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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: The Last Dragon by Jane Yolen and Rebecca Guay

Two hundred years ago, humans drove the dragons from the islands of May. Now, the last of the dragons rises to wreak havoc anew—with only a healer’s daughter and a kite-flying would-be hero standing in its way. See below for a review of Jane Yolen and Rebecca Guay’s graphic novel The Last Dragon.

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Review: Spectrum #0 from Alan Tudyk and Nathan Fillion

On Free Comic Book Day (Saturday May 7!) we’ll finally get to see Spectrum. Not a preview or a handful of pages, but a full-length issue from writers Alan Tudyk and PJ Haarsma and artist Sarah Stone, the artist of Transformers: Windblade, so I was throwing my money at them as soon as I heard

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Binary System Podcast #33 – WTNV #86 “Standing and Breathing”

You can listen to this episode on our Binary System Podcast channel at Anchor.fm! In this week’s Night Vale episode we got to see a lot more of these Strangers that aren’t doing much, except standing there…and breathing… andthensuddenlyappearingrightnexttoyouwithoutmoving YIPE! After that we talked about what we’re catching up on (Daredevil, House of Cards, and

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Review – Transformers #52

All Hail Optimus part 3! Optimus Prime has declared the Earth to be his territory… but even he can’t go it alone. Now he reaches out across the galaxy to form a coalition — of old friends and older enemies. Click the jump for preview pages and a review of Transformers #52!

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Review – Court of the Dead: The Chronicle of the Underworld

This dark, sprawling realm is rife with unimaginable creatures, feral beauties and dazzling temptations the likes of which you have never seen. Luckily, you have a guidebook… I got lucky with this review: I wanted to take a look at the upcoming Court of the Dead: The Chronicle of the Underworld just because I liked the

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Review: I Hate Fairyland – Volume One

“Over the top” doesn’t begin to cover it. The first volume of Skottie Young’s I Hate Fairyland isn’t some sweet story in a land of spun-sugar towers and graceful unicorns, or the otherworldly beauty of Oz. It isn’t even the cute cartoon mayhem of his Little X-Men, Little Avengers issues. Fairyland is violent and goofy and gross, as

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WonderCon 2016 – Cosplay Gallery 2

Our WonderCon coverage continues, today with another gallery of some of the amazing cosplay at this year’s convention. (We also threw in some of the toys and collectables we spotted, because who doesn’t like toys?) As always, if you spot yourself or someone you know, give a shout out in the comments, we always like

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Review -Transformers – More Than Meets the Eye #51

“If you want to break someone — mentally, physically, emotionally — wait until they’re happy. Let them live and love and thrive. Once they recognize the value of a life well lived… THAT’S when you move in for the kill. Because you can’t take anything from someone who has nothing to lose.” –Tarn The Decepticon Justice Division has the crew of the Lost Light

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WonderCon 2016 – DC Rebirth Event Highlights

This weekend DC Comics announced all the details of the upcoming Rebirth event at a highly-anticipated panel at WonderCon 2016. The atmosphere in the packed-to-capacity room was surprisingly optimistic, despite fans having some serious problems with New 52 and Convergence. The DC higher ups took the right tone: when talking about DC’s recent history Dan Didio even

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