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My Life is Choked with Comics #19b: Manga
(Being part 2 of 2 in a series; part 1 is here)***III. JAPAN, HIDE YOUR WOMEN!I'll ask it again, this time with feeling - what the hell is manga? Or more specifically, what the hell is manga today, in comparison to Western professional print comics?(from Hanshin, as presented in The Comics ...
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Arriving THURSDAY 12/3/2009
savagecritic.com — Getting down to the last few shipping weeks of the year, but don't forget this week's books... arrive on THURSDAY.1001 ARABIAN NIGHTS ADVENTURES OF SINBAD #1028 DAYS LATER #4A VERY ZOMBIE CHRISTMASABSOLUTION #4 (OF 6) ALIENS #4 (OF 4)ANITA BLAKE LC ... (more) Arriving THURSDAY 12/3/2009
Hibbs Returns
savagecritic.com — I spent almost all of last week sick and in bed -- damn the plague bearing children!But... I owe you some reviews, I think, let's see what I can do, in that Old School format...BLACKEST NIGHT #5: Really all that one wants out of a big Comics Event (well, ... (more) Hibbs Returns
Arriving 11/25/2009
Ugh, I'm very very sick... shouldn't even be ehre, but someone had to do the invoicing and reordering and all of that...2000 AD PACK OCT 2009 A G SUPER EROTIC ANTHOLOGY #108 (A) AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #613 GNTLTANGEL #27ARCHIE #603ARKHAM REBORN #2 (OF 3)AVENGERS INITIATIVE #30BATMAN THE BRAVE AND ...
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In Single Issues, In Blackest Night: Green Lantern Corps BN Crossover Issues
savagecritic.com — I fall behind in a lot of reading, and then I have more to read to catch... up. Case in point: I picked up GREEN LANTERN CORPS #42, got about three pages into it, and realized that I had no idea what was going on apart from it tying in with Blackest ... (more) In Single Issues, In Blackest Night: Green Lantern Corps ...
Arriving 11/18/2009
A fairly low key week.ADVENTURE COMICS #4 (BLACKEST NIGHT)AIR #15 AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #612ANGEL ONLY HUMAN #4 (OF 4)ARCHIE DIGEST #259AUTHORITY THE LOST YEAR #3 (OF 12)AZRAEL #2BATMAN CONFIDENTIAL #37BATMAN STREETS OF GOTHAM #6BATMAN THE UNSEEN #4 (OF 5)BLACK KNIGHT #1BRAVE AND THE BOLD #29CONAN ...
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Just Yield Already, Star-Spangled Shield: Graeme on Reborn
savagecritic.com — CAPTAIN AMERICA REBORN has the odd distinction of being one of the most dull event books in... recent memory. I realized that when, less than a day after re-reading the most recent issue (#4, if you're curious), I couldn't remember what had actually ... (more) Just Yield Already, Star-Spangled Shield: Graeme on Reborn
From Today, Four Publishers
From Today, Four Publishers
savagecritic.com — Batman and Robin #6: Oh yes, I'm feeling like an old-fashioned omnibus review post tonight.It's entirely possible... the above image might just say it all, but I still feel obliged to point out that the image of Batman & Robin to the right is supposed to ... (more) From Today, Four Publishers

#23 In An Increasingly Irregular Series: Graeme Lives, Reviews
savagecritic.com — It's been an insanely long time since I last posted, but let's just chalk that up to... being very busy and move on quickly, shall we? Here're some things that I've been reading recently. Some you may even remember!BATMAN/DOC SAVAGE SPECIAL #1: It's very ... (more) #23 In An Increasingly Irregular Series: Graeme Lives, ...

Arriving 11/11/2009
Despite the Wednesday holiday, there's still a regular Wednesday shipment this week (well, unless you're in Canada, I think?)It *looks* like the major work on Divisadero St. is done -- at least we have all of our lanes back open, and most of the neighborhood parking again -- so if you've been ...
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