Review: The City on the Other Side
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Review: The City on the Other Side

By Dustin Cabeal

The City on the Other Side is difficult for me to review. I bring with me on every review of every story I’ve read. Which is and isn’t fair for everything I review. The City on the Other Side has a lot of similarities to other stories I’ve read. It pulls from a lot of fantasy elements to make a world that’s familiar. On the other side of things, pun intended, if this were someone’s first foray into fantasy stories, it would be interesting and exciting.

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Review: The Unsound
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Review: The Unsound

By Dustin Cabeal

I never really intended to read The Unsound until BOOM! sent it along to me for review. It took me a long time to crack open the pages. It had nothing to do with the creative team or the publisher. Just something about it didn’t interest me. You’re probably waiting for the swerve where I say, “but boy was I wrong.” Well, it’s not coming.

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Review: All Summer Long
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Review: All Summer Long

By Dustin Cabeal

All Summer Long is not one of those slice of life, coming of age stories that anyone can pick up and enjoy. It is exclusively written for seventh and eighth graders that are entering their tween years of life. When I say exclusively, I mean it. For an adult, this book lacked a lot of emotional depth, but I didn’t hate what it was doing because somewhere, there’s a tween that’s going to read this and relate to it… not deeply or for very long, but for a fleeting moment it will resonate with them.

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Review: Wires and Nerve vol. 2 – Gone Rogue
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Review: Wires and Nerve vol. 2 – Gone Rogue

By Dustin Cabeal

It took me a while to remember this series. I had to read my own review to remember what it was about and when I did… oh boy, did I question if I had actually picked this book for review. When I did remember the first volume, I took a look at the thickness of volume two and released a heavy sigh. It is almost twice the length of the first volume. I thought, “Maybe this will help the story,” but deep down, I knew it was unlikely.

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First Look at “THE SONS OF EL TOPO” From BOOM! Studios
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First Look at “THE SONS OF EL TOPO” From BOOM! Studios

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BOOM! Studios today unveiled a first look atTHE SONS OF EL TOPO VOLUME ONE: CAIN, a hardcover original graphic novel from legendary filmmaker Alejandro Jodorowsky (Dune) and virtuosic illustrator José Ladrönn (Incredible Hulk) that continues the 1970 Mexican Acid Western film written, scored, directed by and starring Alejandro Jodorowsky himself. 

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Matt Kindt & Adam Pollina Pick Up the Pieces In HARBINGER WARS 2: AFTERMATH #1 Standalone One-Shot Coming This Fall
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Matt Kindt & Adam Pollina Pick Up the Pieces In HARBINGER WARS 2: AFTERMATH #1 Standalone One-Shot Coming This Fall

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Valiant is proud to offer you a glimpse into HARBINGER WARS 2: AFTERMATH #1 – the breathtaking standalone epilogue by Eisner-Award nominated writer Matt Kindt (X-O MANOWAR, Mind MGMT) and comics legend Adam Pollina (SECRET WEAPONS #0, X-Force)! OnSeptember 26th, as the dust settles on the biggest comics crossover event ever attempted by Valiant, a new future for its most beloved heroes will emerge! 

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Review: After Hours vol. 2
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Review: After Hours vol. 2

By Thea Srinivasan

While love can be filled with new experiences and adventures, there are learning cycles everyone has to go through. Whether it’s trying to fix ourselves or learning how to deal with the flaws of our lover, we have to take everything openly. Not only that, communication is a key point into understanding our perspectives and someone else’s perspectives. The following review is the second volume of a series. If you have not read the first volume, this is your only spoiler warning.

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First Look at Cullen Bunn & Jonas Scharf’s BONE PARISH #2 from BOOM! Studios
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First Look at Cullen Bunn & Jonas Scharf’s BONE PARISH #2 from BOOM! Studios

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BOOM! Studios unveiled today a first look at BONE PARISH #2, the second issue of the all-new addictive necromantic horror series from superstar writer Cullen Bunn (Harrow County, The Unsound) and artist Jonas Scharf (Mighty Morphin Power Rangers) that follows the proliferation of a new drug sweeping through the streets of New Orleans—one made from the ashes of the dead. 

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Review: Blackwood #3
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Review: Blackwood #3

By Dustin Cabeal

What’s frustrating about Blackwood is that it’s clearly following the Dark Horse formula of mini-series over ongoings. Its what made Hellboy and the Mignolaverse successful because each new series is inviting to new readers. With Blackwood wrapping in one issue, it’s clear that this segment of the story will come to a close, but that the bigger story is just starting. I’m frustrated because I want to read a lot more of this series and who knows how long we’ll have to wait for it.

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Review: My Hero Academia: Vigilantes vol. 1
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Review: My Hero Academia: Vigilantes vol. 1

By Dustin Cabeal

At one point My Hero Academia was the best new thing I had read. The world was like Marvel or DC but grounded more in how our society works. The pacing was fast, and it seemed to avoid all the shonen pitfalls that the genre is known to have. Unfortunately, for me anyway, with the rise in popularity My Hero Academia became more and more Shonen, which some people love. When it works, it works, and the creators produce a lot of long-running content which keeps them working and busy. At some point, the formula needs to change because not every plotline can sustain the long-running and filler feeling nature of the style and that’s exactly my problem with the core My Hero Academia series.

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Review: Black Clover vol. 11 & 12
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Review: Black Clover vol. 11 & 12

By Dustin Cabeal

Classic me, I waited too long to review both volumes apart from each other, and so here we are reviewing them together again. Really they deserve to be reviewed solo, but at this point just read the damn series. It’s one of my favorite current running manga, and while I refuse to watch the show due to the shitty direction the studio picked for it, I still enjoy this manga immensely. It’s the same schtick over and over, and yet it works every volume.

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Review: Fire Punch vol. 3
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Review: Fire Punch vol. 3

By Dustin Cabeal

Fire Punch has been a bit of a rollercoaster. I know that’s cliché as fuck, but that is the best way to describe the giant ups and downs of the series. The first volume was amazing in what it set up and how it was executed. A character with regenerative powers being lit on fire by a man whose flames will only extinguish with death.

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Review: One-Punch Man vol. 14

By Dustin Cabeal

One-Punch Man is a rare title. There will never be anything else like it because it is the perfect meeting of writing and art. While most people continue to be more familiar with the anime than the manga and really just falling in love with the gimmick and comedy, there is so much more going on in this series. To some, this will sound utterly crazy, but One-Punch Man is a brilliant representation of life.

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Review: Tokyo Ghoul: re vol. 5
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Review: Tokyo Ghoul: re vol. 5

By Dustin Cabeal

I’ve been a big fan of Tokyo Ghoul and re-added some interesting elements and has taken a lot of chances. Moreover, Sui Ishida grew and changed as a creator which is an incredibly rare thing in manga. That doesn’t mean it’s all worked out, but it’s made Tokyo Ghoul one of the more interesting franchises to follow.

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Review: Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba vol. 1
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Review: Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba vol. 1

By Dustin Cabeal

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba is a standard monster hunter story. There is one and only one element of the story that stayed with me, and it’s likely that it wasn’t supposed to resonate with me the way it did. Demon Slayer is also a weird title considering it’s a vampire story. They just call them demons, but they’re sucking blood and stay away from the sun so… vampires.

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