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The World Only God Knows: Season OneBy Chris ZimmermanTake 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 |
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One Shot (for the week of January 25th)By Troy-Jeffrey AllenIn 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 |
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Comic Book Bin Podcast for January 27 2012By Hervé St-LouisIn 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 AdulthoodBy Troy-Jeffrey AllenI 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 |