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Marvels Snapshots: Sub-Mariner & Fantastic Four
After 25 years of the publication of the groundbreaking Marvels by Kurt Busiek and Alex Ross, both creators decided to celebrate this special anniversary in the best possible way: with a series of...
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Superman: The Man of Steel vol. 1 Deluxe Hardcover edition
In 2015 I finally wrote about John Byrne’s The Man of Steel, one of the best superhero origin stories ever published in the US. I had been wanting to write about it for years but for one reason or...
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Doctor Doom # 1 - Christopher Cantwell & Salvador Larroca
The Fantastic Four are Marvel’s premier superhero family, but also the cornerstone of the Marvel Universe. They were the protagonists of the first superhero comic ever written by Stan Lee. It is often...
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January Films / películas de enero
I love the first 8 minutes of Wonder Woman 1984 (2020), directed by Patty Jenkins; unfortunately, after that it all goes downhill. I blame Geoff Johns for the disastrously bad script that kills this...
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Marvel # 1 - Busiek, Ross, Darnall, Rude et al
In 1939, a small publisher by the name of Timely Comics released an anthology titled Marvel Comics. 30 years later, after the arrival of Stan Lee, that company became Marvel Comics forever changing the...
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January comic books / cómics de enero
In the first month of 2021 I had the chance to read some really good comics: the Marvel anthology and Doctor Doom were great, the first issue of Space Bastards was a lot of fun and the first one of...
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Superman # 1 - John Byrne
For me Superman # 1 was actually Superman # 6. Allow me to explain from the beginning. Many, many years ago, my dad took me to Lima’s biggest book fair. At the time, comics were scarce in the Peruvian...
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Quarantine comic recommended for you!
Un-American Chronicles available now on ComiXology: https://www.comixology.com/Un-American-Chronicles-1/digital-comic/95418“This is just as good as most mainstream titles, and better than many...
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Marvels Snapshots: X-Men & Spider-Man
As the curator of Marvels Snapshots, Kurt Busiek gathered an impressive lineup of talented creators. I was familiar with all of them except the creative team behind “And the Rest Will Follow”...
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February films / películas de febrero
I only saw 2 new movies in February, and then re-watched 2 of my old favorites (expect a similar combination in future months). John Lee Hancock writes and directs The Little Things (2021), a realistic...
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The Punisher # 5-8 (2000) - Garth Ennis & Steve Dillon
Garth Ennis’ Punisher has a considerable amount of blood, viscera, bullets and dead people. And yet, despite all this violence, the Irish writer manages to include hearty doses of black humor, enough...
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February Comics / cómics de febrero
Eternals and the Marvel anthology continue to be good. Of course Doctor Doom has been the greatest title from Marvel in quite a while. I’m enjoying Space Bastards and I’m absolutely loving the...
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Action Comics # 584 & 585 - John Byrne
After the biweekly miniseries The Man of Steel, DC Comics decided to relaunch Superman with a brand-new number one, which would become the flagship title. The second title in terms of importance was...
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Common Grounds # 1 - Troy Hickman, Dan Jurgens and Oeming
Until a few days ago, I had never heard about Troy Hickman, only Jonathan Hickman (no relation). It’s quite unfortunate to see how, sometimes, some of the most talented writers and artists, for one...
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March Films / películas de marzo
Joel Edgerton directs Boy Erased (2018), based on Garrard Conley's autobiographical book, an insightful and fascinating exploration of the conflicts between traditional religion and alternative forms...
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March comics / cómics de marzo
I stayed at home for spring break, but if you think I was bored, oh boy, you are wrong! I had a veritable overdose of new comics, more than in 2020 or even 2019. Eternals continues to be quite good, as...
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Adventures of Superman # 424 & 425 - Marv Wolfman & Jerry Ordway
After Crisis on Infinite Earths, the DC universe was completely restructured. As I explained before, this meant the revamping of Superman at the hands of John Byrne, who was entitled with the flagship...
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Marvels Snapshots: Avengers & Captain America
Every year I spend hours making a ranking of the best published titles and the best authors. 2020 was a strange year, the first time in a decade in which no British writers were on my best-of list. It...
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King-Size Conan - Roy Thomas, Steve McNiven et al
The first time in my life that I bought comic books online was in 2006. I knew exactly what I wanted to buy: the trade paperbacks with the legendary Roy Thomas and Barry Windsor-Smith’s run on Conan...
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April films / películas de abril
Woody Allen’s A Rainy Day in New York (2019) is a charming excursion through the streets of the most famous city in the world. Having visited New York a long time ago, I must say there is always magic...
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