Nice Art: first look at a page of Walt Simonsons’s Ragnarökhttp://ift.tt/1kzkDiE Tweet Walt Simonson’s new book from IDW is coming out this summer and the pitch is as simple as it is irresistible. It’s called Ragnarök, and it is Simonson’s take on the original Norse Mythology. Considering what he did with this raw material in […]
Review: Marvel’s got backstory in New Batch of #1s (Moon Knight, Magneto, Wolverine & The X-Men)
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Marvel released three new #1s this week. Revivals of Moon Knight and Magneto and a new first issue of Wolverine & The X-men that is little more than a renumbering. Reading them in a single sitting, the interesting thing was observing how each title handled the issue of backstory. Marvel has a tendency to tie […]
Kelly Angel: “Put a tiny hat on a snake and people go crazy” [Interview]
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Kelly Angel: “Put a tiny hat on a snake and people go crazy” [Interview]http://ift.tt/1f7RxyS Tweet Kelly Angel is the writer and artist of Anything About Nothing, a webcomic which describes itself better than I ever could. But I shall describe it anyway! A collection of strips, longer-form comics, illustrations and worries about her cats, Anything […]
Nice Art: first look at a page of Walt Simonsons’s Ragnarök
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Walt Simonson’s new book from IDW is coming out this summer and the pitch is as simple as it is irresistible. It’s called Ragnarök, and it is Simonson’s take on the original Norse Mythology. Considering what he did with this raw material in his beloved run on Thor, this should be a treat.
The Aesthetic Hybridity of Fumio Obata’s ‘Just So Happens’
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The Aesthetic Hybridity of Fumio Obata’s ‘Just So Happens’http://ift.tt/1q6y8HA Tweet Upon first impression of Fumio Obata’s new graphic novel, Just So Happens, I was struck with a lot of similar impressions that arose whilst reading a related, albeit a hastily associated work, Glyn Dillon’s Nao of Brown. Sure, both recount stories about a Japanese woman […]
Lebron shows what it is really like to wear a superhero mask
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Lebron shows what it is really like to wear a superhero maskhttp://ift.tt/1f6YzUx Tweet I don’t even watch basketball, but while passing TVs of late I noticed some guy playing basketball who seemed to be wearing a sinister mask that made him look like Doctor Doom’s henchman. Turns out it’s Lebron James, who broke his nose […]
Kibbles ‘n’ Bits 3/5/14: Mystery bullet found in former comics shop
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Kibbles ‘n’ Bits 3/5/14: Mystery bullet found in former comics shophttp://ift.tt/1dqLnNN Tweet § I bet you thought the Michael George murder case was over. The former comics shop owner was tried twice for killing his wife in 1990, and convicted in 2011 after years of legal proceedings. But one little shard of the past may […]
Kelly Angel: “Put a tiny hat on a snake and people go crazy” [Interview]
03/05/2014 by 2 Comments
Kelly Angel is the writer and artist of Anything About Nothing, a webcomic which describes itself better than I ever could. But I shall describe it anyway! A collection of strips, longer-form comics, illustrations and worries about her cats, Anything About Nothing is one of the biggest and most popular web series on Tapastic. Down […]
The Aesthetic Hybridity of Fumio Obata’s ‘Just So Happens’
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Just So Happens By Fumio Obata Published by Jonathan Cape Buy This Book Upon first impression of Fumio Obata’s new graphic novel, Just So Happens, I was struck with a lot of similar impressions that arose whilst reading a related, albeit a hastily associated work, Glyn Dillon’s Nao of Brown. Sure, both recount stories about […]
Lebron shows what it is really like to wear a superhero mask
03/05/2014 by 8 Comments
I don’t even watch basketball, but while passing TVs of late I noticed some guy playing basketball who seemed to be wearing a sinister mask that made him look like Doctor Doom’s henchman. Turns out it’s Lebron James, who broke his nose a few weeks ago and has been wearing a protective device since then. […]
Kibbles ‘n’ Bits 3/5/14: Mystery bullet found in former comics shop
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I bet you thought the Michael George murder case was over. The former comics shop owner was tried twice for killing his wife in 1990, and convicted in 2011 after years of legal proceedings. But one little shard of the past may have just been revealed: a dusty bullet found behind a water heater in an unused room in the commercial space that was the murder scene back in ’90. Creepy, isn’t it?
