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Wed, 30 Jul 2003
DC exclusives
DC comics just sent me an email to say that Jeph Loeb, Tim Sale and
Grant Morrison have all signed exclusive contracts with them. Sale and
Loeb will team up soon for Catwoman: When in Rome and Morrison
has all kinds of new series and projects in the works.
Dan DiDio, DC's editorial VP said: "We're very happy to have Grant Morrison back where he belongs, with the characters he loves, doing the best work of his career"
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It's pretty rare to read a beautiful comic book. Lots of comics are
fun to read, well-drawn and written, but rarely do you get to look
right inside a person's sometimes troubled life and draw hope from
the lessons they've learned. Rarely do you read a comic that takes you
so deep into the artist's soul that you might even wish you hadn't gone.
Craig Thompson's Blankets achieves the rare distinction of
a genuine masterpiece in the medium of comics.
At 590+ pages, it's an intimidating tome at first glance. However, the pacing is quite rapid and the story is so engaging that it demands to be read in one sitting. It's the story of the artist's youth and especially his first love, but more broadly examines his life and art through the filtered fog of memory translated into ink on paper. Don't let this book pass you by. Buy it, read it, and if you don't like it, return it in good condition and receive a full refund in store credit. At $29.99 for the softcover, and with the Hijinx 100% satisfaction guarantee, how can you lose? That's no-risk reading on a truly inspiring work of art. Click the cover image for an online preview. |
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