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Manifest Destiny #s 25-30: Into the Fog

Ian Dawe — Wed, 06 Sep 2017 22:40:07 +0000

Manifest Destiny #s 25-30: Into the Fog" title="Manifest Destiny #s 25-30: Into the Fog" style="float:left;" />[Editor’s note: Sorry that I have fallen behind recently with my coverage of Manifest Destiny. But since the 5th trade paperback is released this week, it seems the perfect time to catch up. For those… [more]

Manifest Destiny #25: Who Are The Demons?

Ian Dawe — Mon, 16 Jan 2017 23:45:50 +0000

Manifest Destiny #25: Who Are The Demons?" title="Manifest Destiny #25: Who Are The Demons?" style="float:left;" />It’s a very special issue of Manifest Destiny as the 25th issue makes its appearance this week. The journey of Lewis and Clark has entered a different phase, as the Corps of Discovery settles down… [more]

Manifest Destiny #24: Making Camp

Ian Dawe — Wed, 19 Oct 2016 21:35:47 +0000

Manifest Destiny #24: Making Camp" title="Manifest Destiny #24: Making Camp" style="float:left;" />The latest Manifest Destiny brings the “Sasquatch” story arc to an end in fairly spectacular fashion. These story arcs function quite a bit like seasons of television, and Chris Dingess has fashioned a whopper of… [more]

Manifest Destiny #23: Tales of Captain Helm

Ian Dawe — Tue, 20 Sep 2016 21:20:04 +0000

Manifest Destiny #23: Tales of Captain Helm" title="Manifest Destiny #23: Tales of Captain Helm" style="float:left;" />It’s become apparent that the Captain Helm story in the pages of Manifest Destiny serves, at least in part, the same function that Tales of the Black Freighter did in Watchmen. This is emphatically a… [more]

Manifest Destiny #22: The Eyes Have It

Ian Dawe — Fri, 19 Aug 2016 23:30:10 +0000

Manifest Destiny #22: The Eyes Have It" title="Manifest Destiny #22: The Eyes Have It" style="float:left;" />Like many men of their era, Lewis and Clark were “blessed” with an overabundance of positivity and confidence (more for Lewis than Clark, but they each believed in the soundness of their society and their… [more]

Manifest Destiny #21: Leadership

Ian Dawe — Sat, 06 Aug 2016 01:30:51 +0000

Manifest Destiny #21: Leadership" title="Manifest Destiny #21: Leadership" style="float:left;" />One of the many challenges that the historical Lewis and Clark expedition had to surmount was simple hunger. They weren’t as badly off as some, and fared far better than some of the more northern… [more]

Congratulations to the 2016 Eisner Award Winners

Ian Dawe — Sat, 23 Jul 2016 16:15:18 +0000

Our series on the Eisner Awards was never meant to be predictive of who would win — quite the contrary, we were only trying to profile some of the nominated titles, because they’re all worth… [more]

Manifest Destiny #20: Big Feet and Bigger Eyes

Ian Dawe — Tue, 14 Jun 2016 20:30:20 +0000

Manifest Destiny #20: Big Feet and Bigger Eyes" title="Manifest Destiny #20: Big Feet and Bigger Eyes" style="float:left;" />“Captain Clark killed a curious animal… [one] never yet known in the United States.” That’s a quote from a member of the actual Corps of Discovery, and in that case it was the antelope, which… [more]

Manifest Destiny #19: Teamwork

Ian Dawe — Tue, 17 May 2016 17:45:05 +0000

Manifest Destiny #19: Teamwork" title="Manifest Destiny #19: Teamwork" style="float:left;" />When undertaking a task as dangerous as the exploration of unknown lands, teamwork is an absolute necessity. Other writers (such as Stephen Ambrose) have noted that it was this capacity for group unity, strong leadership… [more]

Manifest Destiny TPB vol 3 is Essential Reading

Ian Dawe — Tue, 02 Feb 2016 18:20:18 +0000

Manifest Destiny TPB vol 3 is Essential Reading" title="Manifest Destiny TPB vol 3 is Essential Reading" style="float:left;" />The latest, and darkest, collection of Manifest Destiny appears in stores this week, gathering issues #13-18 in a gruesome, intense and compelling TPB. Although it may be obvious to anyone who reads this comic, it… [more]

