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Advance Review: Cassie Hack Progresses in 'Hack/Slash: Son of Samhain' #1
Panel detail from Hack/Slash: Son of Samhain #1. Art by Emilio Lasio. Tim Seeley/Image Comics It's nice to see a character change with the times without betraying those things that made the character...
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The Pull List: 'Outcast,' Johns/Romita on 'Superman' and More!
The Pull List is a new semi-regular feature where I post capsule reviews of the comics from my personal reading stack. I buy from Capstone Comics, where I have my subscription box, and Austin Books...
View ArticleExtended 'Guardians of the Galaxy' Trailer Promises Cosmic Marvel Goodness
Tonight 17 minutes of Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy was screened to eager IMAX audiences, and afterward -- lo and behold -- a new trailer popped up on Fandango. This one has an extended comedy...
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Podcasts: Todd Nauck talks Spider-Man and 'Real-Life Heroism' on ESN.fm's...
Screen grab from Todd Nauck's YouTube channel. What better way to talk about all things Spider-Man than with Todd Nauck, a guy who just happens to have drawn one of the best-selling modern Spider-Man...
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Podcasts: More Spider-Man Discussion with Nauck, Slott, and Stan "The Man" Lee
Panel detail from Spider-Man: Kraven's Last Hunt. Art by Mike Zeck. Marvel Comics. This is the second half of our Spider-Man discussion with artist Todd Nauck (Nightcrawler, Young Justice, and, yes,...
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Podcasts: Artist Val Mayerik Looks Back at 'The Duck in the Room'
Okay, "Bronze Age" fans, this one is a must. Artist Val Mayerik, co-creator of Howard the Duck and whose name is the very last one you see in the final credits for the movie Guardians of the Galaxy,...
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Podcasts: Get into Shazam on Giant Size's 'With a Magic Word'
Why do I love Captain Marvel aka Shazam so much (and what's the deal with that name anyway)? All that and more on this week's Giant Size as I make the hard sell to Moises Chiullan on the charm of the...
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Podcasts: Aquaman, the ESRB, and #Gamergate on "Nerds Without Pants"
Aquaman variant cover by Darwyn Cooke. DC Comics for HitFix.com. A couple of times a year, I'm invited on Nerds Without Pants, a podcast hosted by my old friend Julian Titus for the video game website...
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Podcasts: Kevin Maguire Talks About His Work in "The Henry Silva of Portland"
Cover detail from Justice League Sourcebook. Art by Kevin Maguire. Best known as one of the definitive Justice League artists, Kevin Maguire continues to impress audiences with his expressive...
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Podcasts: 'Homicide in Gotham' Explores Batman Comics Without Batman
First things first - a correction. In this episode, I describe Arkham Manor #1 completely wrong in advance of its release. Now that it's out, I can tell you that the book is actually about the...
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Podcasts: Marvel Slate Explored in "Permission to Kill Thanos"
Marvel finally formally announced all of those long-rumored new films they've been circling - The Inhumans, Black Panther, Captain Marvel (not in that order) - and gave us a timeline for stuff like...
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Podcasts: Deep Dive into DC Comics' Crossovers with "Your World Is Going to...
Cover detail to collected Millennium. Art by Joe Staton. DC Comics. Been a while since I updated, in part because of changes to the CMS that meant I had to take a hot second to re-learn the system,...
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Podcasts: "End of the Universe" Examines DC Crossovers from 'Zero Hour' to...
Cover detail to Final Night #1. Art by Stuart Immonen. DC Comics. It's the second half of our 2-part discussion on the history of DC Comics' crossover events! You can listen to Part 1 here, where we...
View ArticleUnboxing January's Box from Comic Bento!
I've never done a blind buy subscription service and I've never done an unboxing video! Comic Bento, which offers a monthly box of graphic novels and trades grouped by theme, seemed like my kind of...
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Check Out This 1994 3rd (!!!) Anniversary Video from Valiant Comics
Valiant Comics has had a terrific comeback. Bob Layton's hairstyle has not. The publisher shared this look back at their company (which has an entirely different staff now) via their Twitter account....
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Podcasts: The Birth of Marvel Crossovers Explored in 'Heroes Punching Each...
Panel detail from Contest of Champions #1. Art by John Romita Jr. Marvel Comics. Aw, chin up, Falcon! It's time for the latest episode of Giant Size! On this show we start with the original Marvel...
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Podcasts: Examining the Marvel Crossovers of the 1980s and 1990s
In the first part of Giant Size's deep dive into Marvel crossover events, Moises Chiullan and I cover the birth of the modern Marvel crossover (Avengers/Defenders War) all the way up to the "kitchen...
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Advance Review: Bunn and Crook Go Every Witch Way in 'Harrow County' #1
Panel detail from Harrow County #1. Art by Tyler Crook. Cullen Bunn/Tyler Crook for Dark Horse Comics. Something's wrong with Emmy. That's the most basic version of the story we get in Harrow County...
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Capes, Cowls, and Clean-Up: DC Universe Rebirth Reviewed
I don't post very often anymore (mostly because my thoughts about comics can be found on ESN.fm's Giant Size), but the post this site is most known for is this timeline of the creative quagmire which...
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Crisis on Infinite Businesses: I'm Losing My LCBS & I Need to Say Something...
Photo by the Austinot I was never 100% out of comics as a habit, but from 2004 until 2010, I wasn't buying them regularly. Family issues, then college, all during an extended period of time of being...
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