of Andrew Helfer's #theShadow series, with art by Kyle Baker and Joe Orlando (on an annual that belonged in volume 1). Cancellation cut the legs out from under the series, but the second annual, modeled on Citizen Kane, stands out. And there's more racism.
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💬 0 🔁 0 ❤️ 0 · Stuck Inside a Broken Life · The Shadow Master Series v3
Body & Soul and “Agents” by Andrew Helfer, Kyle Baker, Tom Ziuko, and co.
“Fragments of the Sun” by Helfer, Joe Orlando, Al…
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August 18, 2025 at 2:01 AM
A review of the final volume of Andrew Helfer's #theShadow series, with art by Kyle Baker and Joe Orlando (on an annual that belonged in volume 1). Cancellation cut the legs out from under the series, but the second annual, modeled on Citizen Kane, stands out. And there's more racism.
A review of the rest of the second volume of the Shadow Master Series, Seven Deadly Finns by Andrew Helfer, Kyle Baker, and co. #theshadow
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💬 0 🔁 0 ❤️ 0 · A Never-Ending Sleep · The Shadow Master Series v2: Seven Deadly Finns by Andrew Helfer, Kyle Baker, and Tom Ziuko
Zukio replaced Richmond Lewis as colorist with #7, but that scri…
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August 16, 2025 at 2:45 PM
A review of the rest of the second volume of the Shadow Master Series, Seven Deadly Finns by Andrew Helfer, Kyle Baker, and co. #theshadow
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Quiznos? Cosi? Subway? Jimmy John's? Jersey Mike's? Any sub shop I visit from this day forward will be judged not only on the taste & value of its sandwiches, but their weight, velocity, & stability of their wrapping.
August 15, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Quiznos? Cosi? Subway? Jimmy John's? Jersey Mike's? Any sub shop I visit from this day forward will be judged not only on the taste & value of its sandwiches, but their weight, velocity, & stability of their wrapping.
I meant to write a review of the entirety of the second volume of Helfer's Shadow run. Instead I went on a bit out the stand alone story that opens it, "Harold Goes to Washington" with art by Marshall Rogers and Kyle Baker.
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💬 0 🔁 0 ❤️ 0 · Living in a Nightmare · From The Shadow Master Series v2: “Harold Goes to Washington” by Andrew Helfer, Marshall Rogers, Kyle Baker, and co.
The 1987 Shadow series ran for 19 issu…
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August 15, 2025 at 10:26 PM
I meant to write a review of the entirety of the second volume of Helfer's Shadow run. Instead I went on a bit out the stand alone story that opens it, "Harold Goes to Washington" with art by Marshall Rogers and Kyle Baker.
Shadows & Light, the first arc of Andrew Helfer's Shadow run with art by Bill Sienkiewicz would be a classic, if not for the horrible, racist way it depicts Asian characters. #theshadow
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💬 0 🔁 0 ❤️ 0 · ... of Someone Else's Dream · The Shadow Master Series v1: Shadows & Light by Andrew Helfer, Bill Sienkiewicz, Bob Lappan, and Richmond Lewis
Releasing a year after Howard Chaykin…
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August 14, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Shadows & Light, the first arc of Andrew Helfer's Shadow run with art by Bill Sienkiewicz would be a classic, if not for the horrible, racist way it depicts Asian characters. #theshadow
A review of The Private Files of the Shadow, the 1989 collection of the 1973 comic by Denny O'Neil and Michael Wm. Kaluta. Plus a paean to the lost TPB intros of DC collections of yesteryear. #theshadow
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💬 0 🔁 0 ❤️ 0 · Living in the Shadows... · The Private Files of the Shadow by Dennis O'Neil, Michael Wm. Kaluta, Bernie Wrightson, and co.
Once upon a time DC had a fantastic collections departme…
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August 13, 2025 at 7:13 AM
A review of The Private Files of the Shadow, the 1989 collection of the 1973 comic by Denny O'Neil and Michael Wm. Kaluta. Plus a paean to the lost TPB intros of DC collections of yesteryear. #theshadow
Reviews of volumes 3+4 of Joshua Williamson's #Superman run and Mark Waid's recent Action Comics run. Plus more complaints about DC's collections department.
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💬 0 🔁 0 ❤️ 0 · Mapping Ain't Easy · Superman v3: the Dark Path by Joshua Williamson, Jamal Campbell, Tom Reilly, & co.
Superman v4: Rise of the Superwoman by Williamson, Dan Mora, & co
Does the…
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August 11, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Reviews of volumes 3+4 of Joshua Williamson's #Superman run and Mark Waid's recent Action Comics run. Plus more complaints about DC's collections department.
A bunch of short reviews:
X-Men: Xavier's Secret #1 by Alex Paknadel, Diogenes Neves
Falling in Love #137 by Jack Oleck, Win Mortimer, Schaffenberger, and Rick Estrada
Superman: House of Brainiac by Williamson, Russell, Sandoval
It's Jeff!: Infinity Paws by Loo, Fuji
I, Tyrant #1 by ee zann, Godfarr
X-Men: Xavier's Secret #1 by Alex Paknadel, Diogenes Neves
Falling in Love #137 by Jack Oleck, Win Mortimer, Schaffenberger, and Rick Estrada
Superman: House of Brainiac by Williamson, Russell, Sandoval
It's Jeff!: Infinity Paws by Loo, Fuji
I, Tyrant #1 by ee zann, Godfarr
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💬 0 🔁 0 ❤️ 0 · 'Round the Horn Reviews · X-Men: Xavier's Secret #1 Alex Paknadel, Diogenes Neves, and co.
This one-shot consists of two digital first comics, taking its title from the second one…
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August 9, 2025 at 7:42 AM
A bunch of short reviews:
X-Men: Xavier's Secret #1 by Alex Paknadel, Diogenes Neves
Falling in Love #137 by Jack Oleck, Win Mortimer, Schaffenberger, and Rick Estrada
Superman: House of Brainiac by Williamson, Russell, Sandoval
It's Jeff!: Infinity Paws by Loo, Fuji
I, Tyrant #1 by ee zann, Godfarr
X-Men: Xavier's Secret #1 by Alex Paknadel, Diogenes Neves
Falling in Love #137 by Jack Oleck, Win Mortimer, Schaffenberger, and Rick Estrada
Superman: House of Brainiac by Williamson, Russell, Sandoval
It's Jeff!: Infinity Paws by Loo, Fuji
I, Tyrant #1 by ee zann, Godfarr
A review of the Memetic Trilogy by James Tynion IV and Eryk Donovan.
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💬 0 🔁 0 ❤️ 0 · Apocalypse Now · Memetic: the Apocalyptic Trilogy by James Tynion IV, Eryk Donovan, and co.
In a word: prescient. Well, two stories out of the three, anyway.
The collection consi…
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August 7, 2025 at 7:49 PM
A review of the Memetic Trilogy by James Tynion IV and Eryk Donovan.