My Pick for the Best Comic of 2015: Invisible Republic

Ian Dawe — Sat, 02 Jan 2016 19:00:26 +0000

Invisible Republic" title="My Pick for the Best Comic of 2015: Invisible Republic" style="float:left;" />“Beware the best-of list”, Shakespeare once wrote. Or he should have. There are deep problems with basing one’s opinion of the literature worth reading on one critic’s list of the “best” of the year, most… [more]

Manifest Destiny #18: The Dark Side

Ian Dawe — Wed, 28 Oct 2015 20:40:01 +0000

Manifest Destiny #18: The Dark Side" title="Manifest Destiny #18: The Dark Side" style="float:left;" />This isn’t the first time, nor, I suspect, will it be the last, when there is blood on the scales in Manifest Destiny. One of the things that makes this comic so fascinating is how… [more]

Negative Space: Wonderful Comics Medicine

Ian Dawe — Wed, 23 Sep 2015 11:00:52 +0000

Negative Space: Wonderful Comics Medicine" title="Negative Space: Wonderful Comics Medicine" style="float:left;" />Like many other people who struggle with depression, I sometimes feel as if there is some sort of malevolent force lurking in the sky, consciously plotting to sabotage my happiness at every turn. This can… [more]

Manifest Destiny #17: How Many More Monsters?

Ian Dawe — Tue, 22 Sep 2015 11:00:34 +0000

Manifest Destiny #17: How Many More Monsters?" title="Manifest Destiny #17: How Many More Monsters?" style="float:left;" />Manifest Destiny has great moments when it combines the absurd with the profound, or the fantastic with genuinely powerful character moments. And both are to be found in its most recent issue, #17. What could… [more]

Manifest Destiny #16: Sacrifice

Ian Dawe — Wed, 19 Aug 2015 13:00:17 +0000

Manifest Destiny #16: Sacrifice" title="Manifest Destiny #16: Sacrifice" style="float:left;" />Improbable as it may seem to some readers, who may be out off by the sharp turn towards fantasy taken in the previous issue of Manifest Destiny, this book is still thoroughly about America, and… [more]

Lewis and Clark, Manifest Destiny and Thoughts on America

Ian Dawe — Sat, 04 Jul 2015 11:00:29 +0000

Manifest Destiny and Thoughts on America" title="Lewis and Clark, Manifest Destiny and Thoughts on America" style="float:left;" />In the long and storied history of the United States, a key moment occurred on August 18, 1805. That day, the “Corps of Discovery”, led by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, crossed the North American… [more]

Manifest Destiny #15: It Turns Out Bird Is The Word…

Ian Dawe — Wed, 17 Jun 2015 19:00:15 +0000

Manifest Destiny #15: It Turns Out Bird Is The Word…" title="Manifest Destiny #15: It Turns Out Bird Is The Word…" style="float:left;" />Manifest Destiny somehow always seems to keep one toe in historical reality, and one toe in the wildest fantastic metaphors of the all-American mind. But it has generally erred on the side of realism: even… [more]

Manifest Destiny #14: Facing Fear

Ian Dawe — Sat, 25 Apr 2015 19:00:43 +0000

Manifest Destiny #14: Facing Fear" title="Manifest Destiny #14: Facing Fear" style="float:left;" />The first few pages of the latest issue of Manifest Destiny have a great blend of the horrific and the absurd. The tension in the sequence is built around the fact that the men of… [more]

Manifest Destiny #13: Bird is the Word

Ian Dawe — Fri, 20 Feb 2015 20:00:35 +0000

Manifest Destiny #13: Bird is the Word" title="Manifest Destiny #13: Bird is the Word" style="float:left;" />It’s good to be back on the river with Manifest Destiny. After a fairly obvious break in the action in the previous issue, the boat is moving again and the men (and women) of the… [more]

Comics Were Everywhere in 2014… Just Think of What 2015 Can Bring

Ian Dawe — Sun, 04 Jan 2015 21:00:27 +0000

Comics were everywhere in 2014, and not just from my perspective. Check your Facebook page, or Twitter feed, and if you’re anything like me you’ll see at least one (probably three) Cyanide and Happiness, for… [more]

