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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.
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Review – Transformers #49

Conquerors: Conclusion! The most dramatic action ever taken by an Autobot sets the stage for next month’s mammoth issue 50. Earth and Cybertron. Optimus Prime and Galvatron. Soundwave and Cosmos.  It all comes together at four billion miles an hour. Click the jump for a review of Transformers #49.

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Review: The Last Cyclops

Late last year Sarah Goodnow Riley-Land released The Last Cyclops as a small zine. It’s been described as a “folk art comic,” and that seems appropriate: it’s quirky and original, both in the art and the storytelling, with a refreshingly straightforward style. Also for the next few days it’s available digitally for free, and you should check it out.

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Transformers: Robots in Disguise Returns to Cartoon Network

Hasbro Studios, the Los Angeles-based entertainment division of Hasbro, Inc. today that the  popular kids television series Transformers: Robots in Disguise will return for a second season on Cartoon Network in the U.S., which consistently ranks as a top-rated network in Total Day for kids ages 6-11. The latest installment in the global TRANSFORMERS franchise

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Review – Legend of Wonder Woman #1

The first issue of DC’s 9-issue Wonder Woman series is in stores tomorrow. In a few months we’ll finally see Wonder Woman on the big screen in Batman v Superman, and this new series is DC’s attempt to make the Wonder Woman character resonate with people the same way Bats and Supes have for years. So how’re

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Get ready – Secret Wars: The Story So Far

It’s the story that has the whole world on the edge of its seat, the biggest Marvel event of all time. And on January 13 it all comes crashing down and births the All-New, All-Different Marvel Universe. To get ready for this gargantuan battle royale, Marvel is excited to present “SECRET WARS: THE STORY SO FAR.”

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Review: The Night Parade

Kathryn Tanquary has created a beautiful story of magic, spirits, family, and growing up. It takes place in rural Japan, and each character is more bizarre and whimsical than the last. While the plot is often simplistic and random, younger readers might enjoy the adventure. I kept hoping for some kind of logic to Saki’s journey

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Review: Tyson Hesse’s Diesel #4

Look, man. I’m not exactly what you’d call a “history expert.” If it happened before I was born, how important could it really be? I’d thought by the end of Diesel #3 that Dee was well into her “growing the hell up” phase, when she realized that her whole “sitting back and waiting for the

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Top 15 Comic Book Artists of 2015

Just to add one more “Best Of 2015” tally to the interwebs, I’m throwing in my “Top Comic Book Artists of 2015” vote. Let’s face it, Marvel walked away with this one. Battleworld blew the doors off the place, but pre-Secret Wars and All-New All-Different Marvel continue to make things difficult for any other publisher

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