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LEGOS!!
Warning: Long-ish blog post, because I wanted to put in some pictures. So, we (Adam and Heather) have a bit of a confession. We LOVE Legos around here. Adam had a few sets when he was a kid, and when … Continue reading
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Comic of the Week: Super Crooks #1
Comic of the Week: Super Crooks #1 Writers: Mark Millar & Nacho Vigalondo Art: Leinil Yu, Gerry Alanguilan & Sunny Cho Marvel’s Icons imprint was created to allow their big name creators to put out creator owned work whilst under … Continue reading
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Tagged comics, Icons, Leinil Yu, Mark Millar, Marvel, Super Crooks
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Saga Chapter 1
Just finished reading the first issue of Saga: Chapter 1. It’s very modern, normal speaking (as in, they speak like the general public), but VERY fantastic/science fiction. The book is narrated by a girl named Hazel who is telling the … Continue reading
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Shhhhh! The store is sleeping.
Just writing in to let everyone know that we’re doing some back-end work on the shop site, so don’t be alarmed when you discover that it isn’t running at the moment. We’re aware of it and working on it. (And … Continue reading
Conan the Barbarian #1
Dark Horse Comics has released issue #1 of Conan the Barbarian. Instead of doing anything with his origin, they jump you right in with him jumping on to a boat that’s casting off to escape some soldiers. He then acquaints … Continue reading
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Tagged Barbarian, Becky Cloonan, Brian Wood, Conan, Dark Horse, Dave Stewart
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Comic of the Week: Winter Soldier #1
Winter Soldier #1 Writer: Ed Brubaker Artist: Butch Guice Colours: Bettie Breitweiser Captain America’s sidekick James ‘Bucky’ Buchanan died in World War II. It’s a fact, a cornerstone of the Marvel Universe. Except that a few years ago that ‘fact’ … Continue reading
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Tagged Black Widow, Bucky, Butch Guice, comics, Doctor Doom, Ed Brubaker, Marvel, Red Ghost, Winter Soldier
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The 500 top selling comics of 2011
The top of the list shows just how sales successful DC’s massive relaunch has been, with three different DC titles comprising the Top 5 and nine places for DC in the Top 10 – what a turnaround on recent years. … Continue reading
DC New 52 – Second Wave
Six new titles, coming in May 2012 • Batman Incorporated, written by Grant Morrison & illustrated by Chris Burnham, which will present a “fresh take” on the series in which the Batman brand becomes an international franchise in preparation for … Continue reading
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Tagged 52, Batman, books, comic, comics, DC, Grant, Justice, Morrison, Ravagers, super heroes
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Comic of the Week: Frankenstein, Agent of SHADE #1
Comic of the Week: Frankenstein, Agent of SHADE #1 – Jeff Lemire, Alberto Ponticelli and Jose Villarrubia join forces for a chaotic, humourous tale of “mad science bound to go wrong.” View forum thread to read a plot summary This … Continue reading
Reggie Hudlin – I apologise
Wow. I have a confession to make: I was wrong. I barely know where to start confessing this. I held off and held off and held off reading the first HC of the second volume of Reggie Hudlin’s run – … Continue reading
