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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 three is much more difficult than people tend to think. More often than not, we see two out of three qualities attained, with one elusively vacant. As such, most contributions to the genre are forgettable and lackluster. The truth is, one hardly hears of any unanimous critical acclaim for horror stories. As much as I am resistant to being scared…
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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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This week in comics
July 27, 2015The Adventures of Agoraphobia Man: World Defender (Jacey Gibb) Peers (Leslie Lu) Seagull Square (Jill Mandrake) Water conservation over sanitation (Serena Chan) Creator's Pet (Destiny Hsu)
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Comic Connoisseur: Moose perfectly encapsulates the cruelty of bullying
July 27, 2015High school is typically depicted through a superficial lens in books, television, and film. What is often showcased is a glammed up and hyperbolized take on a tumultuous half decade in our lives. However, to their credit, these mediums typically…
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Comic Connoisseur: Copperhead is the best sci-fi Western in stands
July 20, 2015Since the resurgence of the superhero genre, Westerns have taken a back seat in the medium of comics. Audiences are more likely to see capes and colorful spandex uniforms then they are to see six-shooters and cowboy hats these days.…
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Comic Connoisseur: What We Need to Know is an endearing character study
July 13, 2015Flipping through What We Need To Know, a reader might come to the conclusion that this is an unfinished work — and to a certain degree, they wouldn’t be wrong. The art is only pencilled; it lacks the inks and…
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This week in comics
July 13, 2015It's Barbecue Season (by Serena Chan) Seagull Square (By Jill Mandrake) Pun 2 3 (By Sarah Walker) The Adventures of Agoraphobia Man: World Defender (by Jacey Gibb) Creator's Pet (by Destiny Hsu)
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Comic Connoisseur: A love note to Sex Criminals
July 6, 2015Dear Sex Criminals, I have thought about you very often these last couple months and I have come to one conclusion: I think I am in love with you. Nothing else makes me feel quite the same as you do.…
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The week in comics
July 6, 2015Seagull Square (by Jill Mandrake & Gregory Edwards) Pun 2 3 (by Sarah Walker)
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Comic Connoisseur: Snyder and Murphy terrify readers with The Wake
June 29, 2015The Wake is a sci-fi story which takes place over the course of two generations. In its first half, we are introduced to a team of individuals tasked with learning the origin of a newly discovered and vicious underwater organism.…
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