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Review: Watchmen

May 26, 2010 – 8:27 am

The Book: Watchmen, by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons
The Story: Just when you thought I couldn’t get any nerdier, look at me… reading comic books. Ha.
I know that it would probably make some seriously-in-love-with-Watchmen people cringe, but what I kept comparing Watchmen to was the movie The Incredibles.  Superheroes are the bomb dot com and [...]

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Review: The Complete Persepolis

December 8, 2009 – 9:26 am

The Book: The Complete Persepolis, by Marjane Satrapi
The Story: This is an autobiographical graphic novel of a teenage girl growing up in Iran during the revolution of ‘79.  There was a lot about death and war and the veil, and tough stuff, but there were also big chunks about crushes, normal teenage rebellion, secret parties [...]

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