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Best of 2014: Best Issue
Episodic storytelling is the name of the game in monthly comics. Month- or even multi-year-long arcs are fine, but a series lives and dies by its individual chapters. From self-contained one-offs to...
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Best of 2014: Best Writer
In such a collaborative medium as comics, it can be difficult to say where a writer’s influence on the story ends, but there’s no question on where it begins: words on the page. Whether they thrill,...
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Best of 2014: Best Series Part 2
We all love a good one-off or anthology, but it’s the thrill of a series that keeps us coming back to our comic shop week-in, week-out. Whether it’s a decades-spanning ongoing or a short-run...
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 42
Today, Taylor and Drew are discussing Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 42, originally released January 21st, 2015. Taylor: Politics are a funny thing. Essentially, those who enter the forum are knowingly...
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 43
Today, Taylor and Drew are discussing Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 43, originally released February 25th, 2015. Taylor: They say we’re living a golden age of television. One has but to flip on the...
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 44
Today, Patrick and Drew are discussing Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 44, originally released March 18th, 2015. Patrick: I think we all make a lot of assumptions about invulnerability. Especially living,...
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutanimals 2
Today, Patrick and Drew are discussing Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutanimals 2, originally released March 25th, 2015. Patrick: Himato Yoshi and his four sons were murdered by Oroku Saki and the Foot...
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 45
Today, Taylor and Drew are discussing Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 45, originally released April 29th, 2015. Taylor: Teaching figurative language to my students is always a fun task. Middle schoolers...
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 46
Today, Taylor and Spencer are discussing Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 46, originally released May 28th, 2015. Taylor: Long form storytelling is all the rage right now. Aside from the occasional sitcom,...
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Casey & April 1
Today, Taylor and Patrick are discussing Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Casey & April 1, originally released June 17th, 2015. Taylor: When you’re in a relationship with someone for a long time, it’s...
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Casey & April 2
Today, Taylor and Patrick are discussing Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Casey & April 2, originally released July 22nd, 2015. Taylor: Last summer’s Michael Bay-produced Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles...
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 48
Today, Taylor and Spencer are discussing Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 48, originally released July 29th, 2015. Taylor: Time is hard concept to understand. On the one hand, it’s totally an invention of...
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 49
Today, Patrick and Taylor are discussing Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 49, originally released August 19th, 2015. “Let’s get ready to rumble!” -Michael Buffer, Ring Announcer Patrick: Michael Buffer...
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 50
Today, Patrick and Taylor are discussing Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 50, originally released October 10th, 2015. Taylor: They say that time heals all wounds. Everyone knows that this saying has both a...
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 51
Today, Taylor and Drew are discussing Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 51, originally released October 28th, 2015. Taylor: One of my favorite places to eat at here in Chicago is called Cozy Noodles and...
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 53
Today, Taylor and Drew are discussing Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 53, originally released December 23rd, 2015. Taylor: One of the quintessential experiences of growing up is undergoing the trial of...
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Best of 2015: Best Issues
Episodic storytelling is the name of the game in monthly comics. Month- or even multi-year-long arcs are fine, but a series lives and dies by its individual chapters. From self-contained one-offs to...
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 54
Today, Spencer and Drew are discussing Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 54, originally released January 27th, 2016. Spencer: Telling someone they see things in black and white is practically tantamount to...
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 55
Today, Taylor and Drew are discussing Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 55, originally released February 24th, 2016. Taylor: Interpersonal relationships are a hard thing. We’ve all judged and been judged on...
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 56
Today, Patrick and Taylor are discussing Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 56, originally released March 23rd, 2015. Patrick: I love the first two-thirds of most horror movies. That’s where the filmmakers...
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