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A Look Back on the Controversy of Mortal Kombat

by Caitlin McCabe • April 21, 2015 • Comments Off

The newest addition to the popular video game series, Mortal Kombat X, hit retail shelves last week and along with discussions of the 10th edition’s newest — and already controversial — violent game play also came reminiscences of the game’s…

Books and Content Ratings Don’t Mix

by Maren Williams • October 14, 2014 • Comments Off

When books are challenged in schools and libraries, it’s not uncommon for complainants to invoke content ratings for other media, as in “if this were a movie, it would be rated R.” From there, some parents take what seems to…

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Throughout its existence, the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund has carried out its mission to protect free speech in comics through the generous support of fans and profess...

	Vendor: Harper Collins Type: Graphic Novels Price: 60.00
In response to clamorous fan requests, the two volumes of the graphic novel adaptation of The Graveyard Book are now bound into one stunning edition. Nobody O...

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(W) Neil Gaiman (A/CA) J. H. Williams Twenty-five years after THE SANDMAN first changed the landscape of modern comics, Neil Gaiman's legendary series is back i...

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(W) Gerard Way (A) Gabriel Ba The Umbrella Academy is despondent following the near apocalypse created by one of their own and the death of their beloved mentor...

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(W) Gerard Way (A) Gabriel Bá In an inexplicable worldwide event, forty-three extraordinary children were spontaneously born by women who'd previously shown no s...

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(W/A/CA) Alison Bechdel For twenty-five years Bechdel's path-breaking Dykes to Watch Out For strip has been collected in award-winning volumes, syndicat...