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Review: Stern vol. 1

By Dustin Cabeal

I’m not a huge fan of era stories that in a way add modern genres to the twist. For instance a western that adds forensic science to the story. There’s a little of that in the first volume of Stern, but thankfully it ends up making a lot of sense to the story.

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Review: Battlecats #5

By Dustin Cabeal

What has made Battlecats standout and be a rich story to read is the backstory. At first, it might have seemed daunting to read, but it was a smart way to introduce the different elements of the story that are now all coming into play.

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Review: Cobber #4

By Dustin Cabeal

My qualms with the first three issues of Cobber still stand in this fourth issue of the five-issue series. It’s a story that’s been told before which isn’t the issue. Every story can be boiled down to being the same story or type of story told over and over. What sets stories aside is their characters, presentation, and entertainment level, to name a few things.

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Review: Everywhere Disappeared

By Dustin Cabeal

As much as you enjoy a publishers body of work, there are always going to be a few that you simply dislike. You can likely tell where this review is going, which is more than I had going into Everywhere Disappeared.

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Review: The Gulf

By Dustin Cabeal

Comic books are a wonderful thing. They give people the opportunity to push the boundaries of art and storytelling. They insight conversations because unlike any other form of entertainment you can have every degree of love and dislike for a comic. You can agree and disagree on movies, TV, video games, a song even, but you can read a comic, love it or hate it and hand it to a friend expecting the same results and be completely taken back by their response.

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SuBLime Manga Imprint Announces Participation At YaoiCon 2017

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SuBLime, the leading global English-language yaoi manga publisher, heads to North America’s largest dedicated yaoi fan convention as it announces its participation at YaoiCon 2017. YaoiCon takes place October 6th-8th at the Hyatt Regency in Santa Clara, CA. SuBLime will be located in Booth #22 in the Dealer’s Hall.

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KATIE GREEN'S 'LIGHTER THAN MY SHADOW' TOPS AMAZON'S BOOKS OF THE MONTH

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Katie Green’s graphic novel, originally released in the UK in 2013, is released in the US today through Lion Forge Comics. Lighter Than My Shadow offers a personal examination of life with an eating disorder and the harmful effects of abuse.

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Rafael Albuquerque, Rafael Scavone, and Dave Stewart to Adapt “A Study in Emerald”

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Dark Horse is thrilled to reveal the next installment in the Gaiman Library with A Study in Emerald! From multiple award-winning writer Neil Gaiman comes this graphic novel adaptation featuring art by Eisner award-winning artist Rafael Albuquerque (Ei8ht, American Vampire)!

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Just in time for Halloween: the definitive edition HIGH MOON by writer David Gallaher and artist Steve Ellis

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Just in time for Halloween, Papercutz’s Super Genius imprint will publish the definitive edition of the first of three volumes of HIGH MOON, the acclaimed graphic novel series by writer David Gallaher and artist Steve Ellis. Originally published by DC’s Zuda Comics imprint in 2007 and the Winner of the Harvey Award for Best Online Series, HIGH MOON is a unique western and horror genre mash-up about the investigations of a mysterious bounty hunter, one whose own dark secret emerges every full moon. Or, as Molly Crabapple said, “With werewolves, gunslingers, and the sumptuous artwork of Steve Ellis, HIGH MOON will change everything you thought you knew about the Old West.”

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Review: Southern Bastards #18

By Zeb Larson

The basic plot of this particular issue isn’t a particularly difficult one to anticipate. Under what set of circumstances could Materhead find himself in the hands of Roberta Tubb and expect anything other than a miserable outcome? Running through those specifics isn’t really worth your time as a reader. And yet, for a book where a reasonably alert reader could predict every main beat that comes your way, this is one of the book’s strongest issues. It succeeds at the emotional and thematic level by tying together the theme of home and family that have been present throughout the book.

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Review: Destroyer #5

By Ashley Gibbs

While the previous issue was packed full of backstory that was woven into the current crisis, Destroyer #5 suffers slightly due to its pacing. Everyone is drawing closer to the same location but this moment has to be prolonged artificially. That being said, it’s still a solid read offering more insight to the characters and more history. The themes presented are dark, serious, and often bleak which can be a bit depressing, especially in an issue with less action to break up the doom and gloom. But despite the science fiction aspects, the issues tackled are real and relevant and they’re things that need to be said even if on the pages of a comic book.

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Review: Destroyer #4

By Ashley Gibbs

Destroyer #4 does exactly what it needs to do, and it does it well; giving readers a fair amount of backstory while also revving up the anticipation for the next issue and the upcoming finale. This issue provides a lot of lovely backstory for Dr. Baker and the organization that used to employ her while also adding in a fair amount of action as the Monster and Akai face off. Dr. Baker hasn’t been the most classic of leads, it’s very clear the people against her have no good intentions whatsoever. But this series has done a good job of showcasing that things aren’t always black and white so there could always be more twists and turns. For now, we’re given an excellent issue -my favorite, so far.