Mr. Toast

Dan Goodsell’s World of Mr. Toast creations really shouldn’t be missed.
The characters have an undeniable charm — from Mr. Toast himself to Shaky Bacon and in-between — and the strips jokes, gags and lessons successfully appeal to all ages. At first sight, the cartoons and illustrations might seem simple but funny thing [...]

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Collected Editions vs. Single Issues…

Elsewhere, someone brought up the question as to whether or not any of us found ourselves moving from single issues to TPB’s and I thought that it was worth discussing as I’ve been mulling it over off and on for several months myself.
When I was younger, collecting the single issues was part of the excitement [...]

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Jeff Smith’s Bone & Further Adventures…

Tell you what, blink these days and in all likelihood you’re going to miss something.
While reading through an interview today at Comic Book Resources with Jeff Smith, he drops this little tid-bit at the end of the interview:
“Smith also mentioned that writer Tom Sniegoski is working on more ‘Stupid, Stupid Rat Tales: The Adventures of [...]

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Astro City 1/2: “The Nearness of You”

What a story.
But first things first.
I had been itching to read Kurt Busiek’s Astro City series for years (to quickly catch you up, I was away from comics all together when the series made its debut and only became aware of it about half-way through) and with a little luck on my side I finally [...]

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Battle Field Valkyrie: Gallian Chronicles

Back in July of 2007, while reading through some of the buzz surrounding the upcoming games releasing later that year I caught wind of a PS3 game entitled Battle Field Valkyrie. It had an animated quality reminiscent of a fluid watercolor painting while maintaining slick character profiles and movements — definitely one of [...]

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Nexus #100

It’s been a heck of a long time coming (especially if we count the years between #98 and #99) but it looks like Mike Baron & Steve Rude’s Nexus #100 will be hitting shelves later this month. No doubt it’ll be worth the wait and I certainly hope “The Dude” will be back on [...]

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The Office

Once again I find myself somewhat ashamed to admit that I’m relatively new to something that a lot of folks have been enjoying for years. This time around it’s NBC’s The Office. Now don’t get me wrong, I’ve been wanting to see the show for months on end but outside of Football, Hockey [...]

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Patapon

Patapon releases the 26th of February on the Sony PSP.
I’ve been slowing down on game purchases in the last several months with so much to play already, but this one is a no-brainer. Series artist Rolito really hit it out of the park with these little guys and at $19.99 I’m hoping that [...]

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And Speaking of Indiana Jones…

It’s great to have Indy back, its been too long! Or as Harrison Ford put it:
“I’ve been anticipating and hoping we’d have one for the past 15 years.”
Honestly, I can’t wait to sit back in that theater and become a kid again. You can now see the official trailer for Indiana Jones [...]

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Amulet Book 1: The Stonekeeper, by Kazu Kibuishi…

Kazu Kabuishi’s Amulet (from Scholastic Books) is now in stores nationwide and it seems a few news outlets have taken notice as he was recently interviewed by Publisher’s Weekly, The National Post, Newsarama and others about the first book in the series. In the case that you’ve not yet heard about the project, the [...]

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