LittleBigPlanet Arrives!

…Well, I’m still waiting on my copy to arrive, but LittleBigPlanet officially hit store shelves earlier this week and I’m hoping that when I get home from work today that the game will be waiting for me so that I can give it a go before hitting the books again this evening.  By all indications [...]

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Usagi Yojimbo #115

My copy of Usagi Yojimbo #115 arrives this Friday, so I haven’t had the chance to enjoy the story yet (and I still need to review #114 to boot!) but for anyone interested in a preview of the contents, here’s Dark Horse’s Solicitation and preview pages to enjoy (thanks to the Usagi Yojimbo Dojo!) before [...]

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Gemstone’s ‘08 Halloween Ashcan

Over the past several years Gemstone Publishing has released Halloween ashcans, which feature Donald Duck, Uncle Scrooge, the nephews and other Disney cast characters in several short holiday-themed stories, all in the hopes that you’ll have something unique and rewarding to pass out to trick-or-treaters and to enjoy yourself while you wait.  It’s a great [...]

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And Speaking of Alan Davis & Captain Britain…

CAPTAIN BRITAIN BY ALAN MOORE & ALAN DAVIS OMNIBUS HC

Written by ALAN MOORE, ALAN DAVIS, DAVE THORPE, PAUL NEARY, MICHAEL CARLIN, STEVE CRADDOCK, MIKE COLLINS, JAMIE DELANO & CHRIS CLAREMONT
Penciled by ALAN DAVIS & PAUL NEARY
Covers by ALAN DAVIS
One of the Marvel Universe’s most staggering sagas from two of Britain’s most remarkable writers, reprinted in [...]

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Meggan, Captain Britain and MI:13 #9

If you’ve been hanging around here awhile, you’ll know of the high, high esteem in which I hold Davis and Claremont’s Excalibur.  It’s one of my favorite runs of all time and I’ve re-read it more times than I can count.  Well, Captain Britain and Meggan were always one of the most compelling parts of [...]

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Dragon Quest IX: Protectors of the Sky (DS)

Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King (PS2; 2005) was my first foray into the world of Yuuji Horii and Akira Toriyama’s Dragon Quest series since the early days of the NES’ Dragon Warrior (which I obtained in the popular Nintendo Power giveaway) and I was so enamored with the game, its mechanics, rich [...]

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Suicide Squad & The Secret Six

I really enjoyed Gail Simone’s Villain’s United mini-series during the Infinite Crisis build-up several years ago, and I’m waiting anxiously Secret Six Vol. 2 to be released and collected before picking up both vol. 1-2 in TPB (better late than never for that first go around).  Granted, it’ll be several months before that happens but [...]

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Treehouse of Horror: Dead Men’s Jest

Everyone loves The Simpsons “Treehouse of Horror” episodes and in case you need some more Halloween-themed material to digest (no, not literally) this holiday Harper Collins has released a 128 page TPB collecting a bunch of the creepy tales.  I thought about posting the HarperCollins solicitation but The Scoop did a much better job providing [...]

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Walt Disney Comics & Stories #695

I’m always particularly glad to see Disney comics available around the holidays and according to The Scoop we’ve got some great stuff in store.  I haven’t heard anything about the small trick-or-treat giveaway issues that Gemstone has done in years past so if anyone knows please let me know:
“Booo-oo-hahaa! Who’s that dapper duck in a [...]

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Level 5 & Studio Ghibli’s “Ni No Kuni”

You can’t take a few days off without missing some grand announcement these days, and given that this was actually announced at the end of last month I don’t know where the heck I was to have missed it (outside of my face firmly being planted in a textbook).  So, for those like myself that [...]

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