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Comics Are Trying to Break Your Heart #195: Legendary Status
Comics Are Trying to Break Your Heart #195 by Drew Barth Legendary Status The Spook season isn’t just for the ghosts, goblins, and skeletons we’re all used to seeing stalk the streets on Halloween night, it’s for the legends that accompany them. Much of the aesthetic we associate with spooks comes from the folklore and… Continue reading
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Comics Are Trying to Break Your Heart #151: Dolly Parton Reference
Comics Are Trying to Break Your Heart #151 by Drew Barth Dolly Parton Reference It’s finally a Wednesday… Finally here… Wednesday. And that means it’s a Jojo Wednesday this week. A bit over two years since the conclusion of the animated adaptation of Hirohiko Araki’s Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind, we’re finally at the premiere… Continue reading
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Comics Are Trying to Break Your Heart #148: Take a Look
Comics Are Trying to Break Your Heart #148 by Drew Barth Take a Look Making comics is difficult. I’ve only made a few scripts and that was difficult enough when not coupled with art duties. But when working with someone else, the work feels less solitary—the line dividing you from the rest of the world… Continue reading
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Comics Are Trying to Break Your Heart #118: Swamps & Things
Comics Are Trying to Break Your Heart #118 by Drew Barth Swamps & Things Swamps are, for the most part, points of transformation. There is that disgust of the slime that permeates the water and trees. Nothing comes out of a swamp the same as when it came in. Just look at Swamp Thing. Or… 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 #58: Let’s Not Forget Old City Blues
Comics Are Trying to Break Your Heart #58 by Drew Barth Let’s Not Forget Old City Blues Fantastic new graphic novels and comics come out every week—so much coming out that some things end up not being as revered as they should have been. There are graphic novels and comic series still sitting on my… Continue reading
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Comics Are Trying to Break Your Heart #52: Tokyo Roommates
Comics Are Trying to Break Your Heart #52 by Drew Barth Tokyo Roommates The slice-of-life genre has become a staple of manga for decades now. Small stories on the incongruities and oddities of everyday living coupled with a hint of comedic absurdity has turned a genre that focuses on quieter moments into one of the… Continue reading
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Comics Are Trying to Break Your Heart #34: A Shorter Piece
Comics Are Trying to Break Your Heart #34 by Drew Barth A Shorter Piece Many of the works discussed in this blog over the past months have been long-running series or graphic novels. And all of those have been great. There’s an expansiveness to many of those works. In a way, many of these series… Continue reading
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Comics are Trying to Break Your Heart #18: Got a Feeling So Complicated
Comics Are Trying to Break Your Heart #18 by Drew Barth Got a Feeling So Complicated Last week, I mentioned some issues inherent in many Shonen series—from the ways in which the continuous powering up of characters only leads to ridiculous escalations to the weekly (rather than monthly) production schedule that makes constant character growth… Continue reading
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Comics Are Trying to Break Your Heart #17: The Shonen Problem
Comics Are Trying to Break Your Heart #17 by Drew Barth The Shonen Problem Everyone loves a good Shonen series. They’re fast-paced, filled to bursting with action, typically include an expansive cast of characters for anyone to grow attached to, and are fairly fun with that right balance of drama to keep a reader interested.… Continue reading
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