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Trusty Henchman
Feb 11, 20212 min read
Review: Dibujante Nocturno: The Art of Fran Garcés
I Kickstarted this back in July 2020 and then I pretty much completely blacked out on it. You gotta love it when these projects finally...
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Trusty Henchman
Feb 9, 20213 min read
Review: The Wize Wize Beasts of the Wizarding Wizdoms GN
The quick capsule review of this is that it's basically anthropomorphic Boys Love at Hogwarts. That should pretty much tell you all you...
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Trusty Henchman
Feb 5, 20215 min read
Review: Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Season 1 (2019)
Demon Slayer has been making all the news as of late, with some utterly amazing numbers as a pop phenomenon. As noted in a report from...
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Trusty Henchman
Feb 2, 20212 min read
Review: Disenchanted TP Vol 1
This is another case of me being too busy to fully read a book when it was released but sampling enough to think, "hmm, yes, this is...
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Trusty Henchman
Jan 28, 20213 min read
Review: The Ogre Gods HC Series Vol 1-3
If you shopped at the Comics Dungeon in Seattle you probably had to put up with me pushing this series on you, so you may just want to...
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Trusty Henchman
Jan 22, 20214 min read
Review: Overlord Season 1-3
The Overlord series is a strange beast, and while I initially thought it was possibly just going to be another derivative isekai series...
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Trusty Henchman
Jan 16, 20214 min read
Upcoming Comics Spotlight: Fantasy
I was extremely happy to notice that a bulk of fantasy offerings in the past couple catalogs featured a ton of strong female leads with a...
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Trusty Henchman
Jan 14, 20212 min read
Review: Dungeon Critters GN
I knew I was going to love this going into it because I absolutely adore Natalie Riess' Space Battle Lunchtime series, but I can not...
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Trusty Henchman
Jan 7, 20213 min read
Review: Nils: The Tree of Life HC
Mixing familiar mythology and sci-fi with beautiful art, Nils is a Norse dystopian fiction with some hints of Miyazaki-like fantasy that...
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Trusty Henchman
Dec 31, 20202 min read
Review: Suitor Armor
I read the first two chapters of Suitor Armor months ago, loved them, and then got completely distracted from catching up and getting a...
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Trusty Henchman
Dec 29, 20203 min read
Reviews: The Black Mage GN & Jonesy: Nine Lives on the Nostromo HC
The Black Mage GN Black Mage is mixture of Harry Potter YA fantasy, some Final Fantasy-ish magic, a little infusion of manga battle...
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Trusty Henchman
Dec 16, 20204 min read
Upcoming Comics Spotlight: Fantasy
Can't go wrong with some unicorn murder and dragon blood narcotics! [Disclaimer: Things can go VERY wrong] You'll see that I'll try to...
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Trusty Henchman
Dec 10, 20203 min read
Reviews: Dead Mount Death Play Vol 1 & 2
This turned out to be an odd mix of supernatural horror, fantasy, crime, slasher fiction, reincarnation fiction, dark humor, chibi...
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Trusty Henchman
Dec 7, 20202 min read
Reviews: The Summer Of Her Life HC & A House Divided: The Accursed Inheritance of Henrietta Achilles
The Summer of Her Life HC Thomas von Steinaecker and Barbara Yelin offer up a very elegant and beautiful exploration of memories and how...
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Trusty Henchman
Nov 26, 20202 min read
Reviews: Ghostly Things Vol 1 & Dungeon Builder: The Demon King's Labyrinth is a Modern City Vol 1
Ghostly Things Vol 1 This first volume of Ushio Shirotori's Ghostly Things is a charming and briskly paced supernatural fantasy with a...
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Trusty Henchman
Nov 21, 20204 min read
Upcoming Comics Spotlight: Fantasy
Time for some obligatory swords and sorcery as we check out a few upcoming fantasy titles. You'll see that I'll try to include a little...
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Trusty Henchman
Nov 19, 20202 min read
Reviews: Ancient Magus' Bride Vol 13 & Drifting Dragons Vol 4
Ancient Magus's Bride Vol 13 I fell in love with this series pretty quickly and as such I blitzed through the first twelve volumes. Now...
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Trusty Henchman
Nov 13, 20203 min read
Review: The School Nurse Files (2020)
Based off of a 2015 novel, SNF follows Ahn Eun-young, a 30-something school nurse who could see what she calls jellies since she was a...
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Trusty Henchman
Nov 10, 20203 min read
Review: Magical Boy
Winner of a 2020 Prism award in the category of webcomics, Magical Boy is such a breath of fresh air and genuine empathy that it is...
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Trusty Henchman
Nov 6, 20205 min read
Review: Blood of Zeus (2020)
That movie poster justs screams 'Castlevania, but Greek', mostly just because both projects involved Powerhouse Animation Studios. But...
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