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A new 3 Chicks Review Comics is up on CSBG!  That’s right kids, we’re back for another episode, and with a special guest star to boot!

Head on over and check it out if you haven’t already.

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A new 3 Chicks Review Comics is up on Comics Should Be Good. Check it out now!

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A new 3 Chicks Review Comics is up on Comics Should Be Good. Though Maddy is absent this episode we have a very special guest star – from one of the absolute best books of the new DCU stopping by to chat, so check it out!

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She Has No Head! is back kids!  And back with a vengeance!  Or you know, just regular geance.  Which is not a word, I’m aware.

Anyway, I’m doing something called The Comics Project, which is in the vein of the popular Ladies Comics Projects that came before it, where I solicited lapsed and non-comics readers to read issues of the DCU’s “NEW 52”.  Head on over to read all about it in Part 1. 

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“Opening up “John Carter: A Princess of Mars” #1, I had no idea what I was getting into. A kinetic and incredibly fun Skottie Young cover, an intriguing title, and a (far too slight) familiarity with Edgar Rice Burroughs’ work suggested it was something I should try out, though, and I’m glad I did…”

Click here to read the rest of my CBR Review of John Carter: A Princess of Mars #1

As always likes and retweets are appreciated and you can read all my current CBR reviews here.

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Aka “The Time Travel Cast”!

Head on over to CSBG to read the synopsis and get the link to the latest episode.

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Head on over to CSBG for a write up and link to the latest episode of 3 Chicks Review Comics, with amazing guest star Scott Snyder!

 

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A new 3 Chicks, packed with special guest stars is up on CSBG.  Head on over to CSBG for the write up and link to the episode.

 

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A new episode of 3 Chicks Review Comics is up!  In this episode we review three recent comics, talk about the news coming out of SDCC, and pick a long time coming Chick of the Week!

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And when I say “the year” I mean since last year’s comic-con in San Diego.  That’s right, in honor of SDCC 2011, which I am, again, not able to attend I thought I’d do a list of my 52 favorite covers* since last year’s comic-con, so essentially July 2010 – July 2011.**

I’m not going bore you with lengthy descriptions about what I respond to in each image, but if you frequent this blog with any regularity, the choices will not surprise you.  My tastes skew to specific things like anyone, and I reward covers that cater to those personal tastes.  For example, as a woman, I tend to be interested in covers with female characters and at the same time you’re unlikely to see many covers with a lot of objectification and hyper sexualization.  As an artist (but only sorta, and a crappy one at that) I tend to be a bit of a snob about what I think is a good or bad cover – good often involves highly graphic images, lots of great negative space, interesting/solid composition, single figures, white space, and good integration of text into the image.

Whenever possible I’ve included the full cover, with text etc., as I feel that’s part of the whole.  I made a few exceptions if the covers were saddled with particularly horrible “event banners” or some such, or if I didn’t have access to a high enough resolution image including the text.

I’m sure I missed a bunch of great covers anyway and, as always, I never feel great about the order, but I tried my best! I hope you’ll enjoy, even if they’re not the covers you would pick, it’s a beautiful line up of cover gorgeousness.

If you’re new to the blog and haven’t seen my “100 Best Comic Covers” list, you can check it out: here, here, here, and here.  As well as my “already second guessing myself” modified list here.

Next year SDCC, next year!***

* This includes only monthly saddle stapled North American comics since that is what I have access to and did not include graphic novels, trades, etc. 

**Because comics are generally dated a month or two after they are actually released, there’s a bit of a fudging of the numbers/eligibility. It makes for a bit of grey area around the eligibility dates, but I did the best I could.

***Be advised, I say this every year. 

052.  BIRDS OF PREY #12.  Jesus Saiz

50.  ZATANNA #14.  Adam Hughes

50.  STREETS OF GOTHAM #15. Dustin Nguyen

49.  SUPERBOY #2.  Phil Noto

48. DEADPOOL PULP 4.  Jae Lee

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