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Nuns Without Guns - Comic Review
Posted on 04.13.09 by Widge @ 8:09 pm
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Nuns Without Guns

So a really smart rule to follow is never to summon anything larger than your head. Unfortunately, a bunch of cultists decide to summon up the Antichrist and get more than they bargain for. (And isn't that supposed to be God's decision in that mythos as to when the Big Evil Guy shows up? Geez, know your myths before you start screwing around with them. Silly cultists.) Not only is the Big AC, you know, evil, but that brings the Nuns Without Guns onto their cases.

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New Brighton Archeological Society, Book One: The Castle of Galomar - Review
Posted on 03.09.09 by Widge @ 12:27 am
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New Brighton Archeological Society, Book One: The Castle of Galomar cover art

Written by: Mark Andrew Smith
Art by: Matthew Weldon
Colors by: Rodrigo Aviles, Jacob Baake, Carlos Carrasco, Bill Crabtree, Jessie Lam and Ralph Niese

Published by: Image

Meet Benny and Becca and Cooper and Joss, two pairs of brother and sister whose parents were some of the greatest explorers of our time. Sadly, those parents are dead following an adventure to keep an evil dude named Galomar from getting closer to taking control of the Great Library. Now these four kids find themselves literally stumbling over their true heritage, not to mention, goblins, fairies, a monstrous cat, a magical slug and the mystical properties of proper etiquette. But all of that being said, can they pick up where their parents left off and save the day?

You know, the worst part of this is that I can't tell you my favorite part of the book without spoiling something, but it's a sequence involving ghosts. That's all I'll say. And after you reach that part of the book (it's page 32 in my digital copy), if you're not on board, then frankly then you're better off on a much less fun train than this thing is.

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Street Angel: The Short Film!
Posted on 02.12.09 by Widge @ 2:31 am
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I first encountered Street Angel back in 2004. The first issue was unbelievably wicked. Now I learn from Chris Sims that some folks in Australia have made a short film adaptation of the first issue? There is nothing about this notion which is not badass.

For the uninitiated: Street Angel is a homeless eighth grader with a skateboard who Can Kick Your Ass. There, that's all you need to know, really.

Direct link for the feedreaders.

A behind the scenes bit comes after the break.

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Vendor - Comic Review
Posted on 08.27.08 by Widge @ 4:10 am
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Vendor graphic novel cover art

Written by: Kevin Abrams & Adam Moore
Illustrated by: Nicc Balce
Published by: Viper

Welcome to the future. It's fucked. There's this virus-thing called Moss that if it gets on you, basically just devours your flesh. Highly contagious and flat out lethal, your only hope is to lop off the offending limb or bit of you. It's been ten years since the Moss showed up and started treating people like they were a big buffet of Jordy Verrills. But don't worry: John J. Vendor will sell you a replacement body bit should you happen to be needing one post ad hoc surgery. And now he may have stumbled upon somebody who's found the cure...but now she needs saving.

It's hard to create a post-apocalyptic sci-fi world that's both A) novel and B) works. It's easy to string together a bunch of different bits of ideas--but not so easy to get them to work. And it's easy to find something that works, especially if you're treading on a well-beaten path. But Vendor is solid. It's hard to say something as flippant as "It's like Blade Runner but with a lot more in the way of amputation." Because that's just flat wrong. The idea of people running around casually lopping bits off of themselves when said bits start to turn green--and how one responds to this is such a great idea I'm going to make you read the book to find out how our lead character copes--is just so wonderfully mental. It's so much so that even when the mental stuff goes up to eleven in the "big fight," it's sort of pointless to balk--because at that point, you're in for a penny, in for a pound. Sure, go batshit nuts, you say to Abrams and Moore. We've made it this far.

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A Comic Book Lover's Attire
Posted on 07.30.08 by Widge @ 12:19 am
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Comic book panel dress

This fabric was used by Kristen at Woolgathering to make a dress and it's actually the perfect dress for Comic-Con, which is where she wore it. So congrats. Here's my favorite bit:

Compliments at Comic Con - 22 (yah, I totally counted), including one large black man who pointed at me as he walked by unsmiling and said, "I want a dress like that!"

I must also commend Kristen for this, and maybe this is a completely male comic book reader reaction, but she was smart not to position panels with "ARGGH" over certain parts of her anatomy. Because that's the sort of commentary that no one wants. Instead "I'll get you yet!" appears there. Which is a more positive sentiment, to be sure.

Yeah, it's sad that I noticed that. But if you're just figuring out I'm sad then you haven't been paying attention. Found via Craftzine.

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