A Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays Folks!

Just wanted to take a moment to wish all of those that visit good ‘ol Duckburg a “Merry Christmas” and “Happy Holidays!”  I’ll be enjoying the holidays with family and friends over the next 2 weeks and I hope you good folks will have the chance to enjoy some time off work, school, etc. to [...]

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Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon Gets a U.S. Release Date!

Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon (DS) finally has a North American release date.  I was getting a little impatient having been waiting for this for so long and knowing that it had already released in Europe, and I even looked at importing it, but given the conversion rate (and my difficulty in finding a reputable outlet [...]

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Persona 3 FES & Persona 4…Bit by the Bug!

The Shin Megami games have always been appealing to me -  I love a good horror story and these have always stood out to me as the video game equivalent of a good, scary, story (which isn’t to say there aren’t a couple of themes I could do without) wrapped up with impressive RPG game [...]

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Coming Soon: Usagi Yojimbo #116

Just a reminder that Usagi Yojimbo #116 “The Outlaw” hit store shelves yesterday.  And just as an FYI, sales from the Usagi TPB collections sell very well for Dark Horse, but if you can manage it, don’t forget about the single issues which helps to ensure that we get this fantastic title every month. Plus, [...]

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Jim Cheung, The Clone Wars, and Usagi on FCBD 2009

For next years Free Comic Book Day event (May 2, 2009) Marvel will be offering The Avengers by Brian Michael Bendis and Jim Cheung  in a new story with heavy ties to the happenings in the Marvel Universe.  Great news, in some respects, as it features Jim Cheung’s fantastic artwork, but try as I might [...]

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Star Wars: The Clone Wars

I regret that I haven’t had the chance to comment yet on Star Wars: The Clone Wars animated television series (airing on Cartoon Network each Friday evening), but now that I’ve got a little more free time before school starts up again I wanted to remedy that and yack a little about what has quickly [...]

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WDC&S #698 and Gottfredson!

I didn’t have the good fortune of growing up with Carl Bark’s classic Duck stories (like many others I discovered those much later in life) and the process of compiling a respectable collection over the last 6-7 years has been a real joy.  And now I’m enthusiastically working on Floyd Gottfredson’s Mickey Mouse stories as [...]

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Mouse Guard #4 and the “Ballad of the Ivory Lass”

Mouse Guard #4 shipped on Nov. 26th, but it wasn’t until last night that I could finally sit down and read it.  And as I read through the story I was once again struck by just how harsh the world really is for the citizens of Lockhaven and those that protect her. Of course, battling [...]

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Geoff Johns and Leaving the Justice Society…

I was saddened the other day to hear that Geoff Johns, long time scribe of the Justice Society of America, will be leaving the book following the conclusion of his stand alone Black Adam story (“Black Adam Ruined My Birthday!”) in issue #26.  I can’t fault him for doing so, he’s put genuine effort  into [...]

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“Give Me a Fast Ship For I Intend To Go In Harms Way.”

I’m just finishing up the semester where my U.S. Navy course is concerned, and I have to say that it’s been one of the most rewarding classes I’ve yet taken. I’ve got [3] essays waiting for me as the final approaches tomorrow but regardless of the outcome I’ve learned more than I could have imagined [...]

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