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The second Fables Deluxe Edition manages to fit a lot in to one volume. In the space of this edition, we're treated to seven different tales, the longest of which was spread over four issues of the regular title. Read More

Time itself is important to the merits of any Best Picture winner. I contend that the Academy should vote not every year, but every 10 years. By that time, Best Pictures will have truly earned an Oscar. Here are 5 examples of movies that won Best Read More

This series just keeps getting better as it goes — and it's only on issue #3! What started out as a title that I had a passing interest in when I first heard about it (still haven't gotten issue #1, though), after two issues this has become a "must Read More

In very much the same vein as a short story/film, "The Waking Life of Angels" is a self-contained story about a woman who hasn't slept in about 9 days because of a nightmare that keeps looping in her mind. I very, very rarely ever feel this strongly Read More

I must admit that I'm kind of a sucker for this kind of story. I dig when writers spin off on classic fairytales in their traditional settings or in a more modern setting like the Fable line of comics does. That in of itself made this an enjoyable read Read More

This trade is 200 pages of straight-up Viking kick-assery. I'm pretty certain it's one of my favorite TPBs ever. The writing, art, everything about it meshes together into a big, bloody stump of fan-freaking-tastic comic book storytelling. Read More

Paige reviews the first volume of the 2003-2006 comic series The Losers in light of its upcoming film adaptation. Read More

The third issue in Veritgo’s new House of Mystery series released last week, and here’s my review, which as usual is not spoiler-free. Read More

Vertigo’s House of Mystery has returned to DC Comics with a brand new series. Here’s a look at the second issue, complete with spoilers. Read More