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Comic Review: The Dead Cell OGN

Issue: The Dead Cell OGN Writer: John Barker Artist: Scott DM Simmons Publisher: Arcana Release Date: 2011 Pages: 80 Price: $14.99 “How would the world be changed if the mentally ill were allowed to determine reality? The Dead Cell explores the experiments of the recently graduated Monica McCoy, and her employment with the secret “Dream Research Program” at Breckenridge State …

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Film Review: Smoke (short film)

SYNOPSIS: The story of a person who became the captive of surrealistic madness. REVIEW: Directed by Grzegorz Cieiecki Written by Grzegorz Cieiecki Stars: Katarznya Dalek, Grzegorz Golaszewski & Hubert Jarczak My favorite person in the world (My Boss) asked me if I would take on some shorts for review. I thought to myself “Why not”? I’ve reviewed them before & …

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Comic Review: Pinocchio Vampire Slayer OGN

Issue: Pinocchio Vampire Slayer OGN Writer: Van Jensen Artist: Dusty Higgins Publisher: Slave Labor Graphics Release Date: 2010 Pages: 128 Price: $10.95 “After seeing Geppetto die at the hands of vampires, Pinocchio swears revenge in this darkly funny graphic novel. As the vampires plot the enslavement of mankind, only a one-puppet army stands in their way. But will a wooden …

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Book Review: Unpleasant Tales – Author Brendan Connell

Unpleasant Tales EibonVale, July 2010 321 pages “From the comic to the shocking, from the refined to the visceral, and blurring the boundaries between all four – Unpleasant Tales is a remarkable new collection of some of Brendan Connell’s darkest stories. Drenched in gluttony and decadence and with a scope stretching from the depravity of rulers in ancient Greece and …

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Changing Technologies: Can Your Characters Keep Up? – Author Ronald Malfi

Changing Technologies: Can Your Characters Keep Up? by Ronald Malfi Undoubtedly, there has been countless discussions among writers, publishers, and bibliophiles alike prompted by the Rise of the Ebook. (I put this in caps and imagine the font not unlike those old Planet of the Apes theatrical posters.) While I have my own opinion on the matter, much like anyone …

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