Month: January 2024
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Marvelous Market: Comics I’m Buying the Week of January 31
Hello, and welcome to the Marvelous Market. This is my log of comics I, Spike Stonehand, the world’s greatest comic critic, am buying this week. It is my objective and scientific guide for you, a prospective buyer of comic books. Pick of the Week Somna # 2 If all you are looking for this week…
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Imprinted Image: & Links the week of January 26
Welcome to my newsletter. My super hero alter-ego is Spike Stonehand and I write the best analysis of comic books you can find. If you agree, make sure to subscribe so you can stay up to date on all of my insightful commentary. If, for some unknowable reason, you think I’m a hack, make sure…
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Marvelous Market: Comics I’m Buying the Week of January 24
Hello, and welcome to the Maarvelous Market. This is my log of comics I am buying this week, my subjective guide for you, a prospective buyer of comic books. Give me a second to pull up my list and…oh. Oh wow. There are a lot of comics that I am buying this week. Perhaps too…
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BIFF BANG POW! Clickbait isn’t just for kids anymore
Void Rivals # 1 and Sound Effects If you read any major publication’s articles on a comic book from the mid 1980s and on, there is a significant chance that the headline, subhead, or lede was a variant on “BIFF BANG POW, Comics aren’t just for kids anymore.” Aside from shoddy journalism, the prevalence of…
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Imprinted Image: & Links the week of January 19
It’s my birthday today! That’s how dedicated I am to you, my lovely readers. Even today, the auspicious day which commemorates 29 full cycles around the sun, I do not hesitate to deliver the highest quality newsletters. And what did you get me this year? Oh, you forgot? Don’t worry, you can always send me…
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Marvelous Market: Comics I’m Buying the Week of January 17
It has been a cold start of the week. Today was work from home, and tomorrow will still be below freezing. I’m not even sure if my store will have received their comics shipment. Yet, the world keeps on spinning. I will sacrifice anything and everything for you, my loyal readers, to tell you what…
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Manga Fight Scenes: Cooler Than Comics?
Berserk: The Golden Age Chapter 4 and Speed Much of what is called magic, similar to technology, is really about the manipulation of time. It takes time to light a fire, chopping and building wood, finding kindling, and creating a spark. But a magic spell, or a propane stove, will accomplish the same thing much…
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Imprinted Image: Reading Recap, Movie Log, & Links the week of January 12
It’s been a busy week, and I have a busy weekend coming up attending a family friend’s wedding. Hopefully I have enough time to finalize posting next week’s Divining Comics on time, but if I don’t, I ask for your forgiveness. I definitely didn’t do enough writing over the holidays. However, I did this last…
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Marvelous Market: Comics I’m Buying the Week of January 10
After a few dry weeks, we finally get to a big one. This week has several returning favorites, a promising and presumably popular new number one Pick of the Week Ultimate Spider-Man # 1 I honestly don’t know how I could pick anything besides this. While Hickman hasn’t been hitting his House and Powers of…
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Tricks for Less Boring Writing
Hellboy: Wake the Devil and Making Exposition Interesting All art is an attempt at telepathic communication through time. When it’s words, it’s more obvious, but images, sounds, movement, and montage are all techniques that allow messages to travel to the future. Each mode has its own unique advantages and disadvantages. Visual media can express that…
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