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Tag Archives: Stephen Bissette
If you like The Big Lebowski…
It’s been a while since I’ve done one of these! After the critically acclaimed maturity and sensitivity of Fargo, Joel and Ethan Coen pulled yet another switch by delivering a stoner crime comedy packed with profanity (it was as if … Continue reading
COMICS CAN BE AWESOME (27 December 2021)
It turned out Spider-Man: No Way Home was the final positive surprise of 2021. After the disappointment of the tired, hacky Black Widow and Shang Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, we’re finally back on track with a … Continue reading
COMICS CAN BE AWESOME (11 January 2021)
Your weekly reminder that comics can be awesome… The Sculptor The Terminator: One Shot The Saga of the Swamp Thing #24
COMICS CAN BE AWESOME (15 June 2020)
Lately I’ve been using the COMICS CAN BE AWESOME section to spotlight nifty covers, mostly of old, Cold War-era series, from war/horror hybrids to pulpy fantasy anthologies (usually with the words ‘weird,’ ‘strange,’ and/or ‘mystery’ in the title)… I’m not the … Continue reading
10 Alan Moore short stories in others’ sandboxes
The conversation in the comments section of The Tempest’s post back in January got me thinking about how much of Alan Moore’s career was spent playing with other creators’ toys, providing some of the greatest gun-for-hire work in the medium… … Continue reading
Posted in FANTASTIC ADVENTURES
Tagged 2000 AD, Alan Davis, Alan Moore, Ben Dimagmaliw, Bill Willingham, Bob Lappan, Bryan Talbot, C.D. Alexandar, Carl Gafford, Dan Mishkin, Facundo Percio, Gene D'Angelo, God Is Dead, Hernan Cabrera, Jenny O'Connor, Joe Orlando, John Costanza, John Higgins, Jonathan Hickman, Kevin O'Neill, Kurt Hathaway, League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Melinda Gebbie, Michael Zulli, Mike Costa, science fiction, Star Wars, Stephen Bissette, Stephen Murphy, Steve Dillon, Steve Potter, Terry Austin, Todd Klein
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Non-Batman gothic comics – part 3
If you read the last posts, you know what’s going on. Here are another couple of awesome gothic comics: STRANGE EMBRACE Strange Embrace and other nightmares It’s hard to do justice to David Hine’s nightmarish tour de force, Strange Embrace. … Continue reading
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Tagged Alan Moore, Bernie Wrightson, Brian K. Vaughan, David Hine, David Michelinie, Dick Foreman, Doug Wheeler, Gerry Conway, Grant Morrison, horror, James Robinson, John Ostrander, John Totleben, Len Wein, Mark Millar, Martin Pasko, Nancy A. Collins, Neil Gaiman, Nestor Redondo, Rick Veitch, Rob Steen, Stan Woch, Stephen Bissette, Strange Embrace, Swamp Thing, Tom Yeates, Walt Kelly
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