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Review: Dark Fang #1

By Cat Wyatt

Quick heads up: I’m what you call a vampire snob, I love vampire stories, but only when they’re done certain ways. When I spotted Dark Fang, I immediately knew that I was going to have to give it a try, the artwork alone was screaming at me to read it, that couple with the vampiric elements and I was sold.

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Review: Minky Woodcock: The Girl Who Handcuffed Houdini #1

By Justin McCarty

I was not familiar with Cynthia von Buhler before picking up this title. For those that don’t know she is a contemporary artist that has been creating art that ranges from illustrations and fine art to theater and performance art. Perusing her Wikipedia page and website gives you quite a lot of insight into how her style informed this comic. Minky Woodcock The Girl Who Handcuffed Houdini is a new ongoing title from Titan Comics’ Hard Case Crime series. Its protagonist is a somewhat plucky wannabe private detective that, as the title suggests, gets herself involved in a mystery that centers on the charming illusionist Harry Houdini.

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Review: Fence #1

By Cat Wyatt

Fence is a new series by Boom! and as the title implies is about a group of Fencers. Nicholas Cox is the main character, he’s new to the local Fencing competitions, but he’s not afraid of that (also, he has amazing hair). In short order, it’s revealed that his first match will be against Seiji Katayama (he’s the guy on the cover, for those that are curious), whom apparently is the best around (so good that people are surprised he’s still around, as opposed to fencing in bigger matches).

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Review: Maestros #2

By Daniel Vlasaty

Did you ever think about what you would do if you suddenly ruled an entire world? Like, if you were given immense power, what would be the first thing you’d do? Would you use that power to make the world a better place or would you use it to make your own life better? These are the thoughts I was left with after finishing Maestros #2. And I think it’s safe to say that I would be the worst person to be put into a position of that kind of power. I imagine that I would fuck everything up very quickly.

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Review: Batwoman #9

By Cat Wyatt

Batwoman #9 picks up right where the last issue left off; with Kate trapped in Dr. Crane’s lab. It will come as no surprise that the Twins had something to do with Dr. Crane’s capture of Kate. They’ve been gunning for her for a while after all. Despite the short amount of time Kate’s been prisoner (presumably – with all the drugs it’s hard to be certain how long she’s been in there) Crane has already begun experimenting on her by using new drugs and concoctions of his own creation (naturally). Now, I think it’s safe to say that Batwoman can be trippy on its own, add in psychedelics and you’ve reach a whole new level.

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Review: The Family Trade #2

By Ben Snyder

Another issue of The Family Trade goes by and I feel another crushing wave of disappointment. I genuinely feel like this comic has the potential to truly be something despite issue #2’s lack of support for this claim.

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Rule Your Own Fantasy in Seven Seas’ License of HOW A REALIST HERO REBUILT THE KINGDOM Light Novel Series

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Seven Seas Entertainment is excited to announce the license acquisition of the print editions of the How a Realist Hero Rebuilt the Kingdom light novels by Dojyomaru and Fuyuyuki, the isekai hit from J-Novel Club about a hero excelling at kingdom management!

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Common announces groundbreaking digital comic series “Caster" with LINE Webtoon

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LINE Webtoon (http://www.webtoons.com), the popular digital comics publisher pioneering the development and distribution of comics worldwide, today announced the development of ‘Caster,’ an original multi-media comic series created by the team at Noble Transmission and featuring an original song and score from Oscar-Winning Artist and Actor, Common. Bringing together action-packed art and storytelling with original music to set the tone, Caster follows the adventures of a world traveling rare antiques dealer who gets caught up in a world of international espionage. The series will be featured exclusively on LINE Webtoon and is scheduled to debut in early 2018.

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Seven Seas Shoots for the Stars With Release of Leiji Matsumoto’s SPACE BATTLESHIP YAMATO: THE CLASSIC COLLECTION Hardcover Manga Omnibus

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Seven Seas Entertainment is proud to announce the license acquisition of Space Battleship Yamato: The Classic Collection, Leiji Matsumoto’s original manga trilogy—adapted as Star Blazers on American TV—collected into one beautiful hardcover omnibus!

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Dark Horse Comics Previews RASPUTIN: THE VOICE OF THE DRAGON

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Legendary Hellboy creator Mike Mignola, bestselling iZOMBIE co-creator Chris Roberson, acclaimed artist Christopher Mitten and award-winning colorist Dave Stewart are pulling back the curtain on the past of the mad and mysterious Russian sorcerer Rasputin in Rasputin: The Voice of the Dragon, a new five issue mini-series from Dark Horse Comics.

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Seven Seas Goes Micro With License of WONDERLAND Manga Series

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Seven Seas Entertainment is pleased to announce the license acquisition of the manga Wonderland by Yugo Ishikawa, an Alice in Wonderland-inspired survival horror series about humankind shrinking!

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VIZ Media Launches New Shojo Manga Series - SP BABY

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IZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), a premier company in the fields of publishing, animation distribution, and global entertainment licensing, delivers a fun mix of action, comedy, drama and romance with the launch of the manga series SP BABY on November 28th.

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Travesty and The Anime Adaptation of Black Clover

By Dustin Cabeal

At first, it was just the terrible voice selection and direction of the voice actors that made me dislike what I was watching. In all the pages of Black Clover that I’ve read in my head, never once did I imagine the main character constantly yelling like some idiot man-child that had watched a lot of DBZ growing up and suddenly thought yelling like Goku was “cool” to do. Maybe that’s what studio Pierrot wanted though, an instant comparison to one of the longest-running and popular franchises of all time. What could possibly go wrong copying something to such a degree?