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A close-up portrait of Green Lantern Sojourner “Jo” Mullein, wearing futuristic green goggles and her Green Lantern uniform. Green beams of light shine from her ring. She is smirking.

A New Kind of Green Lantern Story

By Harry Rabinowitz • January 25th, 2022

A murder mystery at its core, Far Sector interrogates the idea of a peaceful society while delivering on action, intrigue, style and heart.

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A comic book panel showing a labyrinthine cluster of buildings, with a focus on a small figure entering an archway while saying "one more time."

ShortBox Indie Sampler

By Harry Rabinowitz • November 3rd, 2021

When it comes to short, complete comics, the indie section is king.

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An imitation of the cover from Days of Future Past where a character protects another.

Disaster Comics for My Disaster Self

By Harry Rabinowitz • August 4th, 2021

3 Absurd and Wild Comics for an Absurd and Wild Summer

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A bird, a ghost, and a girl travel together among falling leaves.

Magical Grieving

By Harry Rabinowitz • July 1st, 2021

Harry digs into some heavier topics via middle-grade graphic novels!

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A shadowy figure stands near a mangled bicycle at the edge of the woods while holding a machete.

The Monster in the Woods

By Harry Rabinowitz • May 7th, 2021

There’s something out there, its hungry, and it’s got a taste for kids.

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A man staring forward.

Urasawa’s Biggest Series

By Harry Rabinowitz • March 2nd, 2021

Naoki Urasawa is kind of a big deal.

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50 Years Later, Superman Defeats the Klan Again

By Harry Rabinowitz • February 10th, 2021

Superman punching Nazis, chucking Klansmen and standing up for diversity has never been this good.

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A Year at a Comics Store

By Harry Rabinowitz • December 28th, 2020

If you ever encounter a good bookseller, be nice to them. Okay? Okay.

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Avatar Forever

By Harry Rabinowitz • December 21st, 2020

Writer Gene Luen Yang understands exactly what made Avatar great, and continues the magic in comic book form.

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Coven Edition

By Harry Rabinowitz • November 13th, 2020

Witchy comic recommendations for our resident hexers.

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Descending Into Yourself

By Harry Rabinowitz • September 2nd, 2020

Iasmin Omar Ata has published a hard and honest debut novel tackling epilepsy, isolation and illness

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The Movement Marches On

By Harry Rabinowitz • August 6th, 2020

Now and then, the privileged and the powerful imply that the “right way” to protest is not to protest at all. John Lewis stands against that.

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The Power of Perspective

By Harry Rabinowitz • July 7th, 2020

The Nameless City is a story about power, privilege and history’s bias. It’s also a story of two kids doing a bunch of parkour.

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The Road to Dawn

By Harry Rabinowitz • June 12th, 2020

On a road trip and in Tillie Walden’s Are You Listening?, the “frontiers” are less about physical locations and more about us.

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Buck Destiny

By Harry Rabinowitz • May 14th, 2020

In Norroway, is destiny something to fulfill or defy?

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New Kid on Earth

By Harry Rabinowitz • April 9th, 2020

Space Boy Volume 1 proves that – even eons into the future – moving still sucks.

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It’s Just a Game

By Harry Rabinowitz • March 11th, 2020

DIE Volume 1 asks: if your game becomes real, can you still treat it like a game?

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Middlewest and the Scars of Parental Abuse

By Harry Rabinowitz • February 12th, 2020

When you peel back its fantasy veneer, Middlewest Book One is a story of parental abuse and the scars, both literal and figurative, it leaves.

On a Sunbeam’s Intimate Spaces

By Harry Rabinowitz • December 4th, 2019

Cartoonist Tillie Walden is a master at depicting, and interweaving, intimacy and space.

Westworld Confronts What It Feels Like To Be Human

By Harry Rabinowitz • April 7th, 2017

“Who doesn’t hurt from seeing the world, and not what you wish it was?”

Pokémon Go Succeeds Where it Counts

By Harry Rabinowitz • July 13th, 2016

Despite freezes, crashes and server problems, Pokémon Go has been a massive success.

Women Abroad – Theme Recap

By Harry Rabinowitz, Cara Ellison, Dina Abou Karam, Hazel Monforton, Vikka Perez-Puelles, Krista Grothoff and Elaine Reynolds • February 2nd, 2016

Six women share their experiences of living and working far from home.

Blood & Ads & Oil

By Harry Rabinowitz • September 23rd, 2015

“Let me be the first to tell you about Blood & Oil, a new series coming to ABC this September. It looks like shit.” Harry Rabinowitz on ads in LA vs. NYC.

Daydreams of Lightning

By Harry Rabinowitz • September 2nd, 2015

“I’m not really ‘thinking about’ XIII at all. It’s more like I’m daydreaming about it.” Harry Rabinowitz daydreams his own fantasy of XIII.

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