*|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|* #28 Ed’s Early Evaluations Ahoy-hoy Friends! I’ve been thinking about the format of these reviews, well maybe format is the wrong word. I’ve been thinking about the selection process of what books I cover. In the past I just kinda read what piqued my interest from the new selections, then recently I found out we do spotlights in the newsletter. So I started focusing on the spotlight content, along with that I am making it a goal to read one book per publisher with an emphasis on new…
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*|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|* #27 Ed’s Early Evaluations Ahoy-hoy Friends! February already! Surprisingly not very many new titles coming out this year, nothing new from DC, one or two titles from some other publishers and I think Marvel only put out about a thousand new titles this week, haha. I think “The After Realm” is my favorite this time around. Anyways, on to the reviews “The After Realm” Image: This is a great book for fans of Thor, Ragnarök, or Adventure Time. Plus, it’s a quarterly…
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*|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|* #26 Ed’s Early Evaluations Ahoy-hoy Friends! It’s been an exciting week, visiting American wastelands, alien planets, and the Victorian Arctic. And it’s been an exhausting week learning all of Brian’s tasks around the shop. I’ve got big shoes to fill and I hope it’s not too bumpy a transition. Also be on the lookout for a new previews list at the front counter. See you around the shop–Ed “Avengers Of The Wasteland” Marvel: I’m really surprised I enjoyed this, like at all. Mark Millar’s “Old Man Logan” is…
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#25 Ed’s Early Evaluations Welcome back friends, we’ve got a wide selection of styles to choose from this week. Proton Pack parables to street level zombie slaying sleepovers! See you Around The Shop–Ed “Ghostbusters Year One” IDW: It’s a fine enough story focusing on you guessed it, the earliest adventures of the Ghostbusters. Writing is actually really good and captures the tone and style of each character well. The art however is too cartoony, too much of a caricature. I’m not expecting photo quality realism but if I didn’t…
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#24 Ed’s Early Evaluations Ahoy-hoy friends, another week another round of books! So, I just found out that on the weekly newsletter we highlight certain issues and I thought it’d be good to focus on those first. Then if I’ve got the time, I can read a few more. See you around the shop–Ed “Iron Man 2020” Marvel: So, I guess there have been some pretty big changes to Tony Stark, spoilers he’s . I’m pretty sure that happened a while ago though. This story follows his brother Arno,…
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Sorry for the delayed email this week! Chalk it up to a change-up here at Fantasium. Ed will be taking over doing the newsletter moving forward as it is with a heavy heart full of bittersweet feelings, that I let ya’ll know that my (Brian’s) chapter at Fantasium is coming to a close. It’s been an absolute joy getting to know all of you over the last 3 years. Talking books, music, travel, and all things life with you guys was one of the many things that made this…
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