*The following article contains spoilers, don’t say we didn’t warn you* With eight seasons, several award nominations, wins, and a spin-off series, there’s no shortage of The Walking Dead on AMC; but is it worth watching? In January 2010, much to the excitement of most fans of The Walking Dead comic book series, AMC announced…
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The Watchmen. Easily one of the greatest graphic novels written. A story that shows us the human sides of masked heroes. Alan Moore’s epic is a controversial and revolutionary look at the superhero genre. One that turned a focus not only on the flaws of these vigilantes, but on our very own society. Zack Snyder’s…
Read MoreIf you are living under a rock (or don’t care about comic books at all) you might not be aware that writer Brian Michael Bendis has left Marvel and signed an exclusive deal with DC. I’m here to explain a few things to you: who he is, why this is significant to the industry, and…
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When Marvel started their journey into cinema, they chose to go with the least obvious choice. They didn’t present us with Captain America right off the bat. Instead, they gave us Tony Stark, a known character but not one that had the popular status of Spider-Man or The Hulk. They chose a character that the…
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Two decades before one became the head of Marvel television and the other became a renowned comic artist, two men were given the opportunity to work together at DC Comics. Teaming up in 1993 with the annual issue Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight Halloween Special #1, writer Jeph Loeb and artist Tim Sale would…
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In 2004, the comic world was introduced to a young woman turned vicious hunter. Created by Tim Seeley under Devil’s Due Publishing, Hack/Slash tells the story of Cassie Hack, a horror victim who decides to strike back at the “slashers” who prey upon teenagers. Imagine Jamie Lee Curtis’ Laurie Strode not only surviving her first…
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With All Hallow’s Eve just a few weeks away, I have decided that, for the month of October, I will focus my reviews on stories that fit perfectly with the setting of Halloween. Whether it be scary or gory, eerie or suspenseful, Sci-Fi or supernatural, these stories will be read and presented to you during…
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Halloween. Friday The 13th. Scream. These classics in the slasher horror genre of film contain two commonalities: a vicious killer and a resilient heroine. It is this traditional balance that fuels the history of the slasher. No matter how vicious and rage-driven the killer, it is countered by the drive to survive that fuels the…
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It has been billed as the next great crime epic in the world of The Dark Knight. A story promising to be held in the same regard as The Long Halloween. This particular issue in the series introduces us to a new character, stuck in the middle of a chaotic war, and how that war…
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