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Entries from April 2008

Do Comic Book Anthologies Really Sell?

April 15th, 2008 · 2 Comments

Everyone talks about how the problem with comic books is how they’re too thin and a nice big thick anthology (ala Shonen Jump or another native manga magazine) is what we need to save comics.
That’s an interesting thought. After all, most comics were 64 page anthologies when comics started in the 1930’s and ’40s. […]

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Tags: Biz · Comics · Eclectica

The League of Extraordinary Gentleman: The Black Dossier - A Review

April 15th, 2008 · No Comments

The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: The Black Dossier
By Alan Moore and Kevin O’Neill
208 pages
ISBN-13: 978-1401203061
Buyer beware, if you pick up The Black Dossier expecting a similar product to the first two volumes of The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, you are in for a bit of a jolt, and I’m not sure everyone’s going to like […]

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Tags: Comics · Eclectica · Reviews

Horror, Please… But Hold the Sorcery (Warren Ellis and Scars)

April 15th, 2008 · No Comments

Scars
Written by Warren Ellis, Drawn by Jacen Burrows
Avatar Press ISBN 1-59291-018-1 
Warren Ellis is probably best known to the general public as the writer of Transmetropolitan, a satirical series of graphic novels about an outlaw journalist out to bring down a corrupt president in a particularly sordid future.    In a few months he may be more […]

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Tags: Comics · Eclectica · Reviews

The Blair Witch Project A Backdoor Model for a Cross-Media Property

April 15th, 2008 · No Comments

If you live in an urban area, you’ve probably seen, or at least seen a line for, a little film called The Blair Witch Project. If you don’t live in an urban area, first off, you have my sympathies, second off, you’ll probably have a chance to see it soon.I’ll get to the film towards […]

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Tags: Eclectica · Film and Television