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Quips From A Clerk: The Batman Essentials

We all know the big characters out there, but do we know how to start them? How does a new reader learn about characters that have been around for 75 years? There are the collection books that both DC and Marvel have created, collecting the golden age books, but is that enough? Is that really…

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iThing Of The Week: Dropbox

Sorry for the delay on the iThing of the Week this week but I had some severe writer’s block going on.  But have no fear, there is a new iThing for me to tell you all about. This week we are taking a look at the Dropbox app for iOS.  I don’t know about you…

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Wednesday’s Webcomic: The Horror Comics of Emily Carroll

Today’s selection is actually a collection of brief short stories by artist Emily Carroll. At times haunting, at times terrifying, Emily Carroll’s comics are always vibrantly colored to great and disturbing effect. The writing has the feel of a old campfire story, a cautionary folk tale passed down from generation to generation. Carroll also makes…

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Bachman’s Best – CM Punk’s Grammar Slam

The best thing I saw last week was CM Punk’s Grammar Slam presented by the Nerdist Channel on YouTube. Here I found a kind hearted wrasslin man trying to increase the correct use of grammar on the internet and hopefully lower the community rage created by those unable to use correct grammar in their communications…

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Quips From A Clerk: Individual Issues vs. Trade Paperbacks

A question often asked in the shop is what is the best way to read comics. Read them collected in trade paperback form, or wait month to month for individual issues. Honestly its a personal preference, but I feel some series are better to be read collected rather than waiting. Most of the horror and…

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iThing Of The Week: Flipboard

Hey everyone, I’m Chris and I’ll be filling on the iThing Of The Week while Michelle is away.  If you’re a reader of the site you’ve probably seen me write a variety of random articles.  I tend to write about news that interests me as it pops up and never on much of a set…

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Wednesday’s Webcomic: The Locked Maze

My apologies for the unexpected hiatus! I moved last week and it was a whirlwind of packing, hauling, and unpacking, followed by a really intense work schedule and then some much needed rest. And now we return to your regularly scheduled programming…. This week’s selection is an all-too-brief and absolutely stunning complete comic called The Locked Maze. While…

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iThing of the Week: Haunting Melissa

Haunting Melissa is the first app I know of that is a serialized story. Directed by Neal Edelstein (producer, The Ring) and written by Andrew Klavan (producer, Don’t Stay a Word), Haunting Melissa is a found-footage horror story. The story is about Melissa (Kassia Warshawski), who is dealing with the recent death of her mother,…

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Bachman’s Best – The Wolverine

  98% spoiler free The best thing I saw last week was Hugh Jackman reprise his most famous role for the 6th time as The Wolverine.  He’s setting records as he is returning once again as Logan/Wolverine in Bryan Singers currently filming X-Men: Days of Future Past coming May of next year. I was originally…

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Quips From A Clerk: That One Character…

I talk to a lot of people in the shop, and I try very hard to be as open minded as I can be when it comes to old and new books. But everybody has that one (or sometimes two) character that they just cannot enjoy for what they are. For me those characters are…

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