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Go read it on Bounding into ComicsDrama has a history of getting the short shift in comic books. Understandable of course, the bread and butter of comics publishers in the U.S. have always been superheroes. And neither superheroes nor supervillains freely lend themselves to prolonged deep self-examination leading to an existential crisis that finally resolves itself in a cathartic release.Source: Superboy #68For the most part..

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The Dark Herald Recommends: Army of the Dead

The one character that I really wanted to die, didn’t.That sums up this movie in a nutshell.Army of the Dead is a tragic film and by that, I don’t mean that it is a Tragedy.  I mean there was a good script here at one time and it's tragic what the studio did to it.This isn’t Snyder’s first foray into zombie movies.  That was Dawn of the Dead (2004), it was about a group of people that have to hold up in...

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So How Bad Is Gotham High?

For those of you whom fortune smiled upon and delivered unto you the gift of ignorance concerning the graphic novel Gotham High, turn away now. Read another of my posts. Or read anything else. A John Scalzi novel or the label on a tube of toothpaste (of the two I recommend the latter). But don't read this. You won't be the same afterward.For those of you who already knew about this Young Adult parody of...

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The Dark Herald Recommends: Shadow and Bone

This is an odd one to review. I should hate it on general principle, but I don’t.It is completely Woke-washed.  Every checkbox is ticked. Every card in the aggrievement pack is dealt. And yet it was a surprisingly good TV show.Any show with this much Woke is invariably too busy battling strawmen, delivering sermons and demanding that everyone love it’s Mary Sue protagonist, to remember to tell a good story.The Woke laundry list is the first reason it should have failed.  The...

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