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  • Death in Comic Books

    Death in Comic Books

    Death. The big dirt nap.  Worm Food.  Six feet under.  No matter what you call it when your times up, and your ticket is punched, Death comes for you and there’s no escaping it.  It’s an inevitability of life.  That is unless you’re a comic book character.  Then for you death is just a momentary [...]

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  • The Ties That Bind

    The Ties That Bind

    “As long as the ties that bind us together are stronger than those that would tear us apart, all will be well.” What does that statement mean? Right now, I know what you’re all saying, “What does this all have to do with comic books?  Get to the point already!”  Well, never fear because I [...]

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  • Summer Time: A New Beginning

    Summer Time: A New Beginning

    Summer time.  I love this time of year.  It’s one of my favorite seasons.  The sun is shining, blockbuster movies are in the theater and the days are long.  It’s also a great time to be reading comic books. Within the comic book industry we are constantly exposed to a myriad variety of entertaining and [...]

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  • Comic Book Ramblings

    Comic Book Ramblings

    OK, well as I sit here trying to come up with one main topic to discuss for my column this week, I find my head filled with a million and one different things.  I mean just look at the time right now 5:26 am EST.  This is the result of to much coffee and not [...]

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  • Where Does the Time Go?

    Where Does the Time Go?

    Where does the time go?  I guess that’s the question of the day.  As I sit here in front of my computer sipping my cup of coffee and contemplating what to write the new installment of my column about, that phrase just keeps repeating over and over again in my head. I mean after all, [...]

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  • Comic Books and the Real World

    Comic Books and the Real World

    Comic Books have always had both feet firmly planted in the fantastic but sometimes the lines between fantasy and reality can become blurred and then we find comic books with one foot in the fantasy world and the other foot firmly grounded in reality.  The industry has at times during its long and storied history [...]

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