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Content and Context: Comic Art
High-Low #191 (a column by Rob Clough)
Rob reviews the most recent two annual volumes of COMIC ART, edited by M. Todd Hignite and published by Buenaventura Press. |
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| Fri, 5 Sept 2008 |
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50 Things: What We Love About Comics
The Splash Page #30 (a column by Timothy Callahan)
Tim Callahan and Chad Nevett join forces to celebrate comics, by joining the "50 Things" meme and listing what they love most about comics. |
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Minicomics Round-Up: Ayuyang, Baylis, Neely
High-Low #190 (a column by Rob Clough)
Rob reviews minicomics from Rina Ayuyang (OVERWHELMING WOT-NOT), Jonathan Baylis (SO...BUTTONS), and Tom Neely (YOUR DISEASE SPREAD QUICK and BRILLIANTLY HAM-FISTED). |
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| Wed, 3 Sept 2008 |
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 News: Teenagers from the Future Now Available
Teenagers from the Future: Essays on the Legion of Super-Heroes is now available from Sequart Research & Literacy Organization.
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In From The Underground: Typhon
High-Low #189 (a column by Rob Clough)
Rob reviews the new anthology edited by Danny Hellman, TYPHON. |
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| Mon, 1 Sept 2008 |
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Monster Mash-Up: The Claws Come Out
High-Low #188 (a column by Rob Clough)
Rob reviews the new collection of stories from Pat Lewis, THE CLAWS COME OUT (IDW). |
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| Sat, 30 Aug 2008 |
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Obsessive-Expulsive: My Brain Is Hanging Upside Down
High-Low #187 (a column by Rob Clough)
Rob reviews the new "graphic memoir" by David Heatley, MY BRAIN IS HANGING UPSIDE DOWN (Pantheon). |
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| Fri, 29 Aug 2008 |
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 Final Crisis: Superman Beyond #1: The What is the Space What Now?
The Splash Page #29 (a column by Timothy Callahan)
Tim Callahan and Chad Nevett love Final Crisis and they love Grant Morrison. Do they love Superman Beyond #1? Maybe a little. Do they understand how it fits into Morrison's DC schema? Sure. |
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On the Anthology Format
Sequential Culture #92 (a column by Julian Darius)
Anthologies have a great history in comics? So why do they sell so poorly? Julian argues that they have a bright future. |
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| Thurs, 28 Aug 2008 |
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Solace of the Road: Abandoned Cars
High-Low #186 (a column by Rob Clough)
Rob reviews ABANDONED CARS, a collection of short stories by Tim Lane (Fantagraphics). |
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| Wed, 27 Aug 2008 |
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Love & Rockets #35
Shelf Life #36 (a column by Marc Sobel)
The 35th issue includes the third part of Jaime's "Wig Wam Bam," as well as middle chapters of Gilbert's ongoing stories, "Love and Rockets X" (chapter five) and "Poison River" (chapter seven). The issue also features a special six-page sketchbook section. |
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 On the Demise of HBO's Preacher
Sequential Culture #91 (a column by Julian Darius)
The HBO adaptation of Preacher is reportedly dead. What does this mean for Preacher and TV adaptations of comics in general? |
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| Tues, 26 Aug 2008 |
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Id On The Page: Where Demented Wented
High-Low #185 (a column by Rob Clough)
Rob reviews the career-spanning collection of lesser-known underground comics artist Rory Hayes, WHERE DEMENTED WENTED (Fantagraphics). |
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| Mon, 25 Aug 2008 |
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 Holy Hollywood, Batman!
Living Fiction #10 (a column by Michael Rutschky)
Weeks before the smash hit The Dark Knight was released in theaters, Batman himself, Christian Bale, said that he would refuse to be a part of the series if the character of Robin was written into a sequel. Wanting to give the Boy Wonder the benefit of the doubt, Mike Rutschky uses his Living Fiction column to explore ways in which Robin might actually work in the realistic setting of The Dark Knight. |
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 News: Mutant Cinema Now Available
Mutant Cinema: The X-Men Trilogy from Comics to Screen is now available from Sequart Research & Literacy Organization.
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| Sun, 24 Aug 2008 |
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Watchmen: Narrative Tricks and Realism
The Splash Page #28 (a column by Timothy Callahan)
Tim Callahan, Chad Nevett, and Justin Dickinson wrap up their two-part discussion of Watchmen with a look at the innovative structure of the series, and consider whether it not it should really be classified as a work of Realism. |
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Racial Utopia in X-Men
Four Color Theorem #3 (a column by Geoffrey Clay)
X-Men. A comic book created in the 1960s about a group of people with mutated DNA. They were discriminated against by Homo sapiens for being different. The comic was a reflection of the bigotry going in the United States at the time. So why did Stan Lee and Jack Kirby make the original X-Men white and not the colors of America's persecuted? Geoff Clay says that making them white was a great idea. |
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30 Under 30, #3: Katie Skelly
High-Low #184 (a column by Rob Clough)
In his occasional series on young cartoonists, Rob interviews Katie Skelly, the artist behind the NURSE NURSE minicomics series. |
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| Sat, 23 Aug 2008 |
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 How I Learned to Love the Legion
Sequential Culture #90 (a column by Julian Darius)
Julian talks about the upcoming Teenagers from the Future: Essays on the Legion of Super-Heroes and his own love for the Legion. |
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| Fri, 22 Aug 2008 |
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Checking In With Will Dinski
High-Low #183 (a column by Rob Clough)
Rob reviews some recent minicomics from Will Dinski. Comics reviewed include SHIFT, ERRAND SERVICE and BEAUTIFUL, COOL & IRREPLACEABLE. |
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| Wed, 20 Aug 2008 |
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Game-Changer: Mome #12
High-Low #182 (a column by Rob Clough)
Rob reviews the twelfth volume of Fantagraphics' flagship anthology, MOME. |
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Deconstructing "Batman R.I.P."
Sequential Culture #89 (a column by Julian Darius)
With Grant Morrison's climactic storyline halfway done, Julian takes a moment to see how it (and Morrison's run in general) stack up. |
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| Tues, 19 Aug 2008 |
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 News: Marvel Movie Request
Calling all Sequart readers! We need your help locating some info…
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| Mon, 18 Aug 2008 |
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Waking Nightmare: Grotesque #2
High-Low #181 (a column by Rob Clough)
Reviewed is issue #2 of the Ignatz line's GROTESQUE, by Sergio Ponchione (Fantagraphics/Coconino Press). |
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| Sat, 16 Aug 2008 |
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Anatomy of a Friendship: Manhole #3
High-Low #180 (a column by Rob Clough)
Rob reviews the recent minicomic by Mardou, MANHOLE #3. |
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