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    Bento Bako Dallas Comic Con

    This weekend marks a grand event for anyone in the Dallas/Forth Worth (Texas) area. The Dallas Comic Con! Taking place throughout the weekend, May 19th and 20th, this event will play host to a slew of incredible guests. And yours truly! Which is the most...

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  • The Comics Console: The Invincible Iron Man Review

    The Comics Console: The Invincible Iron Man Review

    It’s a game like Invincible Iron Man that reminds me to enjoy not only the simplest things about life, but the simplest things about comic book video games. When this game hit shelves it was about as far under the radar as a game could...

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    Off the Shelf: Lady, Go Die!

    Title: Lady, Go Die! Authors: Mickey Spillane and Max Allan Collins Artist: Amazing15.com Publisher: Titan Books Mike Hammer, as well as its creator Mickey Spillane, are up there in the bestselling series and author of all time. Mike Hammer has been adapted into movies, TV...

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    Archie/Red Circle Review: New Crusaders App!

    So for a good year now, Archie Comics has teased us with how they are relaunching the New Crusaders as a digital only comic and it would blow us away. Recently that has changed, and Archie announced New Crusaders will be both digital and print; the...

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    Comic Book Live & Doctor Who Live!

    Off Hollywood Blvd there sits the iO Theater that houses improv shows; several of which might intrigue the Comic Attack audience, or any fan of comics, sci-fi, gaming, and other fan-related works. When you walk in you see they have drinks like “Tom Bakers” and...

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  • The Uncanny X-Piles LXXXVIII

    The Uncanny X-Piles LXXXVIII

    Age of Apocalypse #3 Writer: David Lapham Artist: Roberto De La Torre On paper, this book just shouldn’t work. An “X-Men” book where the humans are the heroes and the mutants are the villains? Yet somehow, Lapham and De La Torre are making this book...

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  • Contest of Champions Live Episode #30: Rockslide vs. Raizo Kodo

    Contest of Champions Live Episode #30: Rockslide vs. Raizo Kodo

    Welcome to Season 2 of the internet’s only superhero fight podcast, Contest of Champions Live! Each week, your hosts the Clobberin’ Comic Book Clergyman and the Canadian Capekiller referee between a group of competitors, each with a team of Marvel superheroes to battle it out and decide once...

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    Com.X Reviews: The Last American

    Title: The Last American Writers: John Wagner and Alan Grant Artist: Mike McMahon Cover: Mike McMahon From the mid-eighties up through the early-nineties, the comic industry was flourishing with writers and artist creating sharp, satirical, and anarchistic works. Rising comic publishers and imprints such as Vertigo...

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  • Bento Bako Lite: Slam Dunk volume 22

    Bento Bako Lite: Slam Dunk volume 22

    Title: Slam Dunk Author: Takehiko Inoue Publisher: Viz Media (Shonen Jump) Volume: Volume 22 (of 31), $9.99 Vintage: 1994 by Shueisha in Japan, June 2012 by Viz Media Genre: Sports, basketball, comedy [Previous Slam Dunk reviews.] The last volume reviewed in this column was volume...

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  • Chirpin’ Tuesday Reviews 05/09/12

    Chirpin’ Tuesday Reviews 05/09/12

    Artifacts #17 (Top Cow) Infinite Speech: Sejic makes The Darkness look effin’ great! Avenging Spider-Man #7 (Marvel) NickZ: I don’t read a lot of She-Hulk but is she always such a b*#%$? Batgirl #9 (DC) Arnab: Fantastic issue. For once, I actually felt bad for...

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  • Touring the Cosmos: Green Lantern #9

    Touring the Cosmos: Green Lantern #9

    One of the most exciting aspects about Geoff Johns’s run on Green Lantern is the fact that he continues to find ways to add layer upon layer on top of an already intriguing and rich mythology. One of the most well kept secrets has been...

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  • Crisis of Infinite Reviews 05/09/12

    Crisis of Infinite Reviews 05/09/12

    Batgirl #9 Writer: Gail Simone Artists: Ardian Syaf, Vicente Cifuentes, and Ulises Arreola Cover Artist: Ardian Syaf, Vicente Cifuentes, and Ulises Arreola Publisher: DC When it comes to saving the innocent, few make it look as good as the Bat Family, which has become extremely...

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  • Nice suits, Crazy Guns, Badass Ray-Bans.  All part of the job!

    Movie Mondays: Men In Black

     Title: Men in Black Director: Barry Sonnenfeld Writers: Ed Solomon, Based on the Comic created by Lowell Cunningham Distributed By: Columbia Pictures Starring: Will Smith, Tommy Lee Jones, Linda Fiorentino, Vincent D’Onofrio, Rip Torn, Tony Shalhoub Release Date: June 2, 1997 MPAA: Rated PG-13...

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  • Bento Bako Weekly: Rosario+Vampire S2 vols 6, 8

    Bento Bako Weekly: Rosario+Vampire S2 vols 6, 8

    Title: Rosario + Vampire Season II Author: Akihisa Ikeda Publisher: Viz Media (Shonen JumpAdvanced) Volume: Volumes 6 and 8 (ongoing), $9.99 Vintage: 2010 by Shueisha in Japan, October 2011 and April 2012 by Viz Media Genre: Romantic comedy, supernatural, harem [Volumes 4-5 review.] Summer vacation...

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  • Top Cow Reviews: Artifacts #17

    Top Cow Reviews: Artifacts #17

    Artifacts #17 Publisher: Top Cow Writer: Ron Marz Artist: Stjepan Sejic Cover: Stjepan Sejic More is revealed as Tom Judge confronts Darkness bearer Jackie Estacado about the changes to their universe. Jackie does come clean, but it’s not without trying to beat the hell out...

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  • Tales From the Water Cooler #64

    Tales From the Water Cooler #64

    Welcome to the 64th episode of Tales From the Water Cooler! Join Infinite Speech, Decapitated Dan, and the Southern Sensation each week as they gather around the water cooler of stories to talk about comics. Listen in this week as the guys talk about FCBD...

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    Comics Are My Religion: The Thirty-Six

    Welcome to Comics Are My Religion, a look at theology through the lens of comic books. There are some basic ground rules about engaging in respectful dialogue about religion in this column.Have you ever read the Hebrew Scriptures and wondered why all those cool things...

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  • Character Spotlight: Hellboy

    Character Spotlight: Hellboy

    Summoned to the Earthly plane by the Nazis in WWII, Hellboy was found by Professor Trevor Bruttenholm (Professor Broom) and his team. Since that day, he was raised to not be a servant of evil, but one for the side of good! A behemoth, with...

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  • Ye Olde School Café: X-Men: EARTHFALL

    Ye Olde School Café: X-Men: EARTHFALL

    Hey everybody, welcome back to another great week in Ye Olde School Café! In this week’s edition, we’ll be taking a look at a story featuring the X-Men! Back in 1982, Chris Claremont and Dave Cockrum introduced us to a new alien race called the...

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  • Image Reviews: Spawn #219

    Image Reviews: Spawn #219

    Spawn #219 Publisher: Image Comics Writer: Todd McFarlane & Jon Goff Artist: Szymon Kudranski Cover: Michael Golden & Todd McFarlane After the new Hellspawn went through another transformation last issue, it’s time for the throw-down between him and Malebolgia! The fight between the two seems very one sided, but just...

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  • Deep Discussions with Decapitated Dan #91: Matt McElroy

    Deep Discussions with Decapitated Dan #91: Matt McElroy

    Horror comics have been scaring readers for years. Is there anyone brave enough to sit down with their creators? This is Deep Discussions with Decapitated Dan. Listen in this week as Dan is joined by the all around awesome Matt McElroy to talk about everything...

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  • From Friendly Ghosts to Gamma Rays

    From Friendly Ghosts To Gamma Rays: Garfield, Xevious and Wallace and Gromit!

    From Friendly Ghosts To Gamma Rays, No.96: A fine week to be a kid again! Welcome back to your source for all-ages comics goodness, From Friendly Ghosts To Gamma Rays! Before we jump into the column, I just want to say that the state of...

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    Bento Bako Bonus: Bakuman: The End

    Bakuman Publisher: Shonen Jump Alpha (Viz Media) Writer: Tsugumi Ohba Artist: Takeshi Obata [Previous Bakuman reviews.] ***Warning! Spoilers In The Article*** So we thought it was coming soon, but it snuck up on us seemingly out of nowhere, as it was abruptly announced that Bakuman would...

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  • Legendary Comic Creators Invade Woodstock For A Great Cause!

    Legendary Comic Creators Invade Woodstock For A Great Cause!

    Several legendary and downright awesome comic writers and artists are making their way to Woodstock to attend an exciting comic convention for a great cause! Woodstock Day School Comic Convention Comic book fans in the area now have an amazing event to look forward to. The Woodstock...

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  • The Comics Console: Teen Titans Review, Web-Sling as Stan Lee!

    The Comics Console: Teen Titans Review, Web-Sling as Stan Lee!

    One thing I hate, but thoroughly understand, is different retailers offering different pre-order bonuses. In this case, Amazon is offering a Stan Lee skin for Activision/Beenox’s upcoming Amazing Spider-Man video game. This always makes my purchasing choice so much more difficult than it should be,...

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  • Zenescope Reviews: Grimm Fairy Tales Presents: The Library #5

    Zenescope Reviews: Grimm Fairy Tales Presents: The Library #5

    Grimm Fairy Tales Presents: The Library #5 (of 5) Publisher: Zenescope Writer: Joe Brusha Artist: Giovanni Timpano (cover by Marat Mychaels) Colors: Timothy Yates In this, the final issue, we witness the last battle between the Wicked Witch and her minions, and young Sela and...

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