comic books
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SPOILERS! Volume 8 is my favorite book from this latest SIKTC binge (Volumes 6-8). It’s a satisfying digestif after consuming so much violence and drama in the two prior books. It starts out in familiar territory (but with a twist). It starts with the rare occurrence of a monster created from the fears of a…
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SPOILERS! I have to admit that I’m a little frightened by my attraction to the psychotic Charlotte Cutter. We’re given a glimpse inside her head in Volume 7 as she freaks out over her totem being taken. She’s very much a hot blonde Golem with a slicked back bob and a British accent. She needs…
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SPOILERS! It’s been three years since I last read James Tynion IV’s Something is Killing the Children. It’s a testament to his storytelling that, barring the occasional Google search, I was able to pick the series back up like I just finished Volume 5 last week. In Volume 6, Charlotte Cutter from the House of…
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I learned a new word: Tsundoku. It’s a portmanteau (another new word I learned) of the Japanese words tsunde-oku (to let things pile up) and dukosho (to read). Tsundoku is the act of buying books and letting them just pile up without reading them. According to Tanner Garrity, it’s supposed to be an expression of…
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POSSIBLE SPOILERS! I worried that my ignorance of Arthurian lore would make it difficult to read Kieron Gillen’s Once and Future* series. Happily, this wasn’t the case. While I’m sure familiarity would make the story even more enjoyable because I’d pick up on nuances specific to the mythology, through Duncan, Gillen’s museum curator hero, I…
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The panel of the day was definitely the Ginormo panel not only because of the retro aesthetic it wants to promote. It was a great panel for me because I walked away with a list of YouTube creators to watch. The other big plus to the day was catching cosplayers “coming right out of the…
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I think every panel needs a “Kristin Schaal.” She burst onto the stage for The Mysterious Benedict panel and singlehandly raised the energy level. Watching to her speak about the show definitely outshown everything else on Day 2, including the American Born Chinese panel (the show I’m most looking forward to watching). For all the…
