Review: Vigilante: Southland #1
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Review: Vigilante: Southland #1

By Dustin Cabeal

Everyone pause for a second to soak this in. Someone made a comic book about a vigilante superhero in L.A., and it works. It doesn’t suck, people. It doesn’t suck. Perhaps it's because it doesn’t star a top ten hero/character or maybe it's the fact that it’s a character that likely wouldn’t rank in the top 100 of DC characters. Whatever the case, I enjoyed Vigilante: Southland.

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Review: Descender #16
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Review: Descender #16

By Robert Larson

I’ve done nothing but complain about Descender’s current story arc. It’s been nothing but a cheap stalling tactic; half of the stories we’ve seen have been things we’ve already known, making this nothing more than repetition. So it was with not inconsiderable dread that I picked up this latest issue, only to be pleasantly surprised by the story that I got. If it didn’t resolve the broader issue that this has just been a six-month way to put off telling what happened to Tim, at least this given issue managed to tell a good story that is actually relevant to the broader plot. Warning: I will be discussing spoilers in this review.

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Review: Frostbite #2
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Review: Frostbite #2

By Chris Tresson

So I reviewed the first issue of this series when it came out and overall, I wasn’t impressed by it. I’m a firm believer that if you don’t like the first issue of something, you should at least pick up the second issue to see if your opinion can be swayed… This is my review of Vertigo’s Frostbite #2 by Joshua Williamson and Jason Shawn Alexander.

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Review: Seven to Eternity #2
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Review: Seven to Eternity #2

By Mike Badilla

Recap: In the first issue of Seven to Eternity, we see a family living far apart from any civilization. They hunt, they farm, they take care of each other. This family was once royalty until the God of Whispers spread enough lies to convince all the people that this family had betrayed the people in the war against the God of Whispers (known as the Mud God by this family) and the people cast out this family. At their farm, the father of the family is approached by one of the Mud God's warriors and is given an offer he has received many times before: come before the God and hear his offer. The father refuses, as he always has, and is struck down and murdered by the warrior. The mans son, Adam Osidis, decides that the only way to keep his family safe is to go and hear this offer, although his father had one rule: never hear the offer of the God of Mud.

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Review: Wolf Cop vol. 1 Hog Wild #1
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Review: Wolf Cop vol. 1 Hog Wild #1

By Dustin Cabeal

I liked the trailer for Wolf Cop, but I couldn’t finish the film. Why bother trying the comic right? Well, because maybe it’s an idea that works better as a comic? Part of that is true as the special effects have been replaced by the art from Arcana Studios. It’s just the writing that kills this story.

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Unboxing: Loot Crate – October 2016
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Unboxing: Loot Crate – October 2016

I completely forgot about Halloween just before opening this "crate" and so I was a little surprised at first by the theme. I should have known, but there were other things on my mind. That said, this theme should have been awesome and instead took the crown for the worst Loot Crate I have ever gotten. You'll have to watch for yourself and see how they shit the bed while using some of horror's biggest brands.

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Monster & Wine: Episode 100 - A Milestone!
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Monster & Wine: Episode 100 - A Milestone!

By Jason Beckham

Yes, you read that correctly. This is the 100th episode of Monster & Wine! Time sure flies doesn't it? Well, fear not dear listener. The show you've come to know and love is staying the same. A lot of reviews fill this episode with Monster giving his thoughts on the 2016 thriller's, "Hush" and "Don't Breathe." He gives an update on, "American Horror Story and finally finishes, "Luke Cage." The duo talk about the goodness that is, "Atlanta." Wine reviews the Netflix documentary, "13th" and the new Kings of Leon album. It's business as usual folks!

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Review: ClassicaLoid E.02
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Review: ClassicaLoid E.02

By Robert Ramos

So I’m here again, reviewing another episode of ClassicaLoid, and I still don’t have any idea what I’m watching. Is this simply a comedy anime with a shit ton of gags? Is there eventually going to be a story/plot? If there is, will it be worth a shit? Two episodes in and I should not be feeling this way at all.

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Review: Future Quake – Summer 2016
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Review: Future Quake – Summer 2016

By Dustin Cabeal

If you’re going to buy an indie comic anthology, for your money, make it Future Quake. There’s a lot of stories, and it genuinely feels as if each creator was given a minimum page count rather than a max. Each story takes the time to breathe and in some cases, develop into an interesting tale.

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Review: Adam + Gill’s Trivia Game
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Review: Adam + Gill’s Trivia Game

By Dustin Cabeal

I debate if I should review Adam + Gill’s Trivia Game. I didn’t particularly like it, but I think that’s because comedy is so subjective. Whereas I didn’t find Trivia Game funny, I’m hopefully that someone reading this review will check it out and find it funny and then subsequently hate my review for not heaping praise upon it. I can live with that if it means that I help someone find this book and enjoy it.

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Review: Nobunaga no Shinobi E.01
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Review: Nobunaga no Shinobi E.01

By Shanel Kamara

Wow, I was not expecting to find out that, Nobunaga does in fact have a mouth and that it just looks like he does not have one most of the time. Episode 1 introduces Chidori's master, who belongs to the Fuma clan and Sukezou, a fellow ninja who is in love with Chidori. Chidori and Sukezou leave Chidori's master in hope of finding Nobunaga and serving him. While the two are on their journey, Chidori recounts how she met Nobunaga once before and how he saved her from drowning in a river. She expresses feelings of doubt about Nobunaga recalling their previous encounter.

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Review: Nobunaga no Shinobi E.00
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Review: Nobunaga no Shinobi E.00

By Shanel Kamara

I loved this! The plot, characters, and simple yet effective animation style drew me in immediately. Due to the plots setting, and the fact that several anime shows have already dealt with the topic of the warring states period in East Asia, Nobunaga's reign, samurai's and ninjas, I thought that this show might be the same as the others; but I was wrong. This show has the potential to be truly exquisite; the balance between humour and seriousness is apparent. I realised by the end of this episode that, although at times Chidori seemed a bit naive and a bit of a joke, she was in fact a competent, brave, and formidable ninja girl.

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Review: Humanescent
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Review: Humanescent

By Dustin Cabeal

Usually, I’m not a fan of anthologies written by one person. It takes a talented writer with a solid vision to pull off such an anthology. For the most part, creator and writer, Jacques Nyemb does just that. Humanescent is unique in that the theme isn’t superheroes, sci-fi or the typical “here’s the character tell a story with them and use these personality tropes” themed story. I’ve never read a collection of stories about “being human” and while that could come across as intentionally vague to some people, I find it to be ambitious.

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Prison School -- Vice Principal Cosplay
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Prison School -- Vice Principal Cosplay

By Dustin Cabeal

Hey, when I upload a new theme or uproot the site completely I like to celebrate with a cosplay posting. Not really, I just found this and couldn't resist sharing Katinka Cosplay's (photos by Photosnxs) brilliant recreation of Meiko Shiraki, the vice principal from Prison School. Which is a manga that I've reviewed (Vol. 1, Vol. 2 & 3 and Vol. 4) and also an anime that we've discussed on Super-S: Anime Podcast.

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GWAR Comes To Comics With GWAR: Orgasmageddon
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GWAR Comes To Comics With GWAR: Orgasmageddon

By Dustin Cabeal

I'm all about music and comics which is something that long-time readers of the site will be annoyed by me saying for the hundredth time, but I am. Music and comics go together like PB&J. Anyway, GWAR is coming to comics lead by Matt Miner, who's books have always been a hit on the site so check this out.

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