Tag: arts
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Star Wars: Ahsoka by EK Johnston – A Book Review
Perhaps the greatest Star Wars character to never actually appear in one of the films, Ahsoka Tano broke out during the animated Clone Wars series. If you’re unfamiliar with her, she once served as Anakin Skywalker’s Padawan. She and Anakin had an incredible bond, and when she left the Jedi Order, it broke Anakin’s heart.…
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Tony and Susan by Austin Wright – A Book Review
A checked this book out because I read in Entertainment Weekly about a film adaptation coming soon called Nocturnal Animals. Tony and Susan originally published in 1993. The author died ten years later. The EW article made the premise sound fascinating, so I couldn’t wait to read the book. The plot is that Susan Morrow…
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Harry Potter and the Cursed Child by J.K. Rowling – A Book/Script Review
I admit that I can typically get caught up in a moment, but Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is my new favorite Harry Potter story. If you haven’t yet read it, I urge you to do so. Of course, it must be clarified that while this is in book format, it is not actually a…
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Black Magick (Volume One) by Greg Rucka and Nicola Scott – A Book Review
Black Magick kept earning all sorts of praise so I finally got a copy of the first volume entitled Awakening. The premise is that Rowan Black is a tough-as-nails detective by day and a witch by night. Not the flying on the broom kind, but rather the sort who communes with nature and is able…
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Star Wars: Rebel Jail (Volume 3) – A Book Review
Marvel Comics’ Star Wars continues to thrill with the third installment entitled Rebel Jail. The premise is that Princess Leia and Han Solo’s former flame, Sana Starros, must deliver Dr. Aphra to a secret prison run by the Rebels. If you’re unfamiliar with Dr. Aprha, she is a breakout character from the Darth Vader series and…
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Black Science: The Beginner’s Guide To Entropy by Rick Remender and Matteo Scalera – A Book Review
This beautiful hardcover collects issues 1-16 of the Black Science comic book series. You may remember I reviewed a collected edition of Black Science encompassing issues 1-6 back in 2014. At the time, I loved the art, I loved the concept, I loved the colors, I just didn’t love the characters – I never felt…