Sink #10

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The spy who came in from the cold (darkness of space)

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Every Wednesday, Comixology delivers my subscriptions straight to my account, saving me the hassle of finding them and buying them in the massive pile of new releases. And still, every week I trawl through the entire new catalogue to see if there is something cool that I've missed.

It's how I found She Could Fly. It's how I found Euthanauts and Self Made. And this week, it's how I found Strange Skies over East Berlin.. It makes me think a bit of Lake of Fire as it takes one genre/period and mashes it up with something that doesn't belong there.

I've not watched a lot of Cold War films (some Harry Palmer and the thrillingly violent Atomic Blonde being the limits), so I'm not numb to the conventions. And over a week exploring the city I've barely scratched the surface of what Berlin has to offer, so this was always going to be a nice way to get some culture/history in me.

Its by the author of Judas, which was well received here, if I remember correctly

Our PoV character is an American operative in the East.
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Gwenpool Strikes Back #2

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"The last version of this line I turned in began with 'Admit it, /co/.' I wanted to give their Gwenpool support a special shoutout. I really did. Another version was like 'Hey, /co/--my nipples don't look like that! But I appreciate your enthusiasm!'" -- Leah Williams

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Alpha Flight #58

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Welcome to LIVEWORLD where dreams are real... and THE NIGHTMARES ARE FAR WORSE.
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"The Joker Jury!"

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Blackbird

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I probably won't be posting much in the way of the usual EC or Junji Ito this month (unless there any specific requests) due to other plans. To make up for it I decided to share this one again as I think it's one of Ito's creepier underrated stories.

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Rachel Skarsten on Alice

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Curioser and curioser...

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Die #7 - "Wisdom Check"

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Are you aware of Garth Marenghi's Darkplace? Cult 00s British comedy about a writer's 1980s hospital-set horror show, framed with 00s-period talking heads. Coiner of memorable phrases such as "I've met writers who use subtext and they're all cowards." Also, too close to home for almost everyone I know in this biz. We're all one bad day away from being Garth Marenghi. Chuck had his bad days a long time ago, and he's lost in his personal Darkplace. -- Kieron Gillen

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