Manifest Destiny: My Comic of the Year

Ian Dawe — Tue, 30 Dec 2014 21:00:37 +0000

Manifest Destiny: My Comic of the Year" title="Manifest Destiny: My Comic of the Year" style="float:left;" />As I’ve written, I’m not a fan of lists or of ranking art in general, although of course I do acknowledge that there’s bad stuff and good stuff, and some great stuff. But beyond those… [more]

Manifest Destiny Issue #12: A Bend in the River

Ian Dawe — Fri, 19 Dec 2014 21:00:45 +0000

Manifest Destiny Issue #12: A Bend in the River" title="Manifest Destiny Issue #12: A Bend in the River" style="float:left;" />This is a pivotal issue of Manifest Destiny, in which Chris Dingess and Matt Roberts are clearly changing gears, in anticipation of a new and more intense chapter of the Lewis and Clark journey. Of… [more]

Manifest Destiny #11: “Lewis Smash!”

Ian Dawe — Thu, 06 Nov 2014 21:00:04 +0000

Manifest Destiny #11: “Lewis Smash!”" title="Manifest Destiny #11: “Lewis Smash!”" style="float:left;" />With the latest issue of Manifest Destiny, the crew of the Corps of Discovery definitely close one chapter in their journey. For the past few issues, the expedition has been split, with the keelboat hung… [more]

Manifest Destiny #10: Enhanced Solutions

Ian Dawe — Fri, 19 Sep 2014 17:00:52 +0000

Manifest Destiny #10: Enhanced Solutions" title="Manifest Destiny #10: Enhanced Solutions" style="float:left;" />In the afterward for issue #10 if Manifest Destiny, Chris Dingess writes that the men on the boat are becoming a genuine threat to the monsters they encounter, rather than the other way around. That’s… [more]

Manifest Destiny: Death is their Ally

Ian Dawe — Thu, 21 Aug 2014 17:00:50 +0000

Manifest Destiny: Death is their Ally" title="Manifest Destiny: Death is their Ally" style="float:left;" />There’s a line in Oliver Stone’s criminally underrated film Nixon in which the titular character muses to a painting of Abraham Lincoln, “What is that’s helping us? Is it God? Or Death?” That must express… [more]

Manifest Destiny #8: Sacagawea Keeps Score

Ian Dawe — Mon, 21 Jul 2014 19:00:52 +0000

Manifest Destiny #8: Sacagawea Keeps Score" title="Manifest Destiny #8: Sacagawea Keeps Score" style="float:left;" />Things are getting “curiouser and curiouser” for the Corps of Discovery in Manifest Destiny #8. Aside from the usual thrills this comic provides, giant frogs, giant insects, scary jungle, etc, in this issue you can… [more]

Manifest Destiny #7: A Different Mission

Ian Dawe — Sun, 15 Jun 2014 19:00:51 +0000

Manifest Destiny #7: A Different Mission" title="Manifest Destiny #7: A Different Mission" style="float:left;" />[Spoilers ahoy, Captain Clark.] It’s wonderful to be back amongst the pulpy charms and historical poetry of Manifest Destiny after a break. For those who missed the first six issues, Chris Dingess and Matthew Roberts… [more]

Manifest Destiny #6: Lewis and Clark’s Dreams

Ian Dawe — Thu, 10 Apr 2014 17:00:34 +0000

Manifest Destiny #6: Lewis and Clark’s Dreams" title="Manifest Destiny #6: Lewis and Clark’s Dreams" style="float:left;" />The most important part of this issue of Manifest Destiny, by Chris Dingess, Matthew Roberts and Own Gieni, is the passage where we get to see Lewis and Clark’s dreams. In historical terms, Meriwether Lewis… [more]

Manifest Destiny #1-5, or “Lewis and Clark vs the Vegetable Zombies”

Ian Dawe — Thu, 03 Apr 2014 17:00:00 +0000

Manifest Destiny #1-5, or “Lewis and Clark vs the Vegetable Zombies”" title="Manifest Destiny #1-5, or “Lewis and Clark vs the Vegetable Zombies”" style="float:left;" />The slug-line description of Manifest Destiny, a comic by Chris Dingess and Matthew Roberts, is “Lewis and Clark go west to fight monsters”. That would be interesting enough right there, but thing that gives this… [more]