Exploring the magic of comics with Spike Stonehand
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Marvelous Market: Best Comics to Buy April 10
Now With Thumbnail 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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Akira Toriyama’s Secret Masterpiece
Sand Land 1 and Detail versus Simplicity The Dr. Slump and Dragon Ball mangaka wrote a series that is now a hit anime and video game Some of the great artists of comics make their career off of obsessive detail. The recently departed Kentaro Miura was known for the intricate linework in Berserk. On the…
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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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