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MagictheGathering_01_CoverA_thumb_1.jpg Magic: The Gathering #1...
Unless you're a die-hard Magic fan buy something else...
Feb 3, 2012 - 21:50
static_shock_1.jpg Stories, Counter-Stories, and Comic Books...
Do mainstream comic books perpetuate latent prejudice and social injustice?...
Feb 3, 2012 - 13:26
watchmen2.jpg Watchmen & Comics Cannibalism...
Morality, Ethics, Hypocrisy, and Who’s Watching the Watchmen....
Feb 3, 2012 - 12:44
thumb_329.jpg Toriko: Volume 8...
The hunt for Century Soup in the new Toriko manga....
Feb 3, 2012 - 12:30
FBthumb_15.jpg Fantagraphics Bookstore Celebrates New Civil Rights...
Graphic novel The Silence of Our Friends and music history, "Listen, Whitey" debut....
Feb 2, 2012 - 13:23
vizmediathumb_75.jpg VIZ Media Offers "Arrietty" Art Book...
New "art of" book looks at new Studio Ghibli film....
Feb 2, 2012 - 9:02
before_watchmen_minutemen_1_1.jpg ComicBook Bin Podcast February 1 2012...
Dan Horn @dan_horn and Hervé St-Louis @ladventurer discuss the Watchmen Prequel, Starbucks, and is Alan Moore a hypocrite?...
Feb 1, 2012 - 21:27
buffalo_speedway_1_1.jpg Buffalo Speedway Volume #1...
It’s 1994, OJ is on the run and the pizza is on the way!...
Feb 1, 2012 - 19:51
before-watchmen-comedian_1.jpg Before Watchmen...
It’s a great idea. Alan Moore's opinion be damned....
Feb 1, 2012 - 13:31
altthumb_28.jpg "Harbor Moon" Gets New Promotional Tool...
Horror graphic novel has trailer....
Feb 1, 2012 - 12:52
hippie_freak_1.jpg Comic Books as Soap Boxes...
Do personal politics have a place in comic books?...
Feb 1, 2012 - 12:15
VI2O12D6IX_1.jpg Watchmen Prequels Announced...
Watchmen 2 and the Death of Creativity....
Feb 1, 2012 - 11:16
Aliens_C_M_1.jpg Aliens: Colonial Marines Update...
It has been announced the game will be delayed until later in 2012....
Feb 1, 2012 - 2:52
toontitlecard_1.jpg Eternal Descent: The Animated Series...
Creator/musician Llexi Leon's animated Eternal Descent project!...
Jan 31, 2012 - 19:57
thumb_325.jpg Turok, Son of Stone: Volume 8...
Turok, Son of Stone comic books sparkle in spiffy Dark Horse Archive....
Jan 31, 2012 - 15:56

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The World Only God Knows: Season One

By Chris Zimmerman

Take Light Yagami of Death Note fame and drop him in a sim dating game and the result will be the World Only God Knows. The series plays with audience expectations, recalling familiar tropes while offering its own bit of commentary on the ridiculous premise of harem shows and the like. While it does indulge in some of the genres more notorious aspects (fan-service), most of the series’ efforts are devoted to constructing funny stories to showcase its quirky cast of anime archetypes. Keima is the main protagonist of the show, and his character is a perfect construct of what Light Yagami would be like if he were obsessed with dating games. Not only does he refer to himself as a God, he has the intelligence and delusion that characterized Light, though not in excess. His ideas of what the world should be make him the perfect foil for the...  Read More 

One Shot (for the week of January 25th)

By Troy-Jeffrey Allen

In the midst of tired reboots, retcons, point ones, and schisms, I’ve found myself looking more and more forward to the summer comic book movie than the wonderful bastardized medium that has inspired Hollywood. Regardless, with each new Wednesday I (like most nerds) continue to zombie crawl my way to my L.C.S. (Hi, Alliance Comics and Games in Silver Spring, MD!) in an attempt to outwit predictability in favor of finding something all-new and all-different . And that is where One Shot comes in. Every week, I pick up a handful of #1s from my local comic book store and review them in a desperate attempt to reclaim my loose lost love…the funny book. INFESTATION 2 #1 IDW $3.99 As far as sequels go, nothing screams "trip to the well" quite like a returning crossover. Which is exactly what we have here with Infestation 2 #1. The first Infestation was...  Read More 

Comic Book Bin Podcast for January 27 2012

By Hervé St-Louis

In this week's podcast is with Dan Horn @dan_horn and Hervé St-Louis @ladventurer we discuss the new DC Comics logo, back issues, Geoff Johns - again....  Read More 

Red Tails: George Lucas Raped Your Adulthood

By Troy-Jeffrey Allen

I walked into Red Tails spoiler free, but well aware of the grumblings that heralded its opening weekend. I knew that Spike Lee and Samuel L. Jackson had passed on it. That producer George Lucas pulled from film archetypes instead of real life Tuskegee Airmen to develop the story. I...  Read More