Lucifer #1 (2015)

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 Long time no see, everybody! 

With the Lucifer TV adaptation (cringe) out, the fact that Vertigo had rebooted my favorite series had completely fallen under my radar until just recently. 

The new team includes writer Holly Black, queen of the young adult supernatural/urban fantasy genre, and artist Lee Garbett, with covers by Dave Johnson. 

And it's quality stuff! 




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One page from Amazing Spider-Man #9

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Elektra: Power Play - Part 3

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American Magic: the Founding Fathers and Comics

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In light of the well intentioned but horribly botched history of American magic over in the Potterverse (and the fact that I've been listening to a lot of Hamillton), I thought that I'd post instances of the Founding Fathers messing about with magic in the DCU and Marvel Universes...

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SINFEST SUNDAYS

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There was a recent post that looked at how Sinfest, the webcomic, has become less fun and more preachy. To a certain extent I agree. Ishida's feminism is rather like a guy who's quit smoking--who then obnoxiously jerks cigarettes out of smoker's mouths, as the late Tony Randall used to do on the Tonight Show. I applaud the sentiments, but the execution seems...heavy-handed.

But Sinfest has a virtue that has gotten better and better over the years.

Sinfest...full color--silent--Sunday Pages.

There are three webcomics that are worth reading just for their art alone, whether you agree with their storylines or writing skills or not.

Girl Genius.

Dresden Codak.

And Sinfest Sundays.

All four of these are taken from Sinfest in 2015...and his Sunday strips just keep getting better.

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Wunderwaffen #1

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