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INTERVIEW: Kyle Rayner Creators Ron Marz & Darryl Banks Reunite for an Action-Packed WWII Comic

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Action, adventure, heroism, and overcoming impossible odds—that is what Harken’s Raiders promises in every page.  Set against the backdrop of World War II Europe, the graphic novel comes from writer Ron Marz and artist Darryl Banks, the same creative force behind Green Lantern Kyle Rayner. The story follows Captain Harken and his team of American […]

Review: Mortality from all sides in ‘In The Future, We Are Dead’

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Death is a multi-faceted subject and German cartoonist Eva Müller’s In The Future We Are Dead gives it the treatment it deserves. Müller comes at the subject from a number of vantage points that range from the intensely personal to the delightfully informational. Her focus is autobiographical, but she makes some interesting creative decisions in her […]

Review: In ‘Fluorescent Mud’ and ‘John, Dear’ it’s not all in the characters’ heads

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Two new books from Retrofit/Big Planet use the comics form to meditate on the psychological overtaking the physical, both with strong executions in different styles. Reading Eli Howey’s Fluorescent Mud is like wandering through someone else’s mind without a guidebook. I think Howey might agree. The description of the book on Howey’s website says the […]

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