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Disconnected Viewing

sita brahmin.jpegI don't have cable right now so I'm rewatching old shows and movies. A lot of them are animated. Such is my way. I'd like to have a nobler reason for rewatching them--something like when James revisited his favorite childhood books. And it's true—he did inspire me. But it's also true that I don't have cable.

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Hammering Away at the Here and Now

mapinternet-small.jpgLet's say you're the newly-sentient internet. How would you decipher the meaning of all the bits and bytes whizzing past you? And what about the real world outside your electronic realm?

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Pilgrim's Progress

Pilgrim 80.jpgFormer Comics Editor, Guy Leshinski has very kindly given us permission to reprint a prophetic interview with Bryan Lee O'Malley in 2005.  Will Bryan Lee O'Malley attain the Holy Grail of cartoonists? As Bryan says, "We'll see..."


There’s a girl sitting on the subway. She’s 16 or so, in a brown corduroy jacket and a pair of faded sneakers, her feet propped on the seat across from her. She’s absently brushing on lipstick, absorbed by Bryan Lee O’Malley’s graphic novel Scott Pilgrim’s Precious Little Life: Volume 1.

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RIP, Al Williamson

EC Comic artist Al Williamson has died. He's probably best known now for his work on the Star Wars strip. Comics Beat has an overview of his career and tributes from other artists. (thanks, Denis!)
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RIP Frank Frazetta

Fantasy and comic artist Frank Frazetta has died. The world of fantasy art with ladies in metal bikinis and gentleman in fur speedos will be much the poorer. We say that with great affection. (via SFSignal)
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10 Comics I Liked in 2009

bronte 80.jpgIt's that time of year when writers list the year's best things. This year, some people are listing the decade's best. And, oh, my temples ache because if there's someone who manages to read every comic every year for a decade, let alone every comic setting fans a-twitter, that someone's not me.

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Superheros de los Muertos

Is there anything better than a superpowered dead girl?It's the time of year when a young woman's thoughts naturally turn to skeletons and zombies, death and dying. I like bats, boneyards, snappy girls from beyond, hideous mockeries of humanity fermented in swamps, creepy happenings and bones, bones, bones.

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Paw through our archives

I read this series and enjoyed it - even found it a little silly. But it never occured to me how disturbing the content really was. Somehow Mike Allred's art doesn't make a meat-golem incarnation of Dead Girl seem as icky as it would if it were drawn by another comicbook illustrator.

I guess Mike Allred's art is so matter-of-fact. And Laura Allred's colors make it even more comic-surreal - like something by Andy Warhol. That's something to consider: zombies, nosferatu, cannibalism and necrophilia done Andy Warhol style.

I'd be interested to read more about the changes in comics before and after the Comics Code Authority; or more about Alan Moore and his run on the Swamp Thing. Maybe in a future article? Or maybe those things have already been adequatly explored elsewhere?

—Mr.Dave

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Of Note Elsewhere
Neat 3D animated adventures-- "Star Wars: The Solo Adventures."
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Jason Powell looked at every issue of Chris Claremont's run on the X-men. Every issue. (Sorry about the previously missing link).
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DC heroes and villains combine with LEGO to make for awesome.
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Brian at Shelf Life Clothing Company has put together an awesome display of "The Greatest Movie Stunts of All Time." As well as, the first volume of "The Greatest Movie Soundtrack Composers."

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Slick, coldblooded action in "10 Photos Capturing Moments of Spontaneous Badassery!"
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