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Comic Connoisseur: Wayward is a supernatural atrocity
October 19, 2015Let the record state that, I, the Comic Connoisseur, have come to observe a great many a strange and mind boggling animes and mangas in my 22 years of living. From the well-known dreadful epic Akira to the nonsensical onslaught of stupidity that is One Piece, I thought that I had seen all that could be seen from this strange but nonetheless captivating style of comics. That was until I naively sauntered into my local comic shop and foolishly purchased the manga-inspired atrocity Wayward, a graphic novel so mindlessly puerile I think it might just have given me permanent brain…
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Comic Connoisseur: The Dharma Punks is an explosive coming-of-age tale
September 28, 2015In 2001, The Dharma Punks debuted on New Zealand newsstands and found overnight success. In a short but illustrious eight-issue run, the comic outsold the X-Men and other mainstream works before fading away into obscurity as a lesser-known indie gem.…
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Comic Connoisseur: The Valiant come together in an action packed crossover
September 21, 2015On paper, a comic book crossover is everything you ever wanted and just a little bit more. It gives readers a chance to see dissimilar characters team up in unique ways. As well as this, it allows audiences to enjoy…
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This week in comics
September 20, 2015Lazy Living (Serena Chan) Pun 2 3 (Sarah Walker) Creator's Pet (Destiny 1001 Gotham Nights (Avneet Toor & Manjit Toor) Seagull Square (Jill Mandrake)
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Comic Connoisseur: ALEX + ADA is an uninventive sci-fi romance
September 14, 2015There have been some exemplary science fiction works in comics over the last few years, the most notable being Saga and Black Science, two fine works which pay homage to classic stories such as Romeo & Juliet and Lost in…
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This week in comics
September 14, 20151001 Gotham Nights (by Avneet Toor & Manjit Toor) The Adventures of Agoraphobia Man: World Defender (by Jacey Gibb) Creator's Pet (by Destiny Hsu) Seagull Square (by Jill Mandrake) Peers (by Leslie Lu)
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This volume of Southern Bastards is stained with blood, sweat, and tears
September 8, 2015In the previous volume of Southern Bastards, readers were introduced to Euless Boss, a vile football coach with a stranglehold on a rural southern wasteland known as Craw County. In the latest edition of this deep fried crime anthology, we…
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This week in comics
September 8, 20151001 Gotham Nights (Avneet Toor & Manjit Toor) Seagull Square (Jill Mandrake) Creator's Pet (Destiny Hsu) The Adventures of Agoraphobia Man: World Defender (Jacey Gibb)
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Comic Connoisseur: Nailbiter will nourish you with fear and intrigue
August 4, 2015Horror is the hardest genre to sucessfully create. The hallmark of any enjoyable horror romp rests in its characters, its story, and of course, the amount of fear it can instill in its audience. Striking the right balance between all…
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This week in comics
August 4, 2015Pun 2 3 (Sarah Walker) Peers (Leslie Lu) The Adventures of Agoraphobia Man (Jacey Gibb) Seagull Square (Jill Mandrake)
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