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Monday, January 26

Confounding Comic Covers

This has to be seen to be believed. [MORE]

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Tuesday, August 19

Stalin vs. Hitler

This...this comic is magnificent in its Soviet propaganda as it is in its sheer pulpish insanity. Stalin and Hitler as super-powered magicians? OF COURSE!

Комикс СТАЛИН ПРОТИВ ГИТЛЕРА (Scroll down for English texts)

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Wednesday, July 16

Cthulhu Tales Online for Free!

Check it out!

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Friday, March 28

Breakfast of the gods is a three-volume webcomic epic featuring some very familiar faces from your breakfast table. It's either outrageously irreverent or deliriously insane in its approach, I can't make up my mind which...but I love it!

Breakfast of the Gods Book One: The Last Good Morning
Last updated: Tuesday, July 31st, 2007 ... Read it now

Breakfast of the Gods Book Two: O Cap'n, My Cap'n
The end of the second book of Brendan Douglas Jones's epic web comic trilogy "Breakfast of the Gods!" Last updated: Monday, March 3rd, 2008 ... Read it now

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Tuesday, January 1

Book Review: Lovecraft

Lovecraft details the life story of Howard Phillips Lovecraft, a sad tale of a child prodigy who struggled with his potential. The comic merely adds a layer of the supernatural and bizarre over Lovecraft's own, which is a lot easier to do than one might think given that Lovecraft's father and mother were both committed and died in mental hospitals. By giving Lovecraft a dual life in the Dreamlands as Randolph Carter (a fact, as Lovecraft's "The Statement of Randolph Carter" was based on a transcription of one of his vivid dreams) and possession of the Necronomicon, we have a tale of one man against the unknown. Poor Lovecraft transforms from a struggling, brilliant author to a lone hero against the dark. [MORE]

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Sunday, August 19

The DM of the Rings

Just found this again on the Internet: http://www.shamusyoung.com/twentysidedtale/?cat=14

I love this comic so much...because it's ALL TRUE!

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Monday, April 16

Yet Another Fantasy Gamer Comic

This comic is rfie with in-jokes about D&D and more than its share of nudity. But mostly in-jokes.

This comic does it right. It's got the look and feel of a Disney comic, the sensibilities of a bunch of guys gaming around a table, plenty of humor mixed with enough drama to keep people interested...and drow chicks. To keep the men interested.

It's hilarious! http://yafgc.shipsinker.com

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Sunday, February 5

The Tick vs. Role-Playing Games

Oh man. I love the Tick. In the latest issue of "The Tick: Days of Drama," the Tick uncovers a cult of bad guys taking over The City. They're your usual cultists, wearing hoods and wielding wavy-bladed daggers. They worship something with tentacles. Standard stuff.

Except when you get to page 13.

"RIP!" goes the Cultish Crunchitos (a requirement for a cultist trial of evil)

FWSH goes the Devil's Dew (only more caffeine goes caffeine).

"Behold! The Table of Transformation!"

And what's on the table?

"The Devil's Worship: The Role-Playing Game"

Hilarity ensues, including the Tick not understanding how dice work. I did a quick Google search and apparently I'm the last living role-player who reads the Tick. You heard it hear first! [MORE]

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Tuesday, October 18

Paul Kupperberg

I had the pleasure of meeting Paul Kupperberg at my local comic book store, A Timeless Journey. He's a very cool guy. Check out his work! He's written everything from Star Trek to Superman to Wonder Woman:

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Tuesday, August 16