readaboutcomics.com - 3/30/2009
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By Dave Sim 24 pages, black and white Published by Aardvark-Vanaheim
I couldn’t help but find it a little apt to finally run a review of Glamourpuss on April Fool’s Day, since I can’t help but suspect that most people think that Dave Sim is playing an elaborate joke on the ...
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March 30, 2009: Spider-Man’s useless age rating
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... The Eternal Smile
Link: Rob Clough
Gene Luen Yang and Derek Kirk Kim’s collection of short stories “presents three stories with vivid characters, wholly unexpected plot twists (reality twists, really) and someone pat handling of the notion of escape and escapism.”
(Above: sequence from the book, ©2009 Gene Luen Yang and Derek Kirk Kim.)
[Review] Glamourpuss #5
Link: Greg McElhatton
“Once I finally sat down with an issue of the comic, though, I ...
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