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Morbid Innovator: How Grant Morrison Made a Place for the Macabre in Batman and Comic Book History

Undoubtedly, Bruce Wayne/Batman has undergone the most drastic change throughout his illustrious and brooding history of perhaps any other major comic book character. Created by Bob Kane and Bill Finger for the March, 1939 issue of Detective Comics, Batman was all but destined for fame as a morose, gothic, morally-ambiguous figure- an image that wouldn’t be fully realized until the …

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BATMAN: THE ANIMATED SERIES: THE PHANTOM CITY CREATIVE COLLECTION (Insight Editions; 10/6) from Mondo and Insight Editions!

BATMAN: THE ANIMATED SERIES: THE PHANTOM CITY CREATIVE COLLECTION (Insight Editions; 10/6). The book sees Phantom City Creative Inc creative director Justin Erickson bring the Emmy Award–winning series Batman: The Animated Series to life in a completely unexpected and alluring collection of graphic design and illustrations. Known for their limitless passion and incredible ingenuity for film and television posters, Mondo …

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Film Review: Batman (1989)

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: The Dark Knight of Gotham City begins his war on crime with his first major enemy being the clownishly homicidal Joker REVIEW: “Batman” had long been a fan favorite among comic book readers. It was announced that in 1989 a “revived Batman” film would arrive on the talents of director/visionary Tim Burton. Tim had just finished …

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Film Review: Legends of the Superheroes (1979)

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: Heroes and villains of DC Comics square off in the two-part, live-action, made-for-TV (with a laugh track!) smackdowns of Legends of the Super Heroes. The Challenge: Batman and Robin (Adam West and Burt Ward of the live-action Batman TV series) lead The Flash, Green Lantern and more JLA members against The Riddler (Frank Gorshin reprising his …

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Legendary Comic Book Writer, Chuck Dixon joins Cautionary Comics

Legendary Comic Book Writer, Mr. Chuck Dixon joins Benjamin L Henderson and the Cautionary Comics Team to help develop original Comic Book Titled RAVAGE: KILL ALL MEN For Immediate Release: Secure Top Secret Cautionary HQ – Florida, May 20, 2018 – Prolific writer, Chuck Dixon has joined forces with Benjamin L. Henderson, Founder, Writer, and Editor-In-Chief of Cautionary Comics to …

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Horror Happens Radio – New Guest Conversations and Episodes (Darren Bousman, Gore Verbinski, Todd Sheets)

CLICK ON THIS LINK TO GO TO SOUNDCLOUD “The Horror Happens Radio Show” hosted by Jay Kay & The Ghost each week has uploaded a ton of new content, guest conversations and full episodes for fans & fiends to listen on-demand via Soundcloud.com. The latest sets of guest conversations from the current season 6 lineup of smart, uncensored & fearless …

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Book Review: Arkham Asylum – Author Grant Morrison

Since his creation, the Batman has undergone a variety of radical reassessments. From the camp parody version of the sixties, to the dark vigilante of the seventies, to the big-budgeted merchandising exercises of the nineties, finally to arrive in this new century with a film adaptation that seems to please both Batman fans and mainstream audiences alike. But the character …

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Film Review: The Dark Knight Rises (2012)

SYNOPSIS: Eight years on, a new terrorist leader, Bane, overwhelms Gotham’s finest, and the Dark Knight resurfaces to protect a city that has branded him an enemy. REVIEW: It’s been four years since the second of director Christopher Nolan’s proposed trilogy of Batman films “The Dark Knight” was released. A masterful film that ended with Batman taking responsibility for the …

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