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1 week ago | 
wp.me | Rachel Bellwoar
It’s not everyday that the chance to correct a wrong perpetrated against your ancestors falls in your lap. Timi, Gbonka, and Sango know the Benin Bronzes belong in Nigeria. The museums don’t agree, so Bronze Faces is about what happens when they decide to take matters into their own hands.
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1 week ago | 
wp.me | Rachel Bellwoar
As film critic and author Simon Abrams brings up in his commentary, black tulips don’t actually grow in nature, so the fact that Guillaume seemingly has an endless supply of them (and given the unlikelihood that he’s painting those tulips black in his spare time) it’s a funny flaw in this film’s premise.
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1 week ago | 
wp.me | Rachel Bellwoar
When it comes to horses in the movies, the first place my brain goes is westerns but there are so many other examples — fantasy films, horseracing biopics… the list goes on and on. What sets a great horse movie apart from the ones where horses are merely transportation?
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2 weeks ago | 
wp.me | Rachel Bellwoar
Lasting for seven seasons, The West Wing aired on NBC from 1999 to 2006. Unheard of today, all of the seasons were 22 episodes long (season 4 is technically 23 episodes long but this set doesn’t split the season premiere into two parts). The show ended before the writers strike in 2007 so never had a shortened season. It also ended before gay marriage was legalized, a chilling reminder of just how relatively new those rights are.
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3 weeks ago | 
wp.me | Rachel Bellwoar
The idea behind the Biosphere is a place where scientists can help animals develop life-saving adaptations. When Hazel’s scientist parents go missing, however, a more sinister side to the Biosphere is revealed. With the help of animal witnesses, Hazel is on the case in Squeak Chatter Bark, a middle grade graphic novel by Ali Fitzgerald.
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3 weeks ago | 
wp.me | Rachel Bellwoar
*WARNING: SPOILERS FOR 2000 AD Prog #2426 AHEAD*This may not be every 2000 AD fan’s point of view, but I would happily live in a world where more Judge Dredd strips were revealed to be secret Chimpsky strips. It may never happen again, but this time, it has — and Chimpsky co-creator and artist PJ Holden is ready to spill a few details:Rachel Bellwoar: Noam Chimpsky is the hero the judges should be. Can you tell us more about him and his story so far?
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3 weeks ago | 
withguitars.com | Steve Janes |Rachel Bellwoar
*WARNING: SPOILERS FOR 2000 AD Prog #2426 AHEAD*This may not be every 2000 AD fan’s point of view, but I would happily live in a world where more Judge Dredd strips were revealed to be secret Chimpsky strips. It may never happen again, but this time, it has — and Chimpsky co-creator and artist PJ Holden is ready to spill a few details:Rachel Bellwoar: Noam Chimpsky is the hero the judges should be. Can you tell us more about him and his story so far?
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4 weeks ago | 
wp.me | Erik Amaya |Scott Redmond |Richard Bruton |Rachel Bellwoar
Writer Rick Remender (The Sacrificers, Grommets, Deadly Class) and cartoonist Farel Dalrymple (The Wrenchies, Pop Gun War) have a rather fantastical Read more
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1 month ago | 
wp.me | Rachel Bellwoar
Helen has lived in Thebes her whole life but, when it comes to making friends, having a powerful father who isn’t known to put workers first tends to act as a deterrent. What connection does Helen have to a certain Universal monster?
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1 month ago | 
wp.me | Rachel Bellwoar
Vampires like to play sports, too. At least that’s the argument writer Joe Harris and artist Russell Mark Olson are making with their new series, Past Time. With letters by Carlos M. Mangual, here’s what the two creators had to say about vampires dipping their fangs into baseball:Rachel Bellwoar: Baseball is known as “America’s favorite past time,” but are there any other meanings behind the title, Past Time? Joe Harris: Well, sure. It’s a play on words.
