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2021 Comic Books: Arion's Achievement Awards
Even as a busy grad student, I always find time to read comics. So every month, I’m always impatient to read something I haven’t read before or to re-read something that has been reprinted and that had...
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December films / películas de diciembre
At the end of December I had a couple of weeks off, and plenty of time to watch movies. I don’t think I’ve seen that many since I moved to the US so it’s quite a special month. Let’s start with Tick,...
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December comics / cómics de diciembre
In addition to watching movies, during my weeks off in December I read plenty of comics, both old and new. I had so much fun reading old Avatar trade paperbacks (especially Alan Moore’s Hypothetical...
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Monsters - Barry Windsor-Smith
It has taken Barry Windsor-Smith a considerable amount of years to conceive and create his magnum opus, Monsters, a masterpiece unlike anything I’ve seen before and one that has arrived at the right...
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January Films / películas de enero
In January I had the chance to find a great selection of 2021 productions, starting with my favorite of the bunch È stata la mano di Dio (2021), a fascinating biographic, coming of age tale by renowned...
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January Comics / cómics de enero
We started 2022 with only a handful of comics, but all really good. The first issue of Arrowsmith exceeded my expectations, great story and great art. Eternals continues to surprise me. As usual I...
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Marvel #5 - Alex Ross, Gene Ha, Adam Hugues et al
Exactly a year ago I started reviewing Marvel, an anthology series in which so many talented creators have participated. Here, as in previous issues, the opening pages are by Alex Ross and Steve...
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February films / películas de febrero
Famous French filmmaker Jean-Pierre Jeunet surprises us with BigBug (2022), a dark comedy that takes place in a slightly dystopian future, in which people have relinquished too much control to robots....
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Action Comics # 587 & 588 - John Byrne
A year ago I started reviewing Action Comics, and seems like in 2021 I only had time to write about issues 584, 585 and 586. So in case you were impatient to know what else happened in John Byrne’s...
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February comics / cómics de febrero
Month 2, of 2022, and I only got, that’s right, 2 comics. So obviously it’ll only take me 2 minutes to talk about them! I was delighted to see Peter Milligan and Mike Allred returning to the pages of...
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Amazon versus Comixology (with my comics in the middle!)
From comic creators to fans, since February everyone seems to be complaining about the disappearance of Comixology. I guess, in many ways, we all knew it was going to happen. 8 years ago Amazon bought...
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March films / películas de marzo
I’ve always been a fan of Wes Anderson but that doesn’t mean I automatically love all his movies. Luckily now he’s done it again with the magnificent The French Dispatch (2021), a breathtakingly...
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March Comics / cómics de marzo
In March, instead of traveling for spring break, I stayed at home and read comics! Good vacations, indeed. For the first time in years, half of the comics this month came from DC, including the final...
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Marvel’s Voices: Pride # 1
In June 2021, to celebrate pride month, both DC and Marvel released for the first time an anthology entirely devoted to LGBT characters. Both anthologies were of course non-essential in terms of...
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Dawn of the Undead on Amazon!
Dawn of the Undead is a comic book anthology that reunites a very talented creative team. In addition to my first zombie story, this book includes the first chapter of a wonderful sci-fi odyssey, plus...
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April Films / películas de abril
April was a good month (it's been years since the last time I saw so many movies). After Christopher Nolan’s groundbreaking trilogy, I thought nothing could ever compare to it, but turns out The Batman...
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April comic books / Cómics de abril
In April I finally got the Captain Britain Omnibus Hardcover, a magnificent edition that includes Alan Moore’s entire run, and his first and only contribution to Marvel Comics; a true gem, this one. I...
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Dawn of the Undead # 2 on Amazon
It's time to read Dawn of the Undead # 2! You can find it on Amazon:https://www.amazon.com/Dawn-Undead-2-Arcadio-Bolanos-ebook/dp/B09NPT3YK5This is the sequel to the first Dawn of the Undead story, and...
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May Films / películas de mayo
As I mentioned last month, I felt like I needed to watch all James Bond movies again, but I also had the chance to enjoy some new productions and Old too of course. Based on the graphic novel by...
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Marvel # 6 - Ross, Darnall, Bermejo et al
It has taken me almost 2 years to finish reviewing the 6-issue miniseries aptly titled Marvel. Following an anthological format rarely seen these days in the Big Two, Marvel turned out to be a...
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