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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 #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]

Negative Space Gets a TPB Release This Week

Ian Dawe — Mon, 04 Jul 2016 16:40:44 +0000

Negative Space Gets a TPB Release This Week" title="Negative Space Gets a TPB Release This Week" style="float:left;" />Negative Space, by Ryan K Lindsay and illustrated by Owen Gieni, is one of the more astute and creative explorations of depression ever committed to the page, and this week it’s available from Dark Horse… [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]

Negative Space #4: The Power of Depression

Ian Dawe — Sat, 02 Apr 2016 15:00:59 +0000

Negative Space #4: The Power of Depression" title="Negative Space #4: The Power of Depression" style="float:left;" />Negative Space, by Ryan K. Lindsay, with artwork by Owen Gieni, started out with a suicide attempt. It then followed our hero, Guy, through some therapy, some revelations about the nature of the world, and… [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]

Negative Space #3: The Happiness Bomb

Ian Dawe — Thu, 21 Jan 2016 19:05:03 +0000

Negative Space #3: The Happiness Bomb" title="Negative Space #3: The Happiness Bomb" style="float:left;" />Negative Space does everything a good comic should do. It tells a great story, with clarity, uses the visual elements well (this story wouldn’t be as powerful without the art) and has some of the… [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]

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 #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]