Graphic Update: Joe The Barbarian

With moments of such honesty and self-awareness, it's a shame Joe The Barbarian's story is so clumsily inconsistent as it is poetic.

Joe The Barbarian isn’t my favorite comic. There is a middle-portion of the story that I found annoyingly boring. I kinda wanted to see a “Choose Your Own Adventure” segment of this book where the little runt dies. “Take that, kid with hypoglycemia and a newly dead, war veteran, father.”

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Graphic Update: The Unexpected

A collection of works breathing life into the suspense and horror genre pulp comics once represented.

Work, photography and dance have been occupying a ton of my creative energies. Time to go back to my roots. That’s right. Writing grammatically incorrect sentences for the web.

You’re probably wondering why you are seeing my thoughts about comics again. Thanks to our unseasonably warm Sprinter [or is it Wring?], I’ve made it a point to dig through my ever growing backlog of comics, finding a park bench, and burying myself within pages of strange tales. I mean, it’s either that or writing about video games -- and I’m not in a rush to receive the poorly spelled death threats via tweet and e-mail. Let us frolic!

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Graphic Update: Comics -- Why You No Like The Blacks?

Representation of minorities in media doesn't stop at the characters. I guess comics and video games have a lot more in common than I thought.

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Graphic Update: Asterios Polyp

I’m terrible at preparing for long distance travel. Choosing something to read on a flight gives me the sweats. In August I visited San Diego, I took Phonogram: Rue Brittania and Asterios Polyp. I’ll just say I’m glad I read “Phonogram” first. When you’re trapped on a plane with a crying baby and a man who smells like sour bratwurst, you’ll thank me for recommending this book.

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Graphic Update: Black Dynamite -- The Comic

The things I'm allowed to read at work while on my lunch break...

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Graphic Update: American Vampire Volume 1

Albuquerque's amazing art draws in any reader, but this end game of American Vampire is a bit of a mess.

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Graphic Update: Wilson

Last Sunday's park reading is this week's tragic review. Inquire within.

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Graphic Update: My Year With Preacher

No one ever says, "I want to read a graphic novel series AND have one of the worst years of their lives." But here we are.

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