Comic Books
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Comics Are Trying to Break Your Heart #302: That Time of Year
Somehow we’ve made it to the end of the year despite its efforts. It’s been a lot—so much so that I don’t want to write about it in the hopes that the looming shadow of dread that’s cast its shadow over the land will go away. But at least, as always, the comics have been… Continue reading
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Comics Are Trying to Break Your Heart #300: Brian Michael Bendis Interview
This week drew talks to Brian Michael Bendis about his and Andre Lima Araujo’s new graphic novel Phenomena Book 2: Matilde’s Quest, world building, and the function of stories and legacies. Drew Barth (Episode 331, 485, & 510) resides in Winter Park, FL. He received his MFA from the University of Central Florida. Continue reading
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Comics Are Trying to Break Your Heart #299: Confronting the Pile, Pt. 17
If ever there was a driver for conflict in a story, the dysfunction of a family that’s been estranged for years and unable to talk about their issues in a constructive way is one of the more reliable. Another driver can also be the giant aliens that the family has a responsibility to eviscerate with… Continue reading
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Comics Are Trying to Break Your Heart #297: Confronting the Pile, Pt. 16
As time goes on, we must return back to the pile. It has shortened slightly after all this time, but with time comes new series and issues and the propensity to wait for some of them to simply end before I finally get to them. Time makes that happen every time. But at least for… Continue reading
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Comics Are Trying to Break Your Heart #296: My Old Friend
I see we’ve boarded the Hindenburg and are well on our way to New Jersey. What happens after that is going to be for everyone on the ground to determine. But in the meantime, as we prepare ourselves for what may come, we at least have comics. I’ve gone on over and over before about… Continue reading
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Comics Are Trying to Break Your Heart #295: Confronting the Pile, Pt. 15
Once again, I’m writing this article on the precipice of election day and, just like before, it feels like an exercise in routine. I’m reviewing the menu on the Hindenburg on the fifth of May kind of anxiety, you know? And yet, I still need to sift through my pile of comics, some of which… Continue reading
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Comics Are Trying to Break Your Heart #287: Confronting the Pile, Pt. 8
Digging through my pile of finished series that I’ve yet to actually read has revealed a few things thus far. One of those is that I’ve become so good at putting off reading some of these series that they’ve survived two separate house moves between getting them and actually sitting down to read them. The… Continue reading
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Comics Are Trying to Break Your Heart #286: Confronting the Pile, Pt. 7
After looking at The Power Fantasy the other week, I had another look at the ever-dwindling backlog still gathering dust on my shelf. I assumed the issues of Wonder Woman I went through were the oldest thing in the pile, but there’s a series from Kieron Gillen tucked away under some other series that I’ve somehow put off reading… Continue reading
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Comics Are Trying to Break Your Heart #285: Confronting the Pile, Pt. 6
Earlier last year, I had looked at the first issue of Spirit World in conjunction with the recent re-launch of Shazam. I had looked at the ways in which each series approached magic and how they differed in their overall structures. Since then, Spirit World has reached its six-issue conclusion and showed us how Alyssa Wong, Haining, Sebastian Cheng, and Janice… Continue reading
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Comics Are Trying to Break Your Heart #281: Confronting the Pile, Pt. 4
Don’t you miss the weekends where the existential dread didn’t set in? Me neither, now let’s talk about Wonder Woman. And this is an evergreen character for the moment as she is meant to represent hope, compassion, and the goodness that we can find in most people. Most, of course, being the key word there.… Continue reading
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