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Review: Time & Vine #1

By Dustin Cabeal

Never judge a comic by its title. That is going to be very hard to do with Time & Vine because it is very cheesy. IDW has been pumping out new IP’s, collecting web series and reprinting forgotten titles as they expand their IP’s outside of the world of comics. It’s a smart move, and one that I’m sure has helped a lot of creators see their work displayed on a bigger platform. Sadly, for me, I haven’t enjoyed any of the titles I’ve read. Granted, I haven’t read them all but damn near. That was, until, Time & Vine, which seems like a web comic collection. I don’t know that for sure, but that’s the vibe I got.

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Review: Clue #2

By Ashley Gibbs

The first issue of Clue left two players dead, and Clue #2 promises to add to the body count. With a cast of colorful characters trapped in a large mansion full of secrets and numerous items that can be used as weapons, this dark and stormy night might prove lethal for everyone involved. Based on the beloved game of the same name, this series is witty and fun while also having plenty of mystery to it. Readers are in the dark of the true motives of everyone involved adding to the suspense though the only character who knows everything, Mr. Boddy, is unfortunately dead so it’s up to the guests to get to the bottom of everything along with readers.

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Review: The Wild Storm #6

By Dustin Cabeal

By now, you’re all tired of me talking about this book. I promise not to say, “I swear this book doesn’t need my review” this time around. It will be short and sweet because hey, it’s the end of the first arc and it’s chalk full of good stuff!

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Review: Kill the Minotaur #2

By Ben Snyder

Kill the Minotaur #2 continues to be one of the most surprising books out there. A well worn out tale, this story really has no place being interesting. We all know what happens with the Minotaur and Theseus. But Kill The Minotaur #2 does enough to deviate from the norm, introducing the concept that Theseus is possibly not going to be the hero king we all expect him to and showing it’s sci-fi horror roots, to make the book amazing and one of the best reads this week.

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Review: Sisters of Sorrow #1

By Dustin Cabeal

A few years ago this title would have been right at home at a different publisher. Slap some sexy variants on it and bang; you have a cover book with little to no substance inside. The crazy thing is, they don’t even publish books like this anymore.

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Review: Grrl Scouts: Magic Socks #3

By Daniel Vlasaty

Man, this book is weird. And I mean that in the best possible way. Jim Mahfood has created an amazing world of action and excessive drug use and revenge and ancient prophecies and secret organizations and internet obsession. Grrl Scouts: Magic Socks #3 is balls-to-the-wall weird/wacky/crazy but this issue kind of feels like a needed step back from a story that’s been going over 100 MPH since it started. For some reason this book gives me hard 90’s nostalgia. I don’t know why. Maybe it’s the way the Freak City is portrayed as big and mean and dirty and covered in graffiti like I always thought the “big city” would be when I was growing up. Or maybe it’s because there were quite a few montage scenes in this issue and I automatically associate movies with montage scenes to my childhood hood. Again, I don’t know why my brain works the way it does.

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Review: Bettie Page #1

By Dustin Cabeal

If you’ve followed the site and my podcasts for a while now, then you can count on three things when I talk/review a Dynamite comic. The first is that I never go easy on them (nor anyone for that matter). The second is that I’ll always give them a chance. The last isn’t really a rule of thumb or anything, but I’m rarely impressed with their licensed work… which is most of their publishing slate.

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Review: Descender #22

By Ben Snyder

With Telsa drowning, Andy and crew engaged in a heated space fight with the Hardwire fleet, and Tim-21 held hostage by the Hardwire Descender #22 begins the much-publicized “Rise of the Robots” arc. Dustin Nguyen continues to deliver some of the best and unique visuals in any book right now and Jeff Lemire’s plot doesn’t deviate too much and delivers a straightforward and surprising set-up issue.

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Review: Archie #22

By Dustin Cabeal

I wish that I had written my prediction down for “Over The Edge” because I would impress no one right about now. I still would have guessed correctly, but I think that most anyone that’s been reading Archie regularly and understands bad TV drama could figure this one out from the solicits.

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Review: KFC: Across The Universe #3

By Dustin Cabeal

No, I am not taking a piss. KFC: Across The Universe is getting a serious review. I’m not likely to score this one since it’s free and I didn’t even pay attention to how you can get it for yourself. What I love about this is that it highlights DC’s new attitude, which is pretty much, “Fuck it, we’ll try it.” And I love that. This is something that only exists because of comic books, but then also only exists because it’s a comic book. You would never get a GL/CS commercial because it would just be a confusing mess to explain and probably cost way too much to do properly. That and the Hal Jordan/Green Lantern brand is damaged at the moment when it comes to the silver screen.

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