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Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez reviving Tales from the Darkside for IDW

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IDW Publishing has announced that Locke & Key creators Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez are reuniting for a new four-issue series that will reimagine the cult classic horror anthology TV series Tales from the Darkside. “This is the show that could’ve been,” states Hill. “The original Tales from the Darkside was a fun, bleak little […]

Comic Book Review – Bitch Planet #7

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Zeb Larson reviews Bitch Planet #7… Makoto arrives on Bitch Planet. Whitney has to answer for Meiko’s death. Bitch Planet #7 is here, and for once it came relatively soon after the last issue. We’re back on track with the main plot in this issue as Kamau’s group tries to move on after Meiko’s death […]

Countdown to Batman v Superman – Batman: Hush

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Ricky Church continues his countdown to Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice with Batman: Hush… While the most famous physical confrontation between Batman and Superman was in The Dark Knight Returns, there is another equally famous confrontation between the two icons in Jeph Loeb and Jim Lee’s Batman: Hush. Uncovering a vast conspiracy involving many […]

Comic Book Review – Judge Dredd Megazine #369

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Villordsutch reviews Judge Dredd Megazine #369… Borag Thungg and of course welcome all Earthlet’s to Judge Dredd Megazine #369.  This issue of  Judge Dredd is currently fulfilling the demographic requirements for those with sea legs in The Gyre (Part 2) and those of you landlubbers with The Dust (Part 3).  Now Demon Nic. has left us we […]

Comic Book Review – Sex Criminals #14

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Jessie Robertson reviews Sex Criminals #14… If you’ve never read Sex Criminals, don’t let anything stop you: the title of the book, the independent label, the non-superhero context, none of it matters. It’s at times, sometimes simultaneously the most real and unreal book out there on the market. I first picked up this book a […]

Interview: Arvind Ethan David, writer and executive producer of Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency

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Flickering Myth recently had the chance to speak with Arvind Ethan David, recently announced as the Exec Producer of the Dirk Gently TV Series – for BBC America – with Max Landis writing.  Last year Arvind was overseeing the edits of the Dirk Gently comic book, written by Chris Ryall, this year we see Arvind is […]

Comic Book Review – Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency: A Spoon Too Short #1

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Villordsutch reviews Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency: A Spoon Too Short #1 … After last year’s rather excellent comic book series of Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency from Chris Ryall and Co., my initial opening fears from 2015 are gone. I know that the team behind the comic can deliver work that pleases any bitter Douglas […]

Countdown to Batman v Superman – Luthor

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Ricky Church continues his countdown to Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice with Luthor… Many of the best villains in fiction are the heroes of their own story. Lex Luthor is no exception as he believes he’s the only man on the planet able to see Superman for who he truly is: a threatening alien […]

Comic Book Review – Tobacco-Stained Mountain Goat #1

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Zeb Larson reviews Tobacco-Stained Mountain Goat #1… Tobacco-Stained Mountain Goat is a noir style comic that takes place in the dystopian future. Tobacco-Stained Mountain Goat is an unusual kind of project, moreso than its name might suggest. The comic is a reboot of sorts of Andrez Bergen’s 2011 novel, now adapted to be a graphic […]