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Ellis Astonishes with X-Men Xenogenesis

When Marvel announced the decision to bring occasional X-Men writer and Supreme Overlord, Warren Ellis, together with Kaare Andrews (X-Force, Hulk, Spider-Man), a small crack opened in my brain due to over-excitement, and I don’t get excited about X-Men often… ever. This week, Issue #1 released and was the FIRST book I chose to read through. [...]

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DV8 Returns to Wildstorm

Over a decade ago, when Wildstorm and Image were still sharing a bottle, before DC swooped up Wildstorm, and Robert Kirkman was still at Funk-O-Tron, there were The Deviants. A Gen13 meets the X-Men style group (in as such that they all have an odd assortment of powers). The kids of DV8 (nicknamed the Deviants) lacked [...]

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My Top Five Favorite Comic Book Series… EVER

Happy 150th post! I’ve decided to borrow Griffey’s idea and try out my own Top 5 list. I was trying for a long time to think of some lists I could do and, after much consideration, I have decided to list my top five favorite comic books OR graphic novels. It is great to see how much discussion [...]

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Captain Swing and the Electrical Pirates of Cindery Island

Warren Ellis has done it again. Not many writers can capture my imagination in a single premiere issue. However, Ellis is one of those that never fails to win with a first issue. If you have been a fan of the Dark Lord of comic books long, you might also notice that most of his [...]

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Black Summer…The MOVIE

These days it seems like almost every day we hear tale of a new comic book or graphic novel being adapted to fit the big screen…today is no exception. Variety.com reports: Newly minted banner Vigilante Entertainment is launching operations by developing Warren Ellis’ comicbook series “Black Summer” with Ryne Pearson (“Knowing”) tapped to adapt. “Black Summer” [...]

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