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llyzabeth

aka Elizabeth Wallace. Full-time graphic designer, part-time book reviewer and violinist. Slightly weird, usually nice, occasionally grumpy, always preoccupied.

Review – Wonder Woman: Rebirth #1

I remember believing that “wonder” meant “awe.” That the name they gave me spoke of admiration. Perhaps it did, once. But the story keeps changing. I’ve been curious about Wonder Woman: Rebirth #1 ever since it was announced: Diana has had a tough time reaching the same status as the rest of the DC Trinity, and I’m

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Binary System Podcast: Intermission #1

A new Welcome To Night Vale episode dropped yesterday, and we haven’t had time to listen to it and record a podcast. (Darn that pesky East/West Coast time difference.) So that’ll go up next week. In the meantime, here’s what we’re currently reading, watching, working on, and drinking.

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Review: Batman Rebirth #1

Changes may be coming up for the Bat Family, but this issue’s story is a call back to simpler times: recruit a teammate, fight a bad guy, set the scene for a new chapter in a familiar story. Click the jump for a (spoilery) review of Batman Rebirth #1.

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Review – Transformers More Than Meets the Eye 53

The Dying of the Light part 4! Twilight’s last gleaming! The end is nigh. No chance of escape. No last-minute reprieve. But nothing loosens the tongue like imminent death, and the crew of the Lost Light use their final hours to say what—until now—was unsayable. Is this the end? No, this isn’t the end. Not

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RIP Darwyn Cooke: a look at The Twilight Children

I’d already planned on reviewing The Twilight Children this week since the collected volume is now in stores, but the review has turned into a eulogy too: the illustrator Darwyn Cooke passed away this past Saturday of lung cancer at the age of 53. Anything I say about it now is going to seem a little

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Review – Love: The Lion

The third in a series of “wildlife graphic novels” hits stores this June, click the jump for the book trailer and a review of the often perplexing, but still pretty gorgeous, Love: The Lion.

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Binary System Podcast #36 – Alice Isn’t Dead Chapter 5: Signs and Wonders

You can listen to this episode on our Binary System Podcast channel at Anchor.fm! On this week’s episode we’re discussing Captain America: Civil War (don’t worry, no spoilers,) Daredevil (nope, no spoilers here either,) High-Rise (still no spoilers) and recap the latest episode of Alice Isn’t Dead. (Lots of spoilers there.) Along the way we get into

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Review – Captain America: Civil War

I just got back from Captain America: Civil War and wanted to write a review while it was still fresh in my brain. I really liked it, and I definitely thought it was worth the wait. That’s it. Goodnight everybody! Kidding. It’d be a pretty boring review if I didn’t have at least a couple minor

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