Comics Fondle

I rarely mention editors because I like to pretend comic books–even mainstream comic books–in the end, succeed or fail based on the content, not the politics behind the content. With Dead of Night Featuring Man-Thing, however, it’s impossible to ignore the editorial “contribution.” Man-Thing is well-written and well-illustrated, but it’s a bad comic. Why? Not […]

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I’ve read this Man-Thing comic before, the movie prequel, but not since having actually seen the movie. Rodionoff sprinkles the comic with tie-ins, the same characters, some of the same scenery showing up in Kyle Hotz’s art, but it’s rather separate from the movie. The big difference–and what I loved about the comic when I […]

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