Comic Books
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Comics Are Trying to Break Your Heart #254: Nightshade and Elderberry Cake
Have I talked about John Allison recently? No? Then it’s time once again to bring up his writing over the past decade. From webcomics to series long and short, his are the comics I can always count on to find some measure of joy in despite anything else happening in the world. And it’s his, Max… Continue reading
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Comics Are Trying to Break Your Heart #253: Twice Told Duck Tales
Everyone loves a good duck, be it the rubber one in your bathtub or the one you would hunt on your NES or the private detective in Duckman. All of these ducks pale in comparison to Howard. Created in the early 70s by Steve Gerber and Val Mayerik, Howard the Duck has been an odd… Continue reading
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Comics Are Trying to Break Your Heart #251: A Long Path
We cannot overstate the importance of Hayao Miyazaki’s anime, especially after the recent release of The Boy and The Heron (after his fourth retirement). His name is enshrined in animation history. But outside of Japan, his manga has received little fanfare. While Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind did receive a US release—eventually—much of his other comics… Continue reading
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Comics Are Trying to Break Your Heart #249: Crisis New and Old
At times, canon is the bedrock from which stories spring, while at others it’s the cement shoes dragging characters and story down to increasingly murky depths in which only the most seasoned comics readers can tread. Luckily, we have stories like The New Champion of Shazam by Josie Campbell, Evan “Doc” Shaner, and Becca Carey to help… Continue reading
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Comics Are Trying to Break Your Heart #248:
Comics are fertile ground for folklore. Many of its heroes derive from myths and tall-tales. Reinterpretation of those tales is what most fans crave as the originals have become so ingratiated into popular culture’s mythical zeitgeist; we need our expectations toyed with to see the story in a more interesting light. If there’s an illustrator… Continue reading
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Comics Are Trying to Break Your Heart #247: A Bridge Even Further
Of my many fears, collapsing bridges are most recent. When stuck in traffic on a highway fly-over, it’s hard not to think of it splintering and cracking apart while trapped in my hatchback. When faced with the inevitable, our minds simply don’t know what to do to escape. This loss of control appears in the… Continue reading
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Comics Are Trying to Break Your Heart #246: A Hot Mug of Ghosts
I now grind my own coffee beans. If this indicates that I’m getting older, I suppose I embrace that. While some of us grind beans every morning, some do it in the deep night to keep sleep—and monsters—at bay. Or rather, one person does that while we follow a life of continual caffeine and ghost… Continue reading
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Comics Are Trying to Break Your Heart #245: Please Sleep
Some months ago, I looked at the first issue of Briar and delved into how we keep coming back to fairy tales. As I mentioned earlier, a distinct panic throbbed through Briar‘s pages with the sudden change of the world from the perspective of Briar Rose, and with the finale of its first arc Christopher Cantwell, Germán… Continue reading
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Comics Are Trying to Break Your Heart #244: Flash Fractal
Wally West was the first Flash I can remember. But then most of my early comics knowledge came from the Justice League cartoon. In that, Wally was really the only Flash. Jay Gerrick was more of a special guest for a Crisis on Two Earths send-up and none of the kids were around yet. Barry Allen was maybe mentioned… Continue reading
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