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10 Best Comics of 2013: Part One

2013 was a big year for comics, both mainstream and independent. DC celebrated Superman’s 75th birthday with the launch of the much hyped (and delayed) Superman Unchained by superstar creators Scott Snyder and Jim Lee. There were also the big crossover events “Trinity War” and its follow up Forever Evil which will continue into 2014.  This year also marked …

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Newave! Underground Mini Comix of the 1980s

  Newave! Underground Mini Comix of the 1980s by Michael Dowers (Editor) Fantagraphics Books Seems like the malaise of 1970s America inspired a lot of people to take matters into their own hands and create art outside of the mainstream. This was certainly true of the underground music scenes that were percolating on both coasts …

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Hit # 1 is a Bloody Love Letter to Noir

Hit # 1 Written by Bryce Carlson Art by Vanesa R. Del Ray with colors by Archie Van Buren Published by Boom! Studios As more and more information comes to light about the bloody war between the LAPD and the Mob in 1950s Los Angeles, it seems like gangland stories are becoming increasingly fashionable. It’s …

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A Matter of Life appeals to some pretty basic human interests no matter what stage of life you’re in

A Matter of Life by Jeffrey Brown (Top Shelf Comix) Jeffrey Brown is known for two things: his playful and silly comics that goof on childhood heroes from Transformers cartoons and Star Wars movies, and his autobiographical comics that depict his trials and tribulations in love and life. A Matter of Life is the latter.

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Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye # 18: Less Talk, more Pew Pew!

Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye # 18 Written by James Roberts Pencils by Alex Milne Inks by Brian Shearer with Colors by Josh Burcham Published by IDW Comics “Transformers: More than Meets the Eye” issue 18 hit the shelves this week, bringing the second chapter of the “Remain in Light” story arc to the …

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Bedlam is the most promising new series of the year.

“Bedlam”  Volume One, Issue #1-6
 Written by Nick Spencer Art by Riley Rossmo Published by Image Comics Image has made quite a name for themselves within the past few years, especially with the exploding popularity of their flagship series, “The Walking Dead”. However, there those few gems that sometimes are pushed by the wayside and …

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Regular Show #1 is Another Hit for Kaboom!

Regular Show #1 Writers: KC Green, Brian Butler Art: Allison Strejlau, Brian Butler Colours: Lisa Moore, Maarta Laiho Letters: Steve Wands Cover(s): Nick Edwards, Nathan Fox, Phil McAndrew, John Allison, Jeremy Tinder, Chuck BB, Dustin Mguyen, Chris Houghton Publisher: Kaboom! Comics With Adventure Time! proving to be a sensation for Kaboom! Comics, it was only …

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The First Year of Scott Snyder’s Batman Is Simply Splendid

 Batman (2011) “Volume 1: The Court of Owls” (#1-7) and “Volume 2: The City of Owls” (#8-12, Annual #1) Written by Scott Snyder (all), James Tynion IV (back-up story from #8-12, co-writer of Annual) Drawn by Greg Capullo (#1-11), Becky Cloonan (#12), Jason Fabok (Annual) Inking by Jonathan Glapion Colouring by FCO Plascencia Published by …

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The Elegant, Flawed “Willow – Wonderland” Does Justice to Beloved Witch

Willow – Wonderland #1-5 Written by Christos Gage and Jeff Parker Pencils by Brian Ching Inking by Jason Gorder Colours by Michelle Madsen Covers by David Mack and Megan Lara Published by Dark Horse Comics Willow Rosenberg has long been one of the most cherished, admired, and written about characters in the Buffyverse. Part of …

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Age of Ultron is the Event We’ve Always Wanted

Writer: Brian Michael Bendis Penciler: Bryan Hitch Inker: Paul Neary Colourist: Paul Monts Letterer: VC’s Cory Petit Cover: Hitch, Neary, Monts Publisher: Marvel Comics “I’m not going to let what happened change the value of my life and shame on the rest of you. Shame on you for giving up…” We’ve barely let the changes …

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Brian Michael Bendis: 5 Time Eisner Award Winner

Eisner week is in full swing here at Sound on Sight and it is my great pleasure to present to you the Eisner Award winning work of famed author Brian Michael Bendis. After starting out writing crime comics, Bendis crossed over to the realm of super heroes with great success. His dialogue focused writing and …

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“Alpha Girl” is a visually pleasing mis-fire

Alpha Girl – Volume 1 Collects issues #1-5 Written by Jean-Paul Bonjour & Jeff Roenning Pencils by Robert Love Colours by Diego Simone Published by Image Comics We are living in zombie times, where there is an abundance of all-things zombie in today’s popular culture, giving us a mix of many good zombie-related things, as …

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Thor: God of Thunder Gives New Meaning to Epic

Thor: God of Thunder Issues: 1-5 Writer: Jason Aaron Art: Esad Ribic Colour: Ive Svorcina Letter: VC’s Joe Sabino Cover(s): Esad Ribic Publisher: Marvel Comics “And this is how it ends. With blood and thunder. With hammer and sword. With one last stand at the gates of heaven…” One of the more appealing aspects of …

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10 Great Female-Starring Comics: Part One

Marvel made many headlines when it announced that they would be launching an all-female X-Men comic in April, simply titled “X-Men”. Written by Brian Wood and drawn by Olivier Coipel, the roster will feature Storm, Kitty Pryde, Rogue, Psylocke, Rachel Grey and Jubilee. The comic, which will be the most major female-centric monthly series that …

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‘Kick-Ass 2: Balls To The Wall’ Theatrical Release 2012?

With the unexpected success of Matthew Vaughn’s Kick-Ass, there is expectation of a sequel despite its low box office performance. Well you are in luck my friends because light has been shed by Mark Millar, writer of the Kick-Ass comic. ForcesofGeek got a hold of a press release about the start up of a monthly …

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