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Poetry in Motion
Here’s a poem about the Portland – Seattle bus trip I’m on right now: Bolt Bus, you smell like booze I think someone mistook you for a cruise. You let us travel with free wi-fi, […]
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Captain America 2 is the Political Commentary War Movie of Our Generation
If any West Coast readers accidentally read this, maybe they’ll accidentally go to a new show that’s popping up in Portland this weekend. It’s called Linework NW, and it’s a free to the public, one-day […]
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Tuesday Transmission strikes back!
Another Tuesday Transmission for you kids! This time Vita Vs Matt Vs Deadpool Vs Carnage!
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I Regret Nothing
Regrets and Errors: I regret that a couple weeks ago I accidentally told you that Sandman Overture #2 was coming out. It’s releasing this week. But given its constantly shifting timeline, I won’t believe that […]
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Just Hold on. Hold on for one more day.
Happy Irish day/week, nerds. Hope you didn’t break too many face bones on your way home the other night. Buffy the Vampire Hunter, Season 10 #1– Being hailed as the season that brings Buffy “back the […]
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Day Late and a Dollar Short
Sometimes comics are a participation sport. And sometimes a full contact sport depending on what conventions you’re going to this year. I spent this weekend going to a signing for Tony Millionaire (creator of Maakies […]
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Drunk in Loooove
Nothing else matters to me this week other than comics, because Oni Press’s, “The Auteur” is finally coming out. So I’ll just cut to the chase: Auteur #1 I’ve been so excited for this […]
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On February 5th New Comics, From Someone in Seattle
By the time you’re reading this, I’m either in a perpetual state of bummed because the Seahawks just lost, or I’ll still be insanely pumped on their crushing win over the Broncos. I’d be vastly […]
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Yet Again, Snow.
I’m writing this while the Seahawks are winning the NFC championship game, and even in my quiet neighborhood I can hear my neighbors yelling and fireworks being set off. Or people are rioting and looting, […]
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Best For Last
The last comic books of 2013 have GOT to be the best, right? I mean, these are the comics the industry has been leading up too this entire time. Logically, all comic books up till […]
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The Unbearable Lightness of X-Being
One of the biggest themes in the Marvel X-Men universe at the moment is the rift between founding member Cyclops and best selling Canadian bad-boy Wolverine. Their rivalry, previously limited to girls and respect, changed […]
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I have bought some comics, also eaten wayyy too much candy.
Halloween is a hell of a thing y’all, and this year’s beer and candy diet was not the best plan. Probably should have thought that one out a bit. :: snorts a crushed-up Kit-Kat bar […]
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On “New School” Color
This idea of color as something other than coding is nothing new, and since the days of Frank Santoro’s “Sirk” and even earlier with Françoise Mouly’s and Spiegleman’s RAW Magazine, cartoonists have been figuring […]
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Anna Reviews Stuff
Holy moly. This time next week I’ll be back in my beloved second city, New York City. For NYCC! I’m going to hug everyone at Forbidden Planet so hard they won’t know what hit them. […]
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Breaking Badly
The deadlines for the Forbidden Planet blog/Daily Planet are much like the rules of Calvin-ball, which is to say capricious. That porcupine attack on Wednesday kept me from my desk desk until Friday…but then I […]
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CRIME! MYSTERY! BOOBED!
I don’t mean to purposefully draw themes from all the comics I want to talk about each week, but there was a glaringly obvious coincidence between a lot of the wonderful books coming out today […]
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GET THERE FROM HERE
One time I stopped for directions at an old lighthouse in Maine. I was on vacation and had lost my way. The kindly old lighthouse keeper, who admittedly was transparent below the waist, gave me […]
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My 4th Review
I’ve been having a lot of discussions lately on whether or not the reality that we see is actually real. Can you prove to me that the paper you’re holding in your hand right this […]
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BIGGEST NEWS EVER!
YES, Ben Affleck is now Batman, but somehow the media is missing the bigger story. We know the former Daredevil star has been signed to play Mr. Wayne in multiple cross-company movies, so as to […]
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Bongo Comics, Celebrating 20 Years
Founded in 1993 to publish comics based on The Simpsons, Bongo Comics celebrates its 20th Anniversary this year at this past San Diego Comic Con. On hand to talk about their success were Bongo’s Creative […]