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Written by Erin Jameson Monday, 16 April 2012 20:47

Lovefool is super-stoked for the upcoming film verison of The Avengers, but she has one question for director Joss Whedon: where's the love?

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Written by Erin Jameson Monday, 09 April 2012 20:28

Lovefool wonders: can't all us nerds just get along?

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Written by Bryan A. Hollerbach Monday, 09 April 2012 00:00

This year, as its logo nowadays shows, Image turns 20, and to commemorate that anniversary, this special column mulls five new floppies released by the company during the past week: Fatale #4, Invincible #90, Mudman #3, Savage Dragon #179, and Supreme #63.

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Written by Erin Jameson Monday, 02 April 2012 21:19

Why is Lovefool jealous of all of you lucky people who are headed to this year's Chicago Comic and Entertainment Expo? Let her count the ways.

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Written by Bryan A. Hollerbach Monday, 02 April 2012 07:14

Hmmm. Maybe a coupla typos there? In any event, this week our columnist waxes rapturous over the sagebrush psycho saga of Hawken #3. Also reviewed: Angel & Faith #8, Atomic Robo Presents Real Science Adventures #1, The Mighty Thor #12, and The New Deadwardians #1.

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Written by PLAYBACK:stl Friday, 30 March 2012 00:00

The battle between Earth's Mightiest Heroes and Marvel's Merry Mutants continues in Avengers vs. X-Men #2, and the fighting spills over into Wolverine & the X-Men #9 and Avengers #25.

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Written by PLAYBACK:stl Friday, 30 March 2012 00:00

The Valiant Universe returns courtesy of Robert Venditti (Surrogates) and Cary Nord (Conan) in X-O Manowar #1.

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Written by Dean Asher Friday, 30 March 2012 00:00

007's comic strip life expands to original adventures in this latest collection.

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Written by Erin Jameson Monday, 26 March 2012 00:00

A "fairy doctor" who has lived life as an outcast finally discovers the joys of being herself in The Earl and the Fairy.

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Written by Bryan A. Hollerbach Monday, 26 March 2012 00:00

To true devotees of four-color finery, Ramón Pérez’s luxuriant and rambunctious artwork should commend John Carter: The Gods of Mars #1. Moreover, rivaling it for pleasurability from among this week’s five new floppies is another (black-and-white) debut: Ragemoor #1.

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Written by PLAYBACK:stl Saturday, 24 March 2012 10:55

The Omega Effect crossover between Spidey, Punisher, and Daredevil kicks off in Avenging Spider-Man #6, plus Hawkeye and co. protect humanity from contagious robotic evolution (and the Descendants!) in Secret Avengers #25.

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Written by Bryan A. Hollerbach Monday, 19 March 2012 00:00

In Saga #1 (recommended, BTW), one character frets about defecating on another—and if that doesn’t draw coprophiliac eyeballs to this column in droves, what good is SEO, for pity’s sake? Also reviewed: Fantastic Four #604 and three other floppies newly delivered this week.

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Written by Erin Jameson Monday, 19 March 2012 00:00

It’s a royal rumble as the Harlequin manga bodice-ripper Princess of Convenience takes on a shojo manga on the "princesses" of an all-boys high school (Mikiyo Tsuda's Princess Princess) in the latest Romance Roundup.

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Written by Sarah Boslaugh Sunday, 18 March 2012 20:08

Flying lamas, fierce abominable snowmen, and other mysteries are explored in this exhibit of comics artwork about the nation of Tibet.

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Written by Erin Jameson Monday, 12 March 2012 00:00

Lovefool finds the tales of teenage wasteland in Brad Abraham's Mixtape "so eerily similar to actual teenagers that it's frightening."

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Written by Bryan A. Hollerbach Monday, 12 March 2012 00:00

For its voguishness and verve, this week’s column embraces the Fables spin-off Fairest #1. Among freshly shipped floppies, it also welcomes The Manhattan Projects #1 and Night Force #1, praises Rachel Rising #6, and pans (out-Land-ishly) Uncanny X-Men #8.

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Written by Sarah Boslaugh Friday, 09 March 2012 00:00

Holmes' greatest foe heads on a mission to Burma to track down the secret to immortality in this second story arc.

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Written by Jason Green Friday, 09 March 2012 00:00

Usamaru Furuya turns decadent novelist Osamu Dazai's semi-autobiographical tale of a disconnected young man into something that's a little too decadent for its own good.

