Comic Books
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Comics Are Trying to Break Your Heart #92: Hey, Demon, It’s Me, Ya Boy, Jason Blood
Comics Are Trying to Break Your Heart #92 by Drew Barth Hey, Demon, It’s Me, Ya Boy, Jason Blood The creative force of Jack Kirby is the lifeblood of modern comics. His influence can be felt in every monthly comic coming from DC or Marvel and in nearly every superhero movie in this century. His… Continue reading
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Comics Are Trying to Break Your Heart #90: The Spooks Begin Now
Comics Are Trying to Break Your Heart #90 by Drew Barth The Spooks Begin Now There’s good horror comics out there right now—namely work like Something is Killing the Children and The Low, Low Woods—but it’s always good to see a new one beginning so close to Halloween. This year, we have one of Vault… Continue reading
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Comics Are Trying to Break Your Heart #89: A Legacy in Ink
Comics Are Trying to Break Your Heart #89 by Drew Barth A Legacy in Ink Like a Kirby comic, you know exactly when you pick up a Kubert comic: direct storytelling and an expansive setting. These two qualities have become so ingrained in the language of comics since the 70s that it’s no wonder that… Continue reading
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Comics Are Trying to Break Your Heart #87: Looking At What’s There
Comics Are Trying to Break Your Heart #87 by Drew Barth Looking At What’s There Abstraction is one of the key components of comics. Nothing we see on the page is real—we only ever see a representation of reality through an artist interpreting it. Comics are interesting since they can play with this abstraction and… Continue reading
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Comics Are Trying to Break Your Heart #86: Mortuary in the Stars
Comics Are Trying to Break Your Heart #86 by Drew Barth Mortuary in the Stars One of the heaviest lines in comics is “there was a time when the Old Gods died…” from Jack Kirby’s New Gods #1. From that fertile ground comes We Only Find Them When They’re Dead #1 by Al Ewing and… Continue reading
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Comics Are Trying to Break Your Heart #85: I Can Feel It In The Air Tonight
Comics Are Trying to Break Your Heart #85 by Drew Barth I Can Feel It In The Air Tonight Oh, Lord. You break one guy’s neck and he’s your nemesis for life. But, then again, Maxwell Lord is a great foil: manipulative, mind-controlling, ruthless, blood-thirsty—everything Wonder Woman can stand against at a base character level.… Continue reading
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Comics Are Trying to Break Your Heart #84: How Bad Can A Dream Be?
Comics Are Trying to Break Your Heart #84 by Drew Barth How Bad Can A Dream Be? There have been plenty of stories that deal with dreams. Either characters having to jump into a friend’s head to dissect what about their dreams is disturbing them or having to pull the dream out into the real… Continue reading
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Comics Are Trying to Break Your Heart #82: Energized and Anthologized
Comics Are Trying to Break Your Heart #82 by Drew Barth Energized and Anthologized A good anthology is hard to find sometimes. Luckily, Peow released the first volume of their Kickstarter-funded anthology series, Ex.Mag, this past month. Their original campaign promised three volumes centering on three sub-genres: cyberpunk, paranormal romance, and dark fantasy. We’ll be… Continue reading
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Comics Are Trying to Break Your Heart #81: Pros of Cons
Comics Are Trying to Break Your Heart #81 by Drew Barth Pros of Cons Due to the steady spike in COVID cases across the country and the villainous ineptitude at the federal level, our lives are still rather sporadic. While many services and businesses are forced to open unnecessarily, conventions have been canceled or delayed… Continue reading
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Comics Are Trying to Break Your Heart #80
Comics Are Trying to Break Your Heart #80 by Drew Barth I Won’t Make a Duran Duran Joke Graphic memoirs are one of the most important genres within comics. The interplay between memory and picture can resonate immediately with readers and allows them to better witness the past. And recently, no other graphic memoir has… Continue reading
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