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The Times of Scrooge McDuck: The Master of the Mississippi

Annotations to the Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck: The Master of the Mississippi

The Master of the Mississippi

The Master of the Mississippi (1992) is the beginning of Scrooge’s American adventure.

Having worked as a cabin boy for passage across the Atlantic, the 13 year-old lad from Scotland finds his Uncle Angus “Pothole” McDuck — who also sought his fortune in the New World — down on his luck in Louisville, Kentucky. But Pothole wins a steamboat, the Dilly Dollar, in a poker match and hires his…

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The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume 3: Century

Our review of The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume 3: Century

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The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume 3: Century

Alan Moore and Kevin O’Neill have created in The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen the most ambitious and inspiring steampunk franchise. Volumes 1 and 2 will top many steampunks’ list of favorite books and deservedly so. They are rich stories with intricate plot lines and sympathetic characters.

The in-between Black Dossierwas a bit of a…

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Brian Kesinger’s Inked Tails

Our review of @briankesinger’s Inked Tails

Inked Tails
Inked Tails

Those who follow Brian Kesinger on social media undoubtedly remember his mermaid drawings for Mermay a while back. These popular images have now been bundled in a coffee-table book, Brian Kesinger’s Inked Tails.

Inked Tails is a fun, all-ages book, focusing mostly on mermaids, with the image on one page and a few lines about the character on the opposite.

It’s great for just looking…

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Free Comic Book Day 2018: Lady Mechanika

Free Comic Book Day 2018: Lady Mechanika review

Free Comic Book Day 2018: Lady Mechanika
Free Comic Book Day 2018: Lady Mechanika
Free Comic Book Day 2018: Lady Mechanika

Lady Mechanika is a title to look forward to every year when Free Comic Book Day arrives and this year’s edition was no different.

Although in theory these free comics are only available for free on the first Saturday of May, the reality is that many, especially online, stores have stock of Free Comic Book Day issues left and will allow you to include them…

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Skies of Fire, Volumes 1-4

Review of #dieselpunk comic Skies of Fire

Skies of Fire, Volume 1
Skies of Fire, Volume 1 Massive diesel-powered airships dueling in the sky. It sounds like winning formula and there is a lot to like about Skies of Fire, the four-part (so far) comic series created by Vincenzo Ferriero and Ray Chou. The art, by Pablo Peppino, is perfect for a dieselpunk story: crisp and elegant. The setting — the fictional Aquilan Empire, inspired by early-twentieth-century…

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Lady Mechanika, Volume 3: The Lost Boys of West Abbey

Lady Mechanika, Volume 3: The Lost Boys of West Abbey. Read our review

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Lady Mechanika, Volume 3 In this fourth (third according to publication chronology, but fourth in the storyline) bundled storyline of steampunk favorite Lady Mechanika, we find our hero investigating the death of a couple of street urchins in a seedy part of town. Aided by genius engeneer Mr Lewis, his niece Fred, two recurring characters, and dashing young police inspector Singh, a new addition…

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Review: Lady Mechanika vol. 2: The Tablet of Destinies

In the second volume of Lady Mechanika, we learn more about our partly mechanical heroine, and the world she lives in. When a dear friend of Mechanika finds himself in peril across the globe, she sets off to his aide with both new and old friends, leaving her home town and traversing deserts and jungles alike. Only to encounter a fan favourite enemy of the dieselpunk genre, out to get the fabled…

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