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The Perils of Power, the Effects of Empowerment
Some time ago, I read a comment on the internet from some anonymous commenter about Power Girl: the notoriously well-endowed DC comics character. That comment went something along these lines: “I...
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DC’s New 52 Reviews: Supergirl
Supergirl (written by Michael Green and Mike Johnson, and drawn by Mahmud Asrar) I wasn’t going to review this, for reasons of personal bias that I’m not going to go into right now, but I’ve calmed...
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NOT The DCU New 52 Reviews: The First Law of Mad Science
The First Law of Mad Science written by Mike Isenberg and Oliver Mertz art by Daniel Lapham Mike Isenberg is a friend of mine, and that always makes for a leery proposition when it comes time to review...
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DRACULA UNCONQUERED! The Chris Sims Interview
So, Chris Sims –of ComicsAlliance and Invincible Super-Blog fame — is working on a new comic called Dracula the Unconquered along with Steve Downer and Josh Krach. The comic comes out at the end of...
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The DCU New 52: Justice League #2
I am going to get back to my monster posts soon, I have still got more don’t worry. But I read Justice League #2 and I wanted to just follow up with it. I thought to myself, “Well, I thought #1 was...
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How Great is Wolverine and the X-Men? So Great
I don’t know if this has come up before (it has) but I love the hell out of Wolverine. I know, a lot of people love the hell out of Wolverine, and I’m sure there are people who love Wolverine more...
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Suicide Squad #2
Ugh. I don’t even really want to talk about this, because what is there to say? There was no reason to think that, after the fairly disastrous Suicide Squad #1, that #2 would be an improvement. But,...
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DC’s Nielsen Survey
So, remember that DC market research survey I talked about a while ago? Well, the results are in, and they’re over here. Quelle surprise, DC has not significantly altered its demographic in any way,...
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The Dark Knight Rises, the Avengers, and Occupy
I am going to discuss The Dark Knight Rises at length, now, and I am of no mind to be careful about what I reveal — like I’ve said before, I don’t really “review” things, like, “Should I go and see...
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12th Doctor Comics
Experiments with Slideshow. I wish I could tinker with it so the change wasn’t a fade, but what can you do? Filed under: Braak, comic books
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Riot Girl Comics
So, for a while now I have had in my head what is basically going to be the best comic ever, and I can’t really do anything with it, because I can’t draw, and for some reason, artists always want to...
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Riot Girl Comics 2
I am still practicing at the ART, so one day maybe I will be good enough to make my comic, which is going to be the best fucking comic ever you guys. RIOT GIRL is 100% AWESOME. Anyway, here are some...
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On Wonder Woman, Gal Gadot, and the Nature of Muscles
braak Okay, I wasn’t going to write about this. I am practicing this new thing where I try not to get worked up about stuff, and instead try to maintain a sort of zen equanimity about things that I...
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Riot Girl Comics 3
THE REASONABLE MEN The Reasonable Men are an army of unstoppable robots of the law, that the Chamber of Commerce calls in when it starts to look like they’re losing control of the regular crowd-control...
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Riot Girl Comics 4
CHELSEA CHERRY Chelsea Cherry is Riot Girl’s friend, basically since birth. She is the smart one of the pair, with a persistent interest in fashion. She dresses in a sort of 1920s male dandy style,...
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Riot Girl Comics 5
Crazy Horse and his band of animals are dangerous, self-serving anarchists, ready and willing to co-opt any discontentment, outrage, or anger in order to sell more albums. Chelsea Cherry thinks their...
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COMIC BOOK PROPOSAL: Final Girls, Inc.
I made a joke in the comments on THIS POST, at the Toast, about how I would like to watch a movie that was just Heather Lagenkamp and Jamie Lee Curtis going around and solving mysteries, but then I...
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