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Category: read comics and manga

Everyone should read comics and manga as a prerequisite for being cool and knowing where the good stuff is.

Bryan Lee O’Malley Does Twin Peaks Scott Pilgrim Style

On April 14, 2020 By nekoplz In read comics and manga

Bryan Lee O’Malley art for Puerto Rico and a Twin Peaks confession.

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Golden Bricks & Bronze Age with Eric Shanower – Interview

On April 6, 2020 By nekoplz In Interviews, read comics and manga

I just introduced my goddaughter to an old favorite of mine Return to Oz which scared the shit out of me as a kid in a way none of the iconic horror films of the decade did. No better time to re-present a lengthy interview I conducted with cartoonist Eric Shanower who has Oz stripes.

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In the House of Mystery with Lilah Sturges – Interview

On April 5, 2020 By nekoplz In Interviews, read comics and manga, the book pile

Some really good stuff in this old chat I had with Sturges. For fans of Vertgio, DC comics, storytelling, and/or speculative fiction in general.

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Piskor’s Grand Design X-Tinction Aims At Cyclopean Baby Momma Drama

On March 29, 2020 By nekoplz In read comics and manga

Poolside with baby Cable reliving ’90s X-Men.

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Bloodshot? 10 VALIANT Comics to Own Before They Become Movies

On March 26, 2020 By nekoplz In read comics and manga

Pandemic streaming is here.

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The Smurfs Debut in the 1950s as Zombie Comic and Brunette Smurfette?

On March 22, 2020 By nekoplz In read comics and manga

lalalalalala… you the first time the Smurfs revealed themselves and Smurfette’s first original hair color exposed!

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Gargamel Enters Smurfs Lives in Silhouette

On February 2, 2020 By nekoplz In read comics and manga

Peyo’s early cartooning and design is pretty terrific. 1959 Gargamel looks like the broken down Wizard we all know.

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A Stray Bullet? Whatever Happened to David Lapham’s Defiant Mongrel?

On February 1, 2020 By nekoplz In read comics and manga

And what does George Romero have to do with it if anything?

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What the Smurf? The First Glimpse of Peyo’s Schtroumpf

On January 30, 2020 By nekoplz In read comics and manga

A Smurf sighting. The very first hint of the existence of characters that would create a multimedia licensing empire for Peyo.

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Are You Listening? Read Tillie Walden Comics

On May 26, 2019 By nekoplz In random thoughts, read comics and manga

The world is alright. I’m hanging out in the backyard all poolside with new Tillie Walden comics.

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