Review: Dark Nights: Batman Lost #1
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Review: Dark Nights: Batman Lost #1

By Cat Wyatt

Batman: Lost is a Dark Nights: Metal tie-in, and being that it is issue #1 it has the luxury of starting where it wants to. In this case that is showing us Bruce Wayne at the ripe old age of 78, settling down to read a story to his granddaughter. Seeing Bruce act so parental should probably set off some sort of alarm bells for any Batman fan, for surely something deeper is going on here.

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Review: Clonsters #1
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Review: Clonsters #1

By Oliver Gerlach

Clonsters #1, written by Amy and Pat Shand and illustrated by Vanessa Cardinali, is an odd creation. The title is short for Clay Monsters, and the book itself is based on the clay creatures made by Amy Shand, creator of the concept. A comic based on somebody’s Etsy store is not something I ever expected to read, but this is one that clearly has an enormous amount of affection put into it.

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Review: Supernaut
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Review: Supernaut

By Patrick Wolf

This is, without a doubt, one of the worst titles I’ve read all year. Loaded with pretentious language, exposition, plot-holes, stock characters, and new age religious nonsense, I can’t believe anyone could enjoy this drivel. Normally, I try to be as charitable as possible whenever reviewing an indie series, but there’s no way I can endorse this one. With the exception of the art, there’s nothing good about this and the only way I’d recommend it to anyone is if that person was either a new-age hippy or just some guy I don’t like.

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Review: Blood of Gods #1
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Review: Blood of Gods #1

By Oliver Gerlach

Blood of Gods #1, by Erick Dominguez and Jake Bilbao, is a big loud fantasy comic about a world where demigods (or, in this case, “divine breed”) walk the earth and have magical powers. It’s got swords and dragons and large muscular bearded men who yell a lot. So far, so generic fantasy.

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Comic Bastards Podcast - 019
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Comic Bastards Podcast - 019

By Dustin Cabeal

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019 - This week is an audio-only podcast, but looking at the low amount of views I might just be doing an audio podcast going forward. I'm sick as hell this week and not in a rock'n'roll kinda way. Also, I'm shaking things up by talking about Bendis signing to DC and Disney attempting to buy Fox.  I ran long and reviewed three books as well.

Comics/manga covered on this episode:

  • Prison School vol. 8
  • Umami #1
  • Kid Lobotomy #2
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Introducing: UnPresidential A Book So Polarizing, Political and Provocative  It Had to be Printed in Korea
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Introducing: UnPresidential A Book So Polarizing, Political and Provocative It Had to be Printed in Korea

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If you think comic book readers and retailers were outraged about Captain America being a Nazi in the pages of Marvel Entertainment’s SECRET EMPIRE event, wait til they get their hands on UnPresidential, the new graphic novel from Man Vs Rock. In the sure-to-be controversial book, Kim Jong Un runs for President of the United States…. And wins.

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"Space Boy" Prepare For a Story That Defies Space and Time
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"Space Boy" Prepare For a Story That Defies Space and Time

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Dark Horse is thrilled to partner with writer and artist Stephen McCranie (Mal and Chad) to bring his unique space opera webcomic to the page as a four-volume graphic novel series. Currently serialized on Webtoons.com with over 50,000 unique readers, McCranie’s Space Boy is a coming of age story of a high-school-aged girl who belongs in a different time, a boy possessed by emptiness as deep as space, an alien artifact, mysterious murder, and a love that crosses light years.

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MEGA MAN MASTERMIX #1 launches quarterly comic series in January
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MEGA MAN MASTERMIX #1 launches quarterly comic series in January

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UDON is bringing the original Blue Bomber back to comic shop shelves with MEGA MAN™ MASTERMIX – a quarterly, 80-page comic series presenting Hitoshi Ariga’s classic Mega Man stories in color for the first time. Featuring colors by Josh Perez (Rom VS Transformers), the series launches in January 2018, and joins the celebration of the video game icon’s 30th anniversary!

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Lawrence Block’s Matthew Scudder Makes Graphic Novel Debut
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Lawrence Block’s Matthew Scudder Makes Graphic Novel Debut

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In crime-ravaged 1980's New York City, troubled ex-cop-turned-unlicensed-detective Matthew Scudder takes on his most dangerous case, hunting down a serial killer-hitman and ultimately coming to face-to-face with his deadliest enemy—himself—in this graphic-novel adaptation of best-selling crime novelist Lawrence Block’s Eight Million Ways To Die.

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Review: Coyotes #1
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Review: Coyotes #1

By Jonathan Edwards

Though far from perfect, I got a fair amount of personal enjoyment out of Sean Lewis’s first book, Saints. His second, The Few, failed to hook me, and I stopped reading after the second issue. Now, he returns to contemporary fantasy with Coyotes, and its first issue falls somewhere in-between those of his previous two books. That is to say, it gets going a lot faster than The Few, but its premise still requires more elaborate exposition to set up than the likes of Saints. That being said, I could easily see Coyotes having the greatest overall appeal of Lewis’s books so far.    

