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Let Paul & Storm Take You to LearningTown

LearningTown

What happens when Captain Kangaroo, The Muppet Show, and Flight of the Conchords have a drunken one night stand? You get the newest show to hit the Geek and …
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Review: X-O Manowar Vol I, By the Sword

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X-O Manowar vol 1: By the Sword

I’m a caveman in a spaceship.

The author of that quote doesn’t merit mentioning, but the quote itself is incredibly fitting for Valiant’s flagship title in …
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Spanning the Universes: The Feline Femme Fatale, Catwoman
5 years ago

Spanning the Universes: The Feline Femme Fatale, Catwoman

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“Spanning the Universes” spotlights a different comic book character every week and suggests stories featuring those characters for you to seek out and gleefully devour. Want to see your favorite …
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Cyborg 009: Chapter 000–A Preview of Things to Come
5 years ago

Cyborg 009: Chapter 000–A Preview of Things to Come

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‘Cyborg 009: Chapter 000’ special cover and comic created in honor of legendary manga creator Shotaro Ishinomori’s 75th birthday

  Copyright Archaia, 2013. Award-winning graphic novel publisher Archaia Entertainment has …
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Review: Masks #3
5 years ago

Review: Masks #3

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Dynamite’s Masks brings together bygone heroes like The Green Hornet, Zorro, and The Shadow and pits them against The Justice Party, a corrupt government elected into power by the citizens …
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Pow! Snikt! Thwip! How Ridiculous?
5 years ago

Pow! Snikt! Thwip! How Ridiculous?

Comic book review webseries “Pow! Snikt! Thwip!” is back on YouTube with episode six. Series regulars Rob and Paul from The Lag Switch, Hudson Valley’s comics guru Brian, and Duane from The Viewing …
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Webcomic Roundup: Just Another Sheep, Penny Arcade, More
5 years ago

Webcomic Roundup: Just Another Sheep, Penny Arcade, More

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More webcomics for the readers perusal! The webcomic education continues this week with the following comics: Just Another Sheep, The Hall Monitors, reMIND, Penny Arcade, and Toothpaste for Dinner. A mixture long and short form comics this week. Read a bit more about each one and if you’re interested, be sure to check it out!

Review: Borderlands Origins #3 “Mordecai”
5 years ago

Review: Borderlands Origins #3 “Mordecai”

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Borderlands Origins from IDW, written by Mikey Neumann and art by Augustin Padilla, begins with a simple enough premise: present the back stories on the four playable characters from the original Borderlands …
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The Devil is in the Details – Examining Daredevil
5 years ago

The Devil is in the Details – Examining Daredevil

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The Devil is in the Details (from Sequart Research & Literacy Organization, edited by Ryan K Lindsay) collects essays about Marvel’s Daredevil from some of today’s best writers about comics. …
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Bookworms: The Shallows (2010) by Nicholas Carr

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The Shallows: What The Internet Is Doing To Our Brains is a very accessible popular culture meets popular science book about just how exactly our intense immersion with technology and internet usage has changed the chemical structure of our brain, and in effect, our cognitive habits, as well.

Review: Uncanny X-Force #1
5 years ago

Review: Uncanny X-Force #1

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A new team is assembled in the first issue of Marvel NOW!’s Uncanny X-Force. Psylocke, Storm, Puck, Spiral, and the female Fantomex come together to create a new incarnation of X-Force. Sam Humphries and Ron Garney kick off this new chapter in X-Force history, one sure to be complicated by the return of a long time X-Man and frequent villain.

Review: Chew #31
5 years ago

Review: Chew #31

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Beginning the second half of the series, Chew 31 starts with a funeral and bring Tony and Colby back together to solve cases in the way only they can. This issue moves away from the somber tone of the previous issue, and gets back to the “buddy-cop” style of earlier issues. Flaming fat people and chicken-induced holy wars set up the next big conflict in Chew.

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