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Articles by Kevin Lanigan

About Kevin Lanigan
Kevin Lanigan is a writer/comedian/director living in NYC. He's the writer/star of the romantic comedy web series Doomed To You, the improv/sketch show The Puffin Publishing Podcast, and the comedy RPG show JAN: Jive Action Nerds. You can see him perform weekly with his improv team Gone Girl.
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Comics and Graphic Novels

Comic Picks of the Week 4/3/19

April 2, 2019 Kevin Lanigan 0

Xena: Warrior Princess #1 Return to the fantastic world of Xena! Long one of our greatest sword & sorcery heroes, the Warrior Princess once again makes the leap from the syndicated TV screen to the […]

Comics and Graphic Novels

The War of the Realms Has Come

April 2, 2019 Kevin Lanigan 0

Thor and his compatriots have fought. And failed. Malekith the Accursed has constructed his Dark Bifrost. The most destructive armies in the nine realms are at our doorstep. They’ve already laid waste to the dwarves […]

Card Games

Superfight: Game of the Week

March 29, 2019 Kevin Lanigan 1

Are you the kind of person who gets into hours long fights with your friends about which superhero would win in a fight, or whether pirates or ninjas are the superior fighting force? As it […]

Comics and Graphic Novels

Comic Picks of the Week 3/27/19

March 26, 2019 Kevin Lanigan 0

Sabrina the Teenage Witch #1 A bit of a left turn from Sabrina’s more recent forays into the macabre. The bright and sunny Teenage Witch returns. She’s back in Greendale, living with her aunts and […]

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Smash Up: Game of the Week

March 22, 2019 Kevin Lanigan 0

Remember that scene in the Very Bad Movie Justice League when we flashed back to all those Amazons, Aquamen, Green Lanterns, and such banding together? And remember when you said to yourself, “Man, I wish […]

Comics and Graphic Novels

Crowded: One of the Best in Modern Comics

March 19, 2019 Kevin Lanigan 0

In the near future, none of us will have only one job. We’ll have one big job and a couple small jobs, or eighteen small jobs that amount to almost one big one. The “gig […]

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Comic Picks of the Week 3/20/19

March 19, 2019 Kevin Lanigan 0

Spider-Man: Life Story #1 What is Spider-Man aged in real time as the Marvel universe rolled along? Spider-Man has been around for fifty-seven years. That’s a lot of Marvel history to live through. Spider-Man artist […]

Card Games

Coup: Game of the Week

March 15, 2019 Kevin Lanigan 0

Deceive your enemies. Lie to your friends. Root out the traitor or be sold out by them. This is Coup, a game of hidden agendas that has basically formed a whole subgenre of game all […]

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Comic Picks of the Week 3/13/19

March 12, 2019 Kevin Lanigan 0

Assassin Nation #1 The incredible, number one, best good artist Erica Henderson has finally made her way over to Image. After knocking it out of the park with Jughead and absolutely destroying the park and […]

Comics and Graphic Novels

The Best Is Yet To Come: A New Age for The Magnificent Ms. Marvel

March 12, 2019 Kevin Lanigan 0

Without a doubt, the best and most important superhero comic of the decade has been Ms. Marvel. The life and times of Kamala Khan, a bright girl from Jersey City who also happens to be […]

Card Games

Love Letter: Game of the Week

March 8, 2019 Kevin Lanigan 0

The princess is to be wed. And if you play this game correctly, she’s getting married to you. Love Letter is the excellent game of romantic intrigue. Set in the cutthroat world of royal romance […]

Comics and Graphic Novels

Maybe Jason Aaron’s Is My Favorite Avengers Book Ever?

March 5, 2019 Kevin Lanigan 0

Hi. Let’s play a little game called “Is the current Jason Aaron Avengers book Kevin’s favorite one ever?” It’s a long-winded and very specific kind of game, but it’s one I’m increasingly interested in playing. […]

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Comic Picks of the Week 3/6/19

March 5, 2019 Kevin Lanigan 0

The Six Million Dollar Man #1 Dynamite has been pushing this one hard with two page spreads and sending Christopher Hastings into your bedroom at night to whisper in your ear. The strange mind behind […]

Board Games

Small World – Game of the Week

March 1, 2019 Kevin Lanigan 0

I know you. I know you love Settlers of Catan. You also have a certain affinity for Risk and a secret obsession with Dungeons & Dragons. Well, I’ve kindly tossed all of those favorite things […]

Books

Discworld & The Color of Magic – READ, DAMN YOU

February 28, 2019 Kevin Lanigan 0

A world held up by four elephants standing on the back of a turtle floating through the cosmos. Where did it come from? Where will it go? No one knows. What is for certain is […]

Comics and Graphic Novels

Comic Picks of the Week 2/27/19

February 26, 2019 Kevin Lanigan 0

When our cup runneth over with too many great titles in a single week, we make a breakdown of the Can’t Miss comics and graphic novels. Here are our picks for February 27, 2019. Green […]

Comics and Graphic Novels

Comics’ Hottest Couple Gets Hitched in Mr. & Mrs. X

February 26, 2019 Kevin Lanigan 0

After five years spent lost in a fog, the X-line was revitalized last February with a one-two punch. One first was X-Men Red, a timely and touching book about an X-team fighting back against the […]

Card Games

Fluxx: Game of the Week

February 22, 2019 Kevin Lanigan 0

I love games, but too often is the fun delayed by the tedious reading of endless rulesheets. The good stuff sits waiting in its box while you try to parse out how the game is […]

Comics and Graphic Novels

Kevin Yells About X-Men: Kieron Gillen Edition

February 19, 2019 Kevin Lanigan 0

The gongs have sounded. I have been woken from my slumber. That can only mean one thing: I have to yell at you about the X-Men for a while. That should really be the name […]

Comics and Graphic Novels

West Coast Avengers Are the Best Coast Avengers

February 19, 2019 Kevin Lanigan 1

Read this publication for long enough and you will be inundated with my talking about the West Coast Avengers. In just seven issues, I have found an excuse to talk about this book a third […]

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