Tag: comics
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Comic Presence Still Strong at the CALGARY EXPO
Chad Stewart stands at the JigglyPig Comics booth at the CALGARY EXPO on April 28, 2024.
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Young Hellboy
Young Hellboy is the new comic property George Lucas, Steve Spielberg and Guillermo del Toro should be putting money towards when movies can happen again. Ever consider the childhood antics of a hellspawn? Ever consider the antics of a hellspawn groomed / raised / created to be an action-based avatar protecting humanity and the Nether…
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Demon Days X-Men #1 – Peach Momoko
Peach Momoko’s comic debut Demon Days X-Men #1 recasts familiar Marvel characters in a charmingly fun story in a lovely and lush feudal Japan. It’s happened. It has finally happened…I purchased an X-Men comic. Now, as a disclaimer, I used to love reading the X-Men in the mid to late ‘80s when none of my…
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The Controversy Over Second Coming
DC Comics pulls plug on Vertigo’s Second Coming due to public outcry over depictions of Jesus. The Riz has some things to say about it. DC Comics has officially announced the cancellation of an upcoming Vertigo title the Second Coming, where, according to comic writer and co-creator Mark Russel, “is about Jesus coming down and…
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Video: Grass Kings
In this video, Jody Cason takes a look at Grass Kings, the recent title from Boom! Studios, which is now available in graphic novel format.
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Looking in Longboxes: Jeff Lemire’s Trillium
Looking in Long Boxes: Jeff Lemire’s Trillium. The Riz goes back in time to the year 2014 to discuss Jeff Lemire’s humble space epic Trillium. As a heavily based visual medium, it stands to reason that the biggest names in comics are artists. Collectors and fans alike become drawn to personal aesthetically pleasing artwork as…
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Five Comic Titles to Check This 2018 Summer
Kick back and get ready to read something fun; The Riz gives us five comic books with which to dig into with your summer reading. Between blockbuster movies, the popularity of comic conventions, and the developing cultural accessibility of geekdom at large, comics – or at least the characters in these comics – are becoming…
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The Silencer
Written by Dan Abnett, The Silencer, DC’s New Age of Heroes female assassin, is an overall intriguing action story, despite allusions to multiple other characters. DC’s New Age of Heroes drew me in as a curiosity. The new titles are all fallout from the Dark Night: Metal crossover that, unabashedly, I did not read. Also,…
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The Terrifics
DC Comic’s newest, strangest super hero team is The Terrifics, a riff on Marvel’s The Fantastic Four, and they’re off to a (Tom) strong start. **Spoiler Alert: Plastic Man is discussed often in this review** Judging an entire series based on the first issue is unfair, even short sighted. Yet, based on the cliché of…
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Mage: The Hero Denied
Kevin Matchstick returns in Matt Wagner’s epic Mage: The Hero Denied to fight beasties, protect family, and fulfill his destiny…most likely…when he figures it out… Matt Wagner has been responsible for some of comic’s most successful owner-created titles, including Grendel and Mage, before working on DC’s Demon and Batman. Before Todd McFarlane founded Image Comics…