The REC films are a series of horror movies from Spain that use the country’s Catholicism as a backdrop for a zombie apocalypse. The religious overtones get more apparent with each film, with them being especially prominent in REC 3. Koldo and Clare are a young couple who have just gotten married. The wedding is […]
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V/H/S
V/H/S is an anthology horror film where various up-and-coming directors showcase their found footage story ideas. Any anthology film is going to be a mixed bag, but V/H/S’ batting average is especially low. While there are some fresh ideas about how to work the camera into the stories (Nanny cams! Spy glasses! Skype chat!) the […]
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The Cape
Have you read Locke and Key? You should. It’s great. Have you read The Cape? You could. It’s OK. Both comics are from the same author (Joe Hill) but while Locke and Key is one of the best series currently running, The Cape is not nearly as enjoyable. Eric is pizza delivery boy who has […]
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My Friend Dahmer
Back in the 1970s Jeffrey Dahmer and Derf Backderf were friends and high school classmates in rural Bath, Ohio. While Backderf went on to become a successful cartoonist, Dahmer went on to kill 17 people before getting caught and dying in prison. It would be easy for a book like My Friend Dahmer to be […]
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Stone Hearth from the heart
Bessie Ann Jackson was watching TV with her boyfriend when a commercial for a cruise line came on. When Jackson told her boyfriend that she dreamed of working as a prep cook on a cruise ship, he replied, “If you can dream it, you can do it.” His words spurred Jackson into action. Eventually she […]
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Stumptown volume 1
Crime stories and comic books might not seem like an obvious match but the two have mixed together for decades: Dick Tracy was catching crooks years before Superman showed up on the scene. If history had shaken out a bit differently it’s possible crime and noir stories would be the default comic genre instead of […]
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About Love
Asaka is a wedding planner who’s disillusioned with his job—it seems like none of the couples he works for ever stay together. When he bumps into Sasagawa, a former client, Asaka feels like he’s found the one happily married man in all of Tokyo. The two men quickly become friends and drinking buddies, and as […]
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Steampunked
It’s a Sunday afternoon and the upper floor of Humani-T Cafe looks like a turn-of-the-century French salon or Victorian pub. The people packed into the space are wearing lace, corsets, top hats and goggles and are more likely to take out a pocketwatch than a cell phone if they want to see what time it […]
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The Drops of God
Already a big hit in France and Japan, The Drops of God is a manga about wine tasting. That may sound highbrow but the set-up is classic adventure story: in order to inherit his wine critic father’s fortune, a young man must track down 12 legendary bottles of wine. Along the way he gets a […]
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Shannon Fay’s Top 11 Books of 2011
Axe Cop, Volume 1 (Dark Horse) By Malachai Nicolle and Ethan Nicolle Axe Cop is a webcomic created by two brothers—older brother Ethan does the artwork while five-year-old Malachai comes up with the story. It’s random but entertaining, like an innocent version of Robot Chicken. Bakuman (VIZ Media) By Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata Ever […]
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Best books of 2011
SHANNON FAY Coast writer since 2009 Axe Cop, Volume 1 (Dark Horse) By Malachai Nicolle and Ethan Nicolle Axe Cop is a webcomic created by two brothers—older brother Ethan does the artwork while five-year-old Malachai comes up with the story. It’s random but entertaining, like an innocent version of Robot Chicken. Bakuman (VIZ Media) By […]
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Top 11 of 2011
Settle in and read our critics’ picks of the year. Learn about yourself and our writers in the process. Possibly a two coffee read and at least one of those coffees should have whiskey in it. MUSIC BOOKS DVDS VIDEO GAMES THE LOT OF IT
