Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye #42 - "The Frail Gaze"

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"I really wanted to explore the idea of 'forced friendship' and 'official loneliness' in an alien society. Good old world-building, y'know? At the risk of opening up yet another can of worms, by exploring this idea I was passing comment, indirectly, on the real world stigma attached to being an unmarried woman of a certain age [...] If I was worried about anything in this issue, actually, it was the fact that Nautica (rightly) considers the whole idea as 'pathetic', yet ultimately, if reluctantly, bows to religious pressure and goes along with it... [An aside: As further evidence of the extent to which I worried about this stuff, and about my treatment of the female TFs in this story more generally, I offer you the story's title, The Frail Gaze. . .]" -- James Roberts

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Holy Terror Part 3

[informationgeek]

“Propaganda has gotten a bad name. Something’s called “propaganda” only when the reader disagrees with it. If they agree, it’s called “relevant.”

An artist expressing a point of view? Whatever the medium, whatever the story’s intent, that’s propaganda, and it’s “relevant.”” - Frank Miller

Warning for violence, some racism most likely, and terrorism.

Let's political folks...

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Thunderbolts #153

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Frank Miller's Robocop #9

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( The Conclusion )

DC vs Marvel #1

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Crossed + One Hundred #5: "Tyger, Tyger"

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