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Category Archives: GLIMPSES INTO AWESOMENESS
COMICS CAN BE AWESOME (3 February 2025)
I’m setting aside splash pages, for a bit. Instead, in February, these weekly reminders that comics can be awesome will be excerpts of sequences that have stuck in my mind. Over the past years one of my ‘guilty’ pleasures has … Continue reading
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Tagged Aditya Bidikar, Fernando Blanco, horror, James Tynion IV, Jordie Bellaire, politics, W0rldtr33
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COMICS CAN BE AWESOME (27 January 2025)
With 2025 already well on the way to becoming a terrifying year, even by recent standards, here is January’s final reminder that comic book splash pages can be awesome: Casanova: Acedia #4 Assassin Nation #4 Dead Drop #3
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Tagged Adam Gorham, Ales Kot, Assassin Nation, Casanova, Dave Sharpe, Dead Drop, Erica Henderson, Fábio Moon, Mike Spicer
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COMICS CAN BE AWESOME (20 January 2025)
A gizmo-centric reminder that comic books can look awesome… Strange Tales #143 Batman/Superman: World’s Finest #15 Superman: Space Age #2
COMICS CAN BE AWESOME (13 January 2025)
2025’s second weekly reminder that comic book page layouts can be awesome: Dogs of War Ian Fleming’s James Bond #6 Que presente impresentable
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Tagged Dogs of War, Guy Major, James Bond, Jason Masters, Nathan Fox, Quino, Rico Renzi, Sheila Keenan, Warren Ellis
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COMICS CAN BE AWESOME (6 January 2025)
As usual, a new year means shifting to a different type of weekly reminders that comic books can be awesome… Having spotlighted covers throughout 2024, let’s kick off 2025 by once again celebrating the art of the glorious splash page! … Continue reading
COMICS CAN BE AWESOME (18 December 2023)
An amusing (yet also depressing) reminder that comics can be awesome: Wonder Twins #4
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Tagged Dave Sharpe, Mark Russell, politics, Stephen Byrne, Wonder Twins
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COMICS CAN BE AWESOME (11 December 2023)
They say the internet is mostly about images of kittens and, lately, of war, so I suppose this week’s reminder that comics can be awesome is Gotham Calling’s contribution to both fields… Cat Shit One #1
COMICS CAN BE AWESOME (27 November 2023)
One more Quino reminder that comics can be awesome: Sí… carniño Yo no fui! Yo no fui!
COMICS CAN BE AWESOME (20 November 2023)
Another dazzling reminder that comics can be awesome… Thumbs #1 Legion of X #1 Monkey Meat #1
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Tagged Clayton Cowles, Federico Blee, Hayden Sherman, Jan Bazaldua, Juni Ba, Legion of X, Monkey Meat, Sean Lewis, Thumbs
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COMICS CAN BE AWESOME (6 November 2023)
It may not be much of a consolation in the grand scheme of things, but here is your weekly reminder that, hey, at least comics can be awesome… The Ambassadors #1 Five Ghosts: The Haunting of Fabian Gray #2 Namwolf … Continue reading