Frostbite #1 - CLASSIC COMIC OF THE WEEK

By d. emerson eddy — After a week of ridiculous heat and humidity where I live, the temperature has finally dropped a bit to more reasonable levels. The humidity is still present, but we're not hitting the mid-40s Celsius. The trade-off, though, is some extreme weather patterns, thunderstorms, tornado warnings, and potential hail. Those last two left me scratching my head, but hey, what makes any sense any more in 2020?

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Hey, let's read SWAMP THING by Alan Moore & Stephen Bissette (UPDATED 7/9)

By Zack Quaintance — We’ve all got classic comics blind spots — books that are considered comics cannon (if such a thing exists) that for whatever reason (or a host of reasons), we simply haven’t read. This is true in spite of our knowledge of or love for the comics medium. I know I certainly have mine. And I also know that the only way I am able to consistently read my blind spot comics is by committing to it (publicly!) and keeping a steady schedule….

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Brubaker and Lark's SCENE OF THE CRIME: The Herrimam Files

By Taylor Pechter — Ed Brubaker is one of the most acclaimed writers of crime comics in the entire industry, with a long line of lucrative and award-winning books to his name. But today, I want to look back at one of his earlier works — Scene of the Crime, which saw Brubaker collaborating with artist Michael Lark, inker Sean Phillips (who would go on to become Brubaker’s most-frequent collaborator), colorist James Sinclair, and letterer John Costanza. Scene of the Crime — publisher by Vertigo back in the summer of 1999 — is the story of Maggie Jordan and the private investigator examining the circumstances of her mysterious death, Jack Herriman.

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