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Trusty Henchman
Nov 101 min read
Down In The Gutters: Hieroglyph
This installment will take a quick look at the 1999 Dark Horse mini-series Hieroglyph! Created by Ricardo Delgado (Age of Reptiles),...
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Trusty Henchman
Nov 61 min read
Down In The Gutters: Marvel's Shadows & Light
This installment spotlights the oddly obscure 1998 Marvel series Shadows & Light. A direct answer to the insanely popular Batman B&W...
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Trusty Henchman
Aug 261 min read
Down In The Gutters: The Legend of Mother Sarah
This episode spotlights the unfinished (for North American audiences) series by Katsuhiro Otomo and Takumi Nagayasu! Can't get enough...
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Trusty Henchman
Jun 281 min read
Down In The Gutters: Pablo's Inferno
Down in The Gutters is a new series spotlighting comics and graphic novels that I feel have been forgotten, overlooked, or just don't get en
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Trusty Henchman
Jul 9, 20218 min read
Southland Tales: A Transmedia Experiment Gone Awry
Part III: All These Things That I've Done The musical sequence above featuring Justin Timberlake dancing to The Killers' 'All These...
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Trusty Henchman
Jul 8, 20214 min read
Southland Tales: A Transmedia Experiment Gone Awry
Part II: USIdent Bear in mind that there's really not much info available about the website online anymore (at least, not that I could...
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Trusty Henchman
Jul 6, 20217 min read
Southland Tales: A Transmedia Experiment Gone Awry
Part I: The Prequel Saga Originally published in three smaller parts starting in May of 2006 with the final chapter being released in...
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Trusty Henchman
Jul 4, 20216 min read
Southland Tales: A Transmedia Experiment Gone Awry
Intro: A Glorious Train Wreck of Ambition & Imagination It's been a bit over twelve years since I originally saw Southland Tales, and...
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Trusty Henchman
Feb 14, 20215 min read
Moral Dilemmas: Memory, Identity, & Moral Culpability
This particular moral dilemma asks the question, "Does the absence of memories forgive the perpetrator of their crime?". This stems out...
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Trusty Henchman
Jan 10, 20217 min read
Ink & Pixels: The March Towards Same Day Release
Over the past few months there have been some interesting developments in regard to digital comic release schedules. There have been bits...
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Trusty Henchman
Dec 13, 20209 min read
Moral Dilemmas: The Ethical Ambiguity of Mutant Resurrection (HoX/PoX)
This one is a doozy, so a couple quick notes to start us out: 1) Major spoilers going forward if you haven't read House of X/Powers of X,...
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Trusty Henchman
Dec 6, 20203 min read
Moral Dilemmas
Is plotting the murder of your friends ok as long as you don't really intend to do it? (Batman, all the time) Quick note, Patreon poll...
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Trusty Henchman
Nov 29, 20205 min read
Moral Dilemmas: Just a Little Casual Murder
Hey all, welcome to a new series where I attempt to tackle various moral and ethical quandaries unique to comic books and the superhero...
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Trusty Henchman
Nov 26, 20204 min read
Ink & Pixels: Intro- Print VS Digital
Welcome to a new series where I focus on subjects revolving around the balance between print and digital media. Ever since digital comics...
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Trusty Henchman
Nov 12, 202010 min read
Mental Health & Comics: Toxic Positivity & The Magical Power of Consensual Venting
Get ready for a lot of talking and very little pictures because man, it's hard to find relevant imagery to this type of content. Also,...
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Trusty Henchman
Oct 24, 20208 min read
The Strange Business of Variant Covers: Pt 3- Store Exclusives
Check out Pt 1 & Pt 2! I previously mentioned retailer exclusive variants so I wanted to commit a full piece on it as they have actually...
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Trusty Henchman
Sep 29, 20206 min read
Mental Health & Comics: Community and a Safe Place
The Social Value of A Comic Store Welcome to the first in what I hope to be an ongoing series that focuses on different elements of...
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Trusty Henchman
Sep 10, 202010 min read
The Strange Business of Variant Covers: Pt 2
Get ready for some boring numbers! In the last instalment of this series, I briefly spoke on some highlights on the history of variant...
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Trusty Henchman
Sep 3, 20207 min read
The Strange Business of Variant Covers: Pt 1
The single comic book issue with the most variants upon its initial release (145!) , according to this 2019 article, is Amazing...
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Trusty Henchman
Aug 20, 20204 min read
So you loved She-Ra but now it’s over... what next?
Patron Troy Reeder hit me up with this requested blog subject and I'm incredibly glad he did as the current She-Ra has been one of my...
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