Paul Cornell, Demon Knights, Trans Treatment
Paul Cornell turned trans people not passing into a joke every issue of Demon Knights. We, readers, have to deal with that without unintentional fallout, without unintended insult. Wee! us.
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Dracula: In Blood We Find the Truth
Dracula
Although “The Rules of the Beast” starts off in familiar territory, showrunners Mark Gatiss and Steven Moffat eventually manage to present their own unique twist on the subject matter – aided by a delightfully over-the-top performance from Claes Bang as the titular vampire – setting up a new status quo for the rest of the series that’s different from anything we have seen in previous adaptations of the novel.
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Sailor Moon Says Don’t Fear Changing Things
Naoko Takeuchi’s Sailor Moon as been around almost 30 years and its adaptations are always their own animal. This is good.
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NEW WATCH: Marvel Unlimited Expands This January
Next month kicks off the acclaimed ‘House of X’ series, establishing a new world for the X-Men!
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Don’t Keep Perspective, Pursue Perspective
How did the Comics Code leading to an inability to sell massage wands or tampons leading to adult Colossus waiting for Kitty Pryde to turn fourteen to date her, turn into Zatanna performing stage shows with men dressed as the real life rapists of her friends, in comics that still can’t sell tampons?
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“Where’s My Show?”: Cancellations And New Shows Coming
The following is a list of genre shows that have been canceled since January 1, 2019. No doubt you will already be aware of some but you might also find some surprises! Also…some interesting new series premiering between now and the end of the first quarter of 2020.
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Penny Dreadful: Series Review
Penny Dreadful
“Penny Dreadful” is somehow as good, or greater, than the sum of its parts – even though those parts include several of the greatest works of fiction ever written – aided by a killer cast, tonnes of moody atmosphere, and John Logan’s Sorkin-esque approach to scripting (with sole writing credit throughout most of the series), bringing everything together into a cohesive whole with its own unique voice and perspective. “Penny Dreadful” is one of the greatest (most underrated) shows of the 21st century.
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Archie #709: Don’t Go Into the Woods
Archie #709
Archie #709 (Spencer, Tamaki, Jarell) layers more mysteries onto the existing mysteries as we begin to wonder what Sabrina is doing in Riverdale after all.
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Opinion-War Of The Worlds Series 1 Ep 2: This Is No Day At The Beach
WAR OF THE WORLDS
War of The Worlds Episode 2: (Wells, Harness, Viveiros, Spall, Carlyle, Tomlimson) the more things change the more they stay the same. As we bring the story closer to its end we see some familiar events, but spoken in an unfamiliar voice.
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GLOW vs The Babyface #1: Super Pop
GLOW vs The Babyface #1
GLOW vs The Babyface #1 (Mendez, Garcia, Templer) takes a look at the challenges that women had to face making it in the professional wrestling business, and the world, in the 1980’s.
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Hell Raiser, Star Chaser, Trail Blazer
Ming Doyle, James Tynion IV, Vanesa Del Rey, Riley Rossmo bring us a thirteen issue romantic, old home week disaster of horror, charm, death and betrayal featuring John Constantine.
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Guilt, Forgiveness, Toleration
Grant Morrison, Steve Yeowell, Tatjana Wood, and Jon Muth bring us two comics about guilt, forgiveness, and toleration. A sci-fi action satire of arts movements, the Beats, the Decadents, and a sad horror comedy that starts with the murder of God in a play.
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