C is for Commentary: Previews #286


Ghost #0

Ghost #0



Westfield’s Josh Crawley looks at awesome comics in the new Previews including Dark Horse’s Ghost #0, DC’s Talon #0, and Action Lab’s Princeless: Short Stories for Warrior Women #1

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C is for Commentary: Previews #276


Astonishing X-Men #44

Astonishing X-Men #44



Westfield’s Josh Crawley looks at some of the cool items in the new issue of Previews.

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C is for Commentary: Previews #270


Scary Godmother Comic Book Stories

Scary Godmother Comic Book Stories



Westfield’s Josh Crawley takes a look at product in the new Previews.

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Fifth Degree: Previews #264


by Josh Crawley

It’s that time of the month already?! Let’s get to it!

Artifacts Vol. 01 TPB

Artifacts Volume 1 Trade Paperback.

Less than $10 (USD, SRP) for four issues of this gorgeous, awesome event from Top Cow? It’s a little mind-boggling, I know. Sit down, sip a little warm milk – and if you’re one of those people who still insists Top Cow is just about T&A, throw that misconception out the window and take a chance on this book. Ron Marz is on his game, and Michael Broussard’s artwork has never looked better, in part thanks to the amazing contributions of Sal Regla, Rick Basaldua, and Sunny Gho.

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Fifth Degree: Ron Marz’s Artifacts #1


Artifacts #1

by Josh Crawley

I’m sure some people (mostly Westfield Comics retail store customers and employees), are getting tired of me raving about and pushing some of the more recent Top Cow Universe comic books. Well, until more people start listening to me and actually trying them out instead of holding onto vague, if not out-of-date, perceptions of the publisher’s products, I’m going to keep preaching.

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Fifth Degree: Previews 261 + Marvel Previews #82


Fear Agent #29

By Josh Crawley

As I write this, I’m listening to John Siuntris interview Kelly Sue DeConnick for his Word Balloon podcast. Maybe if you listen to it while reading this, you’ll understand me just a little bit better…

Probably not.

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Interview: Ron Marz on Image/Top Cow’s Artifacts


Artifacts #1 cover A

In his career in comics, Ron Marz has written such books as Marvel’s Silver Surfer, DC’s Green Lantern and Ion, Dark Horse’s Star Wars: Darth Maul, and CrossGen’s Mystic and Scion. Recently, he has written a number of Top Cow titles, which are published by Image, including Witchblade, First Born, Angelus, and Magdalena. This month he begins Artifacts, a series that will change the Top Cow Universe. Westfield’s Roger Ash recently spoke with Ron about this series.

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10 Things I Like About July ’10 Comics (and a couple I’m not so crazy about)


by KC Carlson

Batman: Odyssey

1. CLASSIC CREATORS RETURN TO CLASSIC CHARACTERS: Neal Adams writes and illustrates Batman: Odyssey, a new six-part miniseries from DC Comics. For those of us reading comics in the late 1960s and 70s, Adams was THE Batman artist, so his return to write and draw a brand-new Batman tale (featuring a bunch of classic friends and foes) is pretty big news.

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