Wizard's Thursday Morning Quarterback: Witchblade #121 reviews

Here's what I know about Witchblade: she's got a gauntlet thing, she's a cop and I had to hide any issue of Wizard with her on the cover from my mom growing up. That's it and, after reading this issue, that's all I need to know. READ MORE.

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DRAGON PRINCE #2 PREVIEW

(W) Ron Marz (A) Lee Moder (Cov) Jeff Johnson, Michael Avon Oeming

The fantastic tale by Ron Marz and Lee Moder continues! Aaron Chiang has learned the truth — the blood of dragons flows through his veins, and he is the last of his kind! But now, evil wizards known as the Magi — who would see dragonkind erased from the Earth forever — have sent a merciless Dragon Hunter after Aaron, forcing the boy to leave behind everything he knows and flee into the unknown.
Featuring spectacular covers by Jeff Johnson (AMAZING SPIDER-MAN, WAY OF THE RAT) and Michael Avon Oeming (THE MICE TEMPLAR).

Cover A – Jeff Johnson
Cover B – Michael Avon Oeming

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LA Examiner names best Comic Shops in LA

Los Angeles is, among other things, heaven for geeks. Nerdvana. Back in the dark ages before the Internet (ask your parents), if you lived in a small town, you were screwed, blued and tattooed when it came to finding comics. But if you lived in LA, you had a wonderland of choices.

Today, of course, geeks are celebrated at massive blow-outs like Comic-Con, you can find vintage comics within seconds on eBay, and grown men and women go to movies about Batman and Spider-Man without embarrassment.

But there are still some pretty great comics shops in LA. This top five isn't for anyone looking for the kind of place catering to the graphic novel afficionado, the hipster who looks down on capes and tights. These are the places you go to get your grubby paws on a mylar-wrapped treasure, where they appreciate the difference between the Silver and the Golden Age, where DC vs. Marvel still means something. This is the authentic comic-book world of LA. Enjoy. READ MORE.

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LA Weekly names best Comics Shops in LA

In Kevin Huizenga’s rich, dynamic story “The Curse,” from his collection, Curses, a suburban man, Glenn Ganges, and his wife, who has just given birth, try to understand the flock of European starlings that has invaded their trees. The “curse” of the title is this foreboding feathered infestation, which has upset the balance in the new family’s otherwise hopeful existence. With pitch-perfect tone, Huizenga unwinds the birds’ back story, tracing the flock to its original North American sin: the day a man named Eugene Schiefflin, a member of a group called the American Acclimatization Society, uncaged 80 or so members of the species he had carried from Europe in order to introduce to the continent “foreign varieties of the animal and vegetable kingdoms as may be useful or interesting.” READ MORE.

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REVIEW WITCHBLADE #121

Marz and Sejic have done it again. I was expecting something to do with Broken Trinity. I'm enjoying that but it was nice to read an issue that focused more on Sara being a cop. This is something I'd like to see more of. I think the Special Cases Unit was a brilliant idea. It gives a reason for a couple of New York police officers to be checking out weird cases all the time.

As can be seen on the cover, the main portion of the comic takes place in an Orthodox Jewish community. Seeing this side of New York along with the racial tensions helps to give the comic that realistic feel that goes hand in hand with Sejic's art. What starts out as a seemingly routine investigation is bound to take a turn for the weird. Why else would Sara and Gleason be called in?

The tension is added to as Gretch, the noisy reporter continues to try to uncover Sara's secret. READ MORE.

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Zero-G #1 reviews

New mini-series by director/screenwriter Alex Zamm and up-and-coming artist Jason Badower (Heroes, True Blood)!

An international space race ensues when an asteroid containing enough precious metals to shift the balance of power on Earth is detected on a path through our solar system. When the U.S. Team arrives on the asteroid, they discover the remains of an abandoned alien mining camp. But when the U.S. ship is sabotaged and crew members go missing, it becomes clear they're not alone on the asteroid. Stranded, the remaining crew members must band together to survive the monstrous inhabitants on the asteroid, find a way off the rock and save Earth which now sits directly in the path of destruction. In the process, they discover a deep dark secret contained within the asteroid. It holds the key to both their destruction and to their salvation. But unearthing it will change the fate of humanity forever.

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Witchblade #121 Preview

Witchblade #121
(W) Ron Marz (A) Stjepan Sejic (Cov) Stjepan Sejic

Gritty police drama meets supernatural thriller as mysterious deaths lead Sara Pezzini and her detective partner, Patrick Gleason, to the heart of Brooklyn’s Orthodox Jewish community, a closed and cloistered society that does not tolerate outsiders. Something ancient and evil is stalking the community, something that even the Witchblade might not be able to stop.

This issue also features Capture the Witchblade Sweepstakes winner Mike Fogg drawn into the comic!


Full Color 32 pages $2.99 Ongoing series SEE THE PREVIEW.

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