December 2008
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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz #1 (Of 8)
Written by: Eric Shanower | Art by: Skottie Young
My comics’ purveyor threw one of the free Wonderful Wizard of Oz sketchbooks into my bag a few weeks ago. I skimmed through it briefly, and the art really caught my eye. It made me think this was going to be a twisted reimagining of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz a la American McGee’s Alice.
Well, I was totally off-base and incorrect...
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“I think music is probably the most directly impactful art form. I mean, it’s the...”
– Jonathan Safran Foer (posted at the wonderful Daily Routines blog) (via gtmcknight)
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Review: Welcome to Hoxford #2 (Of 4)
Written by: Ben Templesmith | Art by: Ben Templesmith
This issue turned out to be a real pain for me to get a hold of. It was seemingly nowhere to be found by the time I started this mini. Since I’ve already gone through my thoughts on Templesmith in my first Hoxford review, let’s just delve right in.
The art is once again absolutely gorgeous. His art in this mini has impressed me...
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Review: Welcome to Hoxford #1 (Of 4)
Written by: Ben Templesmith | Art by: Ben Templesmith
I picked this up after iFanboy Episode #91, which was entirely about Ben Templesmith. My friend had already read 30 Days of Night and praised it, so Templesmith was already on my radar. However, my only experience with his work prior to this was the 30 Days of Night movie (if you can even consider that related), and that I thought was pretty...