Kigitsu Katsuhisa's Franken Fran
Just recently, I was introduced to the welcome and long overdue news that one of my favorite Mangas, Franken Fran was finally licensed. Way back when David Welsh was looking for appropriate...
View ArticleRemaking the Joker
There's been another redesign of The Joker on Suicide Squad that's had some fans upset. This comes on the heels of the Dark Knight Snyder version, which because it was being played by a Brokeback...
View ArticleJason Shiga's Ice Creamon
Jason Shiga's DEMON has just officially entered the halfway point of its planned story and is currently one of the most addictive webcomics currently running, despite its initial setup not revealing...
View ArticleLicense Request: Gamefan Comics
It's recently been announced that The Legend of Zelda comic that ran in Nintendo Power was an instant bestseller on the sales chart, which isn't too surprising given the nostalgia factor and that there...
View ArticlePrehistoric Plagiarism
Since time immemorial, the written word of keeping record of things past has become the impetus for recollecting past events where we would have confidence of remembering events that transpired only...
View ArticleJuneshine
Boulters Lock on the ThamesEdward John Gregory, 1850-1909Apart from April, June is pretty sparse of calendar entries. There's a whole bunch of exam times, including canoeing schedules in the margins,...
View ArticleSmile, Darn ya, Smile!
Just recently, I posed with my family for a photoshoot, since we missed out being photographed together at my sister's wedding, when it would've been the most convenient chance to have all of us...
View ArticleBone of Discontent
Jeff Smith's all-ages comic, Bone is a perpetual seller, rising from the ruins of a broken comics market that had increasingly marketed itself to older audiences with very little in regard for younger...
View ArticleIdle Games - the Bane of my Existence
To any avid readers of my blog, I’m sure you might’ve noticed a certain decline of entries as well as quality of posts, with brief bursts of creativity coming few and far between. There’s a (stupid)...
View ArticleOn Beyond Cthulhu!
Said young researcher Randolph Carter,Talking of an old God surrounded by water,Assuring me he wasn't completely bats,Started his lesson off with: "The R is for Rats. The L is for Leng. The Y is for...
View ArticleJuly the Nothingth
As with other calendar entries, this month is fairly sparse, with a single line that'll be repeated fairly often:July 14 - Bank Holiday (N. Ireland) - Not applicableFurther adding to the list of...
View ArticleMuppet Noir
Just recently, it was reported that a long-awaited personal project of Brian Henson, entitled The Happytime Murders, a Noirish take on the Muppet world is finally being developed. One of the...
View ArticleSquirrel Girl Vs. One Punch Man
Saitama: Well, it's been three months since our last encounter. I hope you've been practicing.Koro-Sensei: Hah! It is to laugh. You'll be pleased to know that I haven't been idle. In between my...
View ArticleMansion of the Brain Fogs
The animated Asterix movies have generally been rather disappointing in how they take the wonderfully satirical books and turn them into lushly drawn pieces of mediocre stories that only display a...
View ArticleMore of Hagar's ol' Castle
When I posted comics of Hagar's Castle years ago, I thought I'd plumbed the depths of the extent of the brief rare instances that Hagar lived in a mansion several stories tall. Turns out there were...
View ArticleSuperDickery History
If you've been browsing the crazier realms of DC Superhero comics, chances are you've stumbled upon the Silver Age of SuperDickery, where Superman (and friends) are for all intents and purposes, acting...
View ArticleNo Disgust for August
Not much to say about this month either, so let's deplete the remaining bank of Bank Holidays.Happy Days!Theodore-Louis Deyrolle, d.1923August 4 -Bank Holiday (Scotland and Rep. of Ireland) - Not...
View ArticleUnité 9, the Canadian Orange is the New Black
In an ever-increasing TV market where competition for dominance of audience attention is a high priority, adapting long-term serials (Game of Thrones) or high concept premises (a notebook that kills...
View ArticleSideways Throwaway Panels
Everybody who's read Sunday Comics pretty much knows about the concept of throwaway panels, usually occupying the abovehead space of the strip, right next to the title page. However, there's another...
View ArticleA Family Here
First published in RAW magazine in 1989, Richard McGuire's Herewas an unique take on showing the progression of time within a fixed place, having various panels represent certain events that happened...
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