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Review: The Jetsons #1
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Review: The Jetsons #1

By Jonathan Edwards 

I haven’t really been paying much mind to DC’s books like this. I read the first issue of Future Quest (it was fine), but that’s about it. Honestly, none of them have piqued my interest enough to override the sheer surreality of their existence. When I was a kid, Cartoon Network would routinely air reruns of many old Hanna-Barbara cartoons, so it’s just been kind of weird seeing them pop up, some more recognizable than others, in comic book form. However, The Flintstones was apparently well-received for most of its run. And since The Flintstones and The Jetsons have always been closely related, I figured that, despite my reservations, this book might have something to offer after all. And y’know, maybe it still does. But if so, you wouldn’t be able to tell that from this first issue.

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Hugo Pratt’s ‘The Man From the Great North’ Receives First English Language Edition
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Hugo Pratt’s ‘The Man From the Great North’ Receives First English Language Edition

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Hugo Pratt’s classic graphic novel makes its English language debut this month.

Set in the snowy wastelands of Canada around 1912, this provocative story deals with complex moral choices. Jesuit Joe, the protagonist, is of French-Canadian and Mohawk descent and is embarked on an obsessive religious search for the Absolute. His actions reflect a disturbed personality with an unorthodox ethical code. He kills with terrible ease and reveals an unmatched cruelty and ferocity, yet when his mood suddenly shifts, he is capable of unexpected acts of kindness and compassion.

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Valiant Entertainment Names Shanyce Lora as Social Media Manager
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Valiant Entertainment Names Shanyce Lora as Social Media Manager

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Valiant Entertainment is proud to announce that Shanyce Lora has been named to the position ofSocial Media Manager. In her new role, Lora will oversee the expansion of Valiant’s social media footprint on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and more, and contribute to the company’s further expansion beyond the printed page and into emerging media with short-form live-action and animated content for a digital-first audience. 

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First Look: Academy Award Nominee Eric Heisserer & Comics Legend Adam Pollina Rewind for SECRET WEAPONS #0
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First Look: Academy Award Nominee Eric Heisserer & Comics Legend Adam Pollina Rewind for SECRET WEAPONS #0

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Valiant is proud to reveal your first lettered look inside SECRET WEAPONS #0 – an all-new, standalone prelude to the best-selling comics phenomenon from Academy Award nominee Eric Heisserer (HARBINGER WARS 2, Arrival) and legendary artist Adam Pollina (X-Force)! Before the fall of the Harbinger Foundation… Before the opening pages of SECRET WEAPONS #1… Dig deep into the inner life of one of the Valiant Universe’s most extraordinary heroes on January 3rd with a breathtaking introduction from two of Valiant’s most gifted storytellers – revealing, at last, the heartbreaking origin of one of the Secret Weapons’ most unusual members!

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Review: The Gravediggers Union #1
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Review: The Gravediggers Union #1

By Daniel Vlasaty

Ghost and zombies and vampires – and all kinds of shit like that – have been done so many times in comics (and all other forms of media) that it kind of gets to a point where it’s like what’s the point of even trying? You got to think that everything you’re trying to do, someone else has already done, and probably better, too. You’ve got to know that anything you do make is going to be compared to the countless things that have come before it. You’ve got to know that any idea you’ve got, someone’s already had that same idea. This is the mentality I usually have before I go into a new horror book (or movie or blah blah blah).

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Review: Port Of Earth #1
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Review: Port Of Earth #1

By Justin McCarty

New from Image imprint Top Cow is Port of Earth, a comic with a really interesting twist on an old premise: Aliens finally make the first contact with Earth, but instead of coming with intent to improve how humans treat each other, or with intent to exterminate the human race, they come with a business deal. The aliens in Port of Earth want to onboard Earth to a galaxy-wide network of planets working together for trade. Earth would be a stopping point for ships on their way to other planets. This, of course, complicates things for humans, but the trade seems fair; Earth gets advanced technologies to improve human lives. 

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Comic Bastards Podcast - 018
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Comic Bastards Podcast - 018

By Dustin Cabeal

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018 - The Halloween candy hangover is real people! I would say sorry for being late, but I haven't established a consistent time for this podcast yet. There are a few books covered on the show, and I probably ramble about two of them since the provoked the most thought. Which ones do you ask? Well, read the list and give me your best guess... or listen and cheat. Whatever.

Comics covered on this episode

  • Atomic Robo: The Spectre of Tomorrow #1
  • Batman: White Knight #2
  • Batman: The Devastator #1 (Barley)
  • No. 1 With A Bullet #1
  • Agent 47: Birth of the Hitman #1
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Review: The Shadow/Batman #2
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Review: The Shadow/Batman #2

By Ben Snyder

Picking up exactly where the last issue left off The Shadow/Batman #2 is another enthralling entry into the second crossover of two of the most iconic and historic characters in all of comics. While certainly not perfect in all regards, Steve Orlando and Giovanni Timpano do more than enough to justify the existence of this comic.

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