Movie Review: Edgar Wright pulls his punches in THE RUNNING MAN

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Edgar Wright's movie should be the perfect dark satire for this moment. Instead, the director settles for making a tamer crowd pleaser.

Manga Review: WITH YOU, OUR LOVE WILL MAKE IT THROUGH Volume 2

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With You, Our Love Will Make It Through Volume 2 Writer and Artist: Chihiro Yuzuki Publisher: Yen Press (print & digital) Translation: Alethea & Athena Nibley Lettering: Greg...

Classic Comic Compendium: FROM HELL – CHAPTER 4

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“The greater part of London's story is not writ in words. It is instead a literature of stone, of place names and associations.”

Horror Beat: PLURIBUS makes happy people absolutely terrifying

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Expect REM’s Shiny Happy People somewhere down the line.
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Review: VERMEER OF THE BORSCHT BELT and The Art of Not Forgetting – ...

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Review: VERMEER OF THE BORSCHT BELT and The Art of Not Forgetting - Inside Drew Friedman's Universe

Graphic Novel Review: HYBRED is the story of a future-adjacent, alternate reality LA

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Like the best sci-fi and Afro-futurism, HYBRED is a quiet, gorgeous book that says a lot. 

Graphic Novel Review: Vivian Nguyen’s THE FOOL, THE ABSOLUTE MAD WOMAN is a mystical...

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With new book THE FOOL, THE ABSOLUTE MAD WOMAN, Vivian Nguyen delivers a occult tale of tarot and sapphic longing.
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Graphic Novel Review: Ben Ross Davis’s HEXAS is a futuristic witch trip

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A unique blend of magic and liquid imagination.
Spider-Man and Wolverine #7 I was always going to be at least a little interested in a book featuring two of my (and the world’s) favorite Marvel characters. Their odd couple rapport is simply too good and I feel strongly a book featuring these two should always be available. Give me Kaare Andrews drawing, with Spidey and Wolverine going on huge, zany adventures with enormous action set pieces? It’s all I need. The first five issue story left me cold from a narrative standpoint with its focus on Peter’s secret agent parents, but after a one off with a full-in artist, this second story from writer Marc Guggenheim and Andrews is pure, over the top fun featuring a villain from an alternate earth that is a twisted amalgamation of our heroes. Kaare Andrews goes wild on the layouts in this issue, with massive double page spreads and contorted figures. The final page reveal is pure cool. The inventiveness of the visuals, and Andrews’ strange mix of McFarlane and Romita suits the contortionist Spidey and animalistic Wolverine. Sometimes you want your superhero books to say something about the human condition. And sometimes you really just want to see an artist pushing himself to the limit with your two favorite guys as the subject. This is easily the best script we’ve gotten from Guggenheim on the series so far, though. Moving away from the tortured motivation of the first arc’s mystery villain and the baggage of Peter and Mary Parker is a big help. Brian Reber’s retro approach to colors, mostly flat with simple shading and highlights, helps Andrews’ bold figure work stand out on the page. The switch in dimension also includes a subtle color shift to a more washed out, grimier palette that helps define the tone of this darker world. VC’s Travis Lanham’s lettering is clean and readable, tracking comfortably even among the wilder layouts and heavy caption use. You could easily skip the first arc of this series and jump in here and have a great time, but it’s worth seeking out past chapters too, if only for the great Kaare Andrews work. - TR

The Marvel Rundown: ULTIMATE BLACK PANTHER #22 sees the long game play out

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Welcome once again to another edition of The Marvel Rundown. This week as the year starts coming to a wind down, we have a...

Horror Beat: FRANKENSTEIN is a magnificent labour of love

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The tide that brought me here now comes to take you away.

DC Round-Up: Sleeper hit BATMAN: DARK PATTERNS says goodbye

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All good things must come to an end, and that's certainly the case with Batman: Dark Patterns this week, as the sleeper hit wraps up.

Wednesday Comics Reviews: COLOSSAL KAYA is a jumping on point for a great series,...

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In this week’s Wednesday Comics Reviews, the team reviews the gigantic heft of Colossal Kaya, the odd crossover of Gargoyles x Fantastic Four, the...

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