Review – Astro City #52: Love & Grief
Kurt Busiek and Brent Anderson bring down the curtain on one of comics’ longest-running series – for now.
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Review – Astro City #50: “The Nearness of You” Grief Explored
The man at the center of ‘Astro City’s’ most iconic story returns in a pensive but hopeful tale of how survivors handle loss.
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“Astro City” Hits 100 Issues
A truly brilliant comics achievement: the wonder and sadness of the hundredth issue of Astro City.
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DC Comics This Week – Plant Monsters Everywhere!
Looking for a great superhero comic this week? Check out Astro City, which is head and shoulders above the rest of DC’s offerings this week.
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Punk Rock + Astro City = Excellent Vertigo Week
This week in Vertigo Comics, the debut of a punk rock comic, more Astro City, Art Ops continues its charming weirdness, and an Eric Kripke series proves somewhat disappointing.
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The Revival of Vertigo Comics
Three new titles, two horror, one all-ages, showcase the best of Vertigo Comics’s new direction.
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GeekMom: Comic Book Corner — My Little Pony, Astro City, and DC Comics
Happy New Comic Book release day! This week, we look at My Little Pony and Astro City, as well as discuss DC Comics’ quality issue in comics.
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GeekMom: Comic Book Corner — The Flash, Astro City, Lumberjanes, Red Sonja, and Futures End
This week we explore The Flash: Season Zero, Futures End, Red Sonja, Lumberjanes, and Astro City.
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GeekMom: Comic Book Corner — Forever Evil Ends, Bee and PuppyCat, Justice League, and Afterlife With Archie!
Rachel talks about an an all-ages Kickstarter comic, Corrina reviews how DC ended Forever Evil on a whimper, Lisa looks at the latest Astro City offering, and Melody peeks in on Afterlife With Archie.
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GeekMom: Comic Book Corner — April 9th, 2014
This week we look at the all-ages comic: Skyward, along with Astro City, Aquaman and the Others, How i Made the World, and Dexter Down Under.
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X-Files and Ghostbusters together? He-Man and Superman? Yep, plus Astro City appreciation and a classic look at Spider-Man and Gwen Stacy.
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Serious Comics, Part 5: Truly Super Heroes
Superheroes can be a tricky subject. They’re a staple of the comic book medium, of course, and for many readers (and non-comics-readers) superheroes are pretty much synonymous with comic books. They’re also often two-dimensional and somewhat mindless—but they don’t have to be.
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