Month: March 2024
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Imprinted Image: A New Home the week of March 29
I commit to parasocial relationships Welcome to Imprinted Image, my newsletter. If this is your first time here, thank you for joining me. On most Mondays I break down how comics work in a way that gives insight to seasoned wizards and new comics apprentices alike. I call this Divining Comics, because it’s an attempt…
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Marvelous Market: Best Comics to Buy March 27
Your Nerd-chic Cheat Sheet Hello, and welcome to the Marvelous Market. If this is your first time here, welcome. This is the log of comics I, Spike Stonehand, the world’s greatest comic critic, am buying this week. Are you considering buying a new comic book for the first time? It can be overwhelming to know…
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Marvelous Market: Uncanny Comics to Buy March 20
Making buying comics easy Hello, and welcome to the Marvelous Market. If this is your first time here, welcome. This is the log of comics I, Spike Stonehand, the world’s greatest comic critic, am buying this week. Are you considering buying a new comic book for the first time? It can be overwhelming to know…
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The Lesson Stan Lee never Learned
Hellboy: The Wolves of Saint August and Silent Panels How and when the wizards who craft comics choose to deploy dialogue is a dark art unto itself. Comics, being images in sequence, don’t actually require dialogue’s presence. Read the airplane safety diagrams or IKEA instructions, some of the most widespread comics of all time, if…
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Imprinted Image: A Short Update week of March 15
I wrote that title before everything else, so we’ll see how short it actually is Welcome to Imprinted Image, my newsletter. If this is your first time here, thank you for joining me. On most Mondays I break down how comics work in a way that gives insight to seasoned wizards and new comics apprentices…
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Marvelous Market: Awe-Inspiring Comics to Buy March 13
Batting 1000 Every Wednesday Hello, and welcome to the Marvelous Market. If this is your first time here, welcome. This is the log of comics I, Spike Stonehand, the world’s greatest comic critic, am buying this week. Are you considering buying a new comic book for the first time? It can be overwhelming to know…
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Subs? Dubs? Neither! Can Americans Understand Japanese Manga?
Lone Wolf and Cub and Action without Words In the book of Acts, the disciples of Jesus are gifted with the Holy Spirit after his ascension. One metaphysical, supernatural, or even magical gift of the Holy Spirit was that the disciples were able to go out into the city of Jerusalem, full of people from…
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Imprinted Image: Dreading Springing Forward the week of March 8
Your 8th newsletter is free, with punchcard Welcome to Imprinted Image, my newsletter. If this is your first time here, thank you for joining me. On most Mondays I break down how comics work in a way that gives insight to seasoned wizards and new comics apprentices alike. I call this Divining Comics, because it’s…
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Marvelous Market: Incredible Comics to Buy March 6
One Taste-maker’s Opinion Hello, and welcome to the Marvelous Market. If this is your first time here, welcome. This is the log of comics I, Spike Stonehand, the world’s greatest comic critic, am buying this week. Are you considering buying a new comic book for the first time? It can be overwhelming to know what,…
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How do you tell the story of Hip Hop without music?
Hip Hop Family Tree Book One and Drawing Sound Generally speaking, the one artistic magic unattainable in comics is sound. An artist can draw whatever they want and in whatever technique they’d like, but only the most experimental books have any audio more complex than a Spotify playlist. If an artist wants the reader to…
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