Comic Relief with Constantine & Green Arrow Writer Jeff Lemire

By Sean Edgar at 9:30 AM on March 20, 2013

In Comic Relief, Paste chats with its favorite writers and artists about the art that inspired them their own current projects. Jeff Lemire is a master of the quiet and calm. The creator behind such independent treasures as Essex County and The Underwater Welder defined his craft with desolate vistas of negative space filled with adrift characters searching for themselves among other things. In Lemire’s best moments, lonely and beautiful are usually one and the same. Over the phone, the acclaimed author is thankfully less reserved than his characters, riffing on his new books and the grocery store digests his...  read more

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The Top Ten John Constantine: Hellblazer Stories

By Sean Edgar at 11:00 AM on March 19, 2013

This Wednesday, DC will usher its magic bastard extraordinaire John Constantine to a brand new title and number one issue, relaunching a character who supported 300 issues of history and talent in the seminal Hellblazer comic. First introduced in Alan Moore’s Swamp Thing after artists Steve Bissette and John Totleben requested to draw a character who resembled Police frontman Sting, Constantine is known more for making terrible decisions and pissing off malicious deities than plucking bass strings. And even though a boozing, womanizing conman might not sound revolutionary in passing, Hellblazer elevated the fledgling mature readers market of the 80s...  read more

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Pantalones, TX: Don't Chicken Out by Yehudi Mercado

By Hillary Brown at 9:00 AM on March 16, 2013

Writer & Artist: Yehudi Mercado Publisher: Archaia Release Date: March 12, 2013...  read more

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Sex #1 by Joe Casey & Piotr Kowalski

By Noah Cruickshank at 10:00 AM on March 11, 2013

Writer: Joe Casey Artist: Piotr Kowalski Publisher: Image Comics Release Date: March 6, 2013...  read more

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Last Day in Vietnam: A Memory by Will Eisner

By Hillary Brown at 9:00 AM on March 6, 2013

Writer & Artist: Will Eisner Publisher: Dark Horse Release Date: March 6, 2013 (Reprint); July 15, 2000 (Original publish date)...  read more

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The Adventures of Superhero Girl by Faith Erin Hicks

By Hillary Brown at 5:20 PM on February 27, 2013

Writer & Artist: Faith Erin Hicks Publisher: Dark Horse Release Date: February 13, 2013...  read more

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Nemo: Heart of Ice by Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill

By Mark Rozeman at 4:40 PM on February 27, 2013

Writer: Alan Moore Artist: Kevin O’Neill Publisher: Top Shelf Release Date: February 27, 2013...  read more

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Exclusive DC Comics Preview: "Justice League Dark #17"

By Sean Edgar at 9:00 AM on February 25, 2013

Writers: Jeff Lemire, Ray Fawkes Artist: Mikel Janin Publisher: DC Release Date: February 27, 2013...  read more

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Photographer Places Calvin and Hobbes in Real Life Locations

By Logan Lockner at 12:00 PM on February 23, 2013

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Justice League of America #1 by Geoff Johns and David Finch

By Garrett Martin at 1:30 PM on February 21, 2013

Writer: Geoff Johns Artist: David Finch Publisher: DC Comics Release Date: February 20, 2013...  read more

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