Tom Shapira
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Israeli comics critic: The Comics Journal, Solrad, PanelXPanel, other places. End the occupation.
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I do love a dose of dry British wit, but let us be serious for a moment
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Lose the apostrophe and it's probably the best sentence Bulgakov ever wrote
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'you hardly touched your 17,000,000 French roll'
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One morning, when Gary Groth woke from troubled dreams, he found himself transformed into a publisher of Marvel Comics.
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And yet Popeye never won a GLAAD award
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Wimpy is the John Constantine of the Popeye universe
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Goddamn Elden Ring bosses
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Pretty sure that's Swiss Miss from Spider-Man: The Musical
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Walter Trier covers for Lilliput
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Let me write this. I'll win you an Eisner and a Pulitzer.
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One morning, when Gary Groth woke from troubled dreams, he found himself transformed into a publisher of Marvel Comics.
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Walter Trier covers for Lilliput
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Editor: You get those new scripts for G.I.Joe: A Real American Hero? Larry Hama: Sure did boss, real fuckin neo-marxist just like you asked. Editor: what
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I must sell books to make room for new books that I will later sell to make room for new books that I will later sell to make room for new books that I will later sell to make room for new books that I will later sell to make room for new books that I will later sell to make room for new books that
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"your story has been rejected"
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Arthur Barbosa
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Judges (16:28-30)
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Judges (19: 29–30)
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Revelation 13:1–10
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Book of Genesis (chapter 32:22–32)
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Book of Judges. Chapter 1, Verse 1
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Ennis / Ezquerra / Baumann / Robbins War Story: Condors
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I believe the first national-level politician to quote Warhammer 40K has not only been born, but is already walking among us as an adult.
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Can anybody recognize the artist here? A children's version of Last of the Mohicans, no credit anywhere. Looks a bit like Hugo Pratt to me, but I don't think it's him.
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Random Arthur Ferrier
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Carl WOKE Clausewitz (I'll see myself out)
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Also, this collection doesn't have the "Vendetta in Gotham" story even though "Die Laughing" directly builds on it. An odd choice.
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Ste Jormur
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2000AD Randomizer
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"if you were in charge of star trek, what would you do?" Bunch of hitchhikers with their thumb up on an astroid. A literal star trek.
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Young Geof Darrow is just lazy - there are less than 300 unique figures in this page
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Shelf Power Overload
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"Home is the sailor, home from sea / And the hunter home from the hill" Wherein I review the new edition of Corto Maltese on
@comicsjournal.bsky.social
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www.tcj.com/reviews/cort...
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Corto Maltese: Fable of Venice and Other Stories - The Comics Journal
Corto Maltese: Fable of Venice and Other Stories (Fantagraphics, 2026) reviewed by Tom Shapira.
https://www.tcj.com/reviews/corto-maltese-fable-of-venice-and-other-stories/
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'writing about SILENT PICTURES is like dancing on acupuncture.' Don't ask me who, but someone probably said it. Still, I give it my best shot. Read my review of latest and last of Kevin O'Neill on
@solrad.bsky.social
solrad.co/a-work-of-a-...
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A Work Of A Man Starting At The End: Tom Shapira on SILENT PICTURES by Kevin O'Neill - SOLRAD
Today on SOLRAD, we feature Tom Shapira on SILENT PICTURES by Kevin O'Neill
https://solrad.co/a-work-of-a-man-starting-at-the-end-tom-shapira-on-silent-pictures-by-kevin-oneill
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Tag your favourite comics artist
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'writing about SILENT PICTURES is like dancing on acupuncture.' Don't ask me who, but someone probably said it. Still, I give it my best shot. Read my review of latest and last of Kevin O'Neill on
@solrad.bsky.social
solrad.co/a-work-of-a-...
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A Work Of A Man Starting At The End: Tom Shapira on SILENT PICTURES by Kevin O'Neill - SOLRAD
Today on SOLRAD, we feature Tom Shapira on SILENT PICTURES by Kevin O'Neill
https://solrad.co/a-work-of-a-man-starting-at-the-end-tom-shapira-on-silent-pictures-by-kevin-oneill
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"Home is the sailor, home from sea / And the hunter home from the hill" Wherein I review the new edition of Corto Maltese on
@comicsjournal.bsky.social
. It's great!
www.tcj.com/reviews/cort...
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Corto Maltese: Fable of Venice and Other Stories - The Comics Journal
Corto Maltese: Fable of Venice and Other Stories (Fantagraphics, 2026) reviewed by Tom Shapira.
https://www.tcj.com/reviews/corto-maltese-fable-of-venice-and-other-stories/
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