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		<title>Review: Angels, Devils, and Dogs in DAMN THEM ALL #9</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Oct 2023 22:58:43 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Boom! Studios]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Comic Book Reviews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Comics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Charlie Adlard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Damn Them All]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[si spurrier]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Vertigo&#8217;s collapse left a hole in the comics landscape &#8212; the middle-ground between simpler adventure or superhero comics and more daring, avant-garde entertainment. There have been plenty of comics since that tried to fit that niche, including an imprint by Vertigo&#8217;s editor, Karen Berger herself. But Vertigo&#8217;s longest running series, Hellblazer, was hit especially hard [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Review: TOKYO INTERSTELLAR IMMIGRATION Volume 2</title>
		<link>https://monkeysfightingrobots.co/review-tokyo-interstellar-immigration-volume-2/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Hank Essman]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Aug 2023 19:55:07 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Comic Book Reviews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Comics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Manga]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mado Guchimoto]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tokyo Interstellar Immigration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[VAST Visual]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Roughly a year after the first volume released, Tokyo Interstellar Immigration is back. Mado Guchimoto&#8217;s love-letter to Hollywood, sci-fi, and deep-sea marine life continues mere moments after the first volume ended, with the cast reeling from an appearance by the mysterious &#8220;Faceman.&#8221; But that doesn&#8217;t mean there&#8217;s time to rest. The agents have to try [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Review: Wholesale Destruction in PINEAPPLE JESUS #4</title>
		<link>https://monkeysfightingrobots.co/review-wholesale-destruction-in-pineapple-jesus-4/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Hank Essman]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jul 2023 19:11:42 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Comic Book Reviews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Independent Comics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pedro Camargo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pineapple Jesus]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[The subtitle of Pineapple Jesus #4 is &#8220;Oops! All Battles!&#8221; Which is accurate, but independent creator Pedro Camargo might be selling the issue a bit short. Having established itself as a bizarre investigation comic for the first three issues, number four changes pace by tearing down everything in sight. People get punched through buildings, intestines [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Review: Thrills and Chills In CHERUBIM #1</title>
		<link>https://monkeysfightingrobots.co/review-thrills-and-chills-in-cherubim-1/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Hank Essman]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Jun 2023 17:03:36 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Comic Book Reviews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Comics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brian Level]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cherubim]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Matthew Sparks]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://monkeysfightingrobots.co/?p=861410</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[90s comics are mostly remembered for their excess. It was a time of rippling muscles, overblown angst, and purple prose. It was the perfect era for the gothic melodrama of heroes like Ghost Rider or Spawn. Put a man in a war between Heaven and Hell, and of course he&#8217;ll speak every line with solemn [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Review: Exploring Past Lives in MISS TRUESDALE AND THE FALL OF HYPERBOREA #1</title>
		<link>https://monkeysfightingrobots.co/review-exploring-past-lives-in-miss-truesdale-and-the-fall-of-hyperborea-1/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Hank Essman]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 May 2023 21:22:20 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Comic Book Reviews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Comics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dark Horse]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jesse Lonergan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mike mignola]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Miss Truesdale and the Fall of Hyperborea]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Ever since Mike