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This Damned Band #1 is about a band called Motherfather that is, uh, damned. Or something like it. In the first page, the narrative tells us that the band are “…devotees of the occult,” and that they take their beliefs “…very seriously.” From there, Paul Cornell and Tony Parker go out of their way to make fun of this conceit, and the results are interesting.

comiXology announced today on social media and by email that Dark Horse Comics has landed on its storefront for digital comics.  The Dark Horse launch includes 29 bundles of popular …
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Diamond Publishing released its sales figures for February 2015, and the startling frontrunner for the month was not The Walking Dead, Batman, or a Star Wars comic, not …
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The success of the current Conan / Red Sonja crossover has ensured a Red Sonja / Conan sequel miniseries.  The first issue will arrive at comic shops Summer 2015 with …
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On Tuesday, Scribd—once dubbed the “Netflix for e-books” by Wired—added to its vast book library 10,000 comic books from the publishers Marvel, Archie, IDW, Top Shelf, BOOM! Studios, Valiant, and …
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Criminal Macabre: The Third Child #1 Preview

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CRIMINAL MACABRE: THE THIRD CHILD #1 | Steve Niles | …
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One learns, ideally, by the Socratic method. If one is a genius, one can even talk to oneself and achieve a dizzying intellect. If one is an idiot, like …
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In all likelihood, if you’re under twenty-five years of age, you have likely never seen a comic like Dark Horse Presents at your comic shop. You’ve seen lots of …
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On the title spread, we are told that senso is Japanese for war, and this is no metaphor: we are told concisely the premise for the story is that …
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In the first four pages, Conan spits a wizard with his sword and saves a woman from death by sorcerous fear. Conan tells the woman that he conquers fear …
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There’ve been several comics set in the world of Firefly over the years, but only one so far that took place after the events of the 2005 Serenity movie. …
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Mutant bees, blood, gratuitous cheesecake, and cat sex. If this weren’t served up in the first five pages, the book wouldn’t have a right to call itself Grindhouse. It does.