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Written by Bryan A. Hollerbach Monday, 05 March 2012 00:00

The Wizard of Oz–influenced No Place Like Home #1 marks a dark and intriguing debut from Angelo Tirotto and Richard Jordan, but Batman Beyond Unlimited #1—the other premiere from among this week’s five comics under review—sparks considerably less enthusiasm.

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Written by Erin Jameson Monday, 05 March 2012 00:00

It's a wild wedding wuxtravaganza as a yaoi manga about a wedding planner and his beau takes on a wedding in white, Harlequin style, in this latest Romance Roundup.

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Written by Erin Jameson Monday, 27 February 2012 00:00

Dann Lundie's Microgirl, a snippet of a story starring a shrinking superheroine and a stray soul, leaves our Lovefool pining for Spring.

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Written by Bryan A. Hollerbach Monday, 27 February 2012 00:00

Beyond the series’ customary virtues of script and art, AvengersAcademy #26 earns accolades this week for an unlikely but no less fine lagniappe: its letters page. Also praised, panned, or simply pondered: Dark Horse Presents #9, The Flash #6, Mondo #1, and RASL #13.

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Written by Jason Green Sunday, 26 February 2012 21:55

Jason Green, Fearless Editor digs into his own archives for teenaged JG,FE’s thoughts on Osamu Tezuka’s Black Jack from way back in 1997 as part of this month’s Manga Moveable Feast.

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Written by Bryan A. Hollerbach Friday, 24 February 2012 00:00

Belatedly, PLAYBACK:stl’s king of comic book crankiness rules on a quintet of rude-chapbookish subjects from the fourth quarter of 2011, created by Warren Ellis and Paul Duffield; Jim Henson, Jerry Juhl, and Ramón K. Pérez; Mike Mignola and Richard Corben; Trina Robbins, Anne Timmons, and mo oh; and Osamu Tezuka.

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Written by Sarah Boslaugh Friday, 24 February 2012 00:00

Legendary artist Ernie Colón conjures up comics versions of "tales of mystery, horror and suspense" from the archives of the World War II-era radio series.

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Written by Terri Gudowicz Green Monday, 20 February 2012 22:03

Lovefool is on vacation this week, so Mrs. JG,FE fills in by offering up some centuries-old Japanese sequential art that must be seen to be believed.

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Written by Bryan A. Hollerbach Monday, 20 February 2012 00:00

This week, writer/artist Roger Langridge’s Snarked #5 makes our otherwise congenitally cantankerous columnist…well…positively burble. Dreadfully uncharacteristic—and not a little icky. Also reviewed: Fables #114, Moriarty #9, Peter Panzerfaust #1, and Wonder Woman #6.

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Written by Sarah Boslaugh Friday, 17 February 2012 00:00

This alternate history tale takes a trip into the mind of Sherlock Holmes' most dastardly foe.

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Written by Bryan A. Hollerbach Monday, 13 February 2012 00:00

With Kevin Keller #1, arguably the industry’s most conservative publisher earns kudos for launching an ongoing with a homosexual protagonist. Also lauded in this gloriously diverse week: Berlin #18, Black Panther #529, Conan the Barbarian #1, and Thief of Thieves #1.

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Written by Erin Jameson Monday, 13 February 2012 00:00

Taking a look back at the first year of Lovefool.

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Written by PLAYBACK:stl Sunday, 12 February 2012 21:38

The PLAYBACK:stl comics section’s own Jason Green, Fearless Editor guestblogs for Robot 6.

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Written by Sarah Boslaugh Friday, 10 February 2012 00:00

Los Bros Hernandez offer up a sci-fi epic overflowing with ideas and artwork soaked in retro cool.

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Written by Erin Jameson Monday, 06 February 2012 00:00

Lovefool looks at a very different kind of love story, the Riverdale-gone-wrong noir murder story Criminal: The Last of the Innocent.

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Written by Bryan A. Hollerbach Monday, 06 February 2012 00:00

This week’s column celebrates a brace of titles starring femme fatalities as disparate as Max and Caroline from a certain ribald CBS sitcom: iZombie #22 and Rachel Rising #5. Also lauded, just a wee, teensy bit, from among the latest select quintet of new floppies: Winter Soldier #1.

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Written by Sarah Boslaugh Friday, 03 February 2012 06:46

Five artists team up to tell a chaotic but fun modern noir story.

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Written by Bryan A. Hollerbach Thursday, 02 February 2012 19:09

Five-by-five, fanboys and fangirls! After airing multifarious objections to such commonplace end-of-the-year fun, our crotchety columnist succumbs to the temptation of naming his choices for the finest comic books of 2011. As defined. With provisos. Lots and lots of provisos.