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Latest Reviews:

Across The Universe

DC Comics - Alan Moore & Friends

Trade

Reviewed by Craig Johnson

Review posted on 27/08/2008 19:01:00

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Barefoot Gen Volume 1

Last Gasp - Keiji Nakazawa

Manga

Reviewed by John Thomas

Review posted on 27/08/2008 07:24:00

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Mammoth Book of Best Crime Comics

Mammoth Books - Various

Graphic Novel

Reviewed by Ben Dickson

Review posted on 26/08/2008 19:04:00

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Godchild Volume 7

Viz Media - Kaori Yuki

Manga

Reviewed by Lori Henderson

Review posted on 26/08/2008 06:29:00

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Violent Cases (10th Anniversary Edition)

Dark Horse/Titan Books - Neil Gaiman & Dave McKean

Graphic Novel

Reviewed by Craig Johnson

Review posted on 25/08/2008 11:45:00

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Gantz Volume 1

Dark Horse - Hiroya Oku

Manga

Reviewed by Charles Tan

Review posted on 25/08/2008 07:15:00

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The Starman Omnibus 1

DC Comics/Titan Books - James Robinson & Tony Harris

Graphic Novel

Reviewed by Craig Johnson

Review posted on 22/08/2008 19:32:00

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Black Magic

Dark Horse - Shirow Masamune

Manga

Reviewed by John Thomas

Review posted on 22/08/2008 06:44:00

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Batman: Gotham After Midnight 1

DC - Steve Niles and Kelley Jones

Comic

Reviewed by John Thomas

Review posted on 21/08/2008 19:28:00

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Ouran High School Host Club Volume 1

Viz Media - Bisco Hatori

Manga

Reviewed by Sabrina

Review posted on 21/08/2008 06:55:00

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Latest Columns:

Dan Lester (Monkeys Might Puke)

Written by Craig Johnson

" The Village Gossip has a bag of 64 questions...every visitor who comes past must answer a totally random selection of these, the first twenty pulled from the bag. This week, Dan Lester drops by: creator of many fine small press comics, and involv..."

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Batman Begins - Hey, No Bat-nipples

Written by Michael Aronson

"You know what would be annoying? If I reneged on my promise to write about Dark Knight again and came up with another excuse, such as reviewing Batman Begins instead. ..."

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Tabula Rasa (PC)

Written by Glenn Carter

"Older gamers may remember the name Richard Gariott (Or Lord British) as a blast from the past. Essentually the man behind the Ultima Games, I've always considered that he essentually invented the modern MM game, with Ultima Online. So it's always going to be of interest when he c..."

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Banned From Wonderland (AUG 25)

Written by Rick Sharer

" "The truth will set you free.  But first it will piss you off."  -- Gloria Steinem (recalled in GLAMOUR..."

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Preview of UNICO COLLECTIONS Annual

Written by Craig Johnson

"Unico Comics was founded in July 2005 and hails from the North East of England. The idea behind Unico is to bring amateur comic book creators out of their bedrooms and into the big scary world of the small press comic business – they bring creators together to develop ideas into fully-fledged comics..."

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PR: Watch for Falling Shojo

Written by Lori Henderson

"Viz has five new shojo manga they want you to check out, that are available now.  Though, to be honest, the only title that I thought showed any promise was Time Stranger Kyoko.  The rest enlisted a "meh" reaction in me from the previews in Shojo Beat.  I'l..."

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New Releases 8/20/08

Written by Lori Henderson

"It's an eclectic week in new releases.  Anime Works makes an appearance, with Eiken.  If you want to know more about it, check out Otaku USA June 2008 issue.  Del Rey brings us the novel anthology Faust.  It will be interesting to see how it g..."

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Oli Smith (London Underground Comics)

Written by Craig Johnson

" The Village Gossip has a bag of 64 questions...every visitor who comes past must answer a totally random selection of these, the first twenty pulled from the bag. This week, Oli Smith drops by: long time creator of mini-comics and small press tit..."

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Why Makeover and Move Out?

Written by Lisa Anderson

"Though primitive compared to the flash of modern computer graphics in animation these days, flip books are still considered part of the foundation for animation as a whole.  Nothing more than page after page of slightly different art or photos, that, when flipped, created a moving scene.  ..."

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Wall-E: the Review - or, Robots Aren't Just Killing Machines

Written by Michael Aronson

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