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  • The Rise and Demise of Futurama

    The show that loves to hate is now just another show worth hating

  • A History of Halo Forerunners

    Both protectors and destroyers of all life in the galaxy

  • Surviving Sandy with Saga

    Brian K. Vaughan's tale of love and robots helps Mike get through a hurricane.

  • Imagine a Triangle

    You Slut!

  • Back Issues (Vol. 1-3) The Scarlet Spider #1-6

    Wait, where the hell's his sleeveless hoodie!?

  • Batman #13 Review

    Guess Who's Back?

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The Rise and Demise of Futurama

LET’S TALK COMEDY. What makes something funny? What is funny? Is there some kind of actual definition for funny that subsequently encompasses comedy, giving it a structure and frame for comedic things to bounce around in? Is comedy the bouncing thing itself, or is it the various vibrations and shockwaves that occur as a result

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A History of Halo Forerunner

WARNING: The following briefing contains spoilers for several of the Halo books. Proceed with caution. Forerunner: Around 100,000 years before the events of the first Halo game, the Forerunners were a race of technologically superior beings that conquered and controlled the entire galaxy. They had mastered nearly every aspect of science and technology, having the

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Surviving Sandy with Saga

So for those readers not located in the continental United States, or those without the light of day beneath the rock they are living under, Hurricane Sandy just kicked the east coast’s ass big time. We were without power for days, trees were flying all over the place in wind gusts of up to 90 mph, and

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Back Issues (Vol.1:4) Planetary 1-6

Volume 1-Issue 4 If you’re anything like me, then alternate-history “what-if?” scenarios touch your imagination at its most basic level.  The idea of top secret decade-early trips to the moon, shadowy government cover-ups, and long-armed corporations harken back to childhood, where playing pretend meant convincing yourself that the monsters under your bed were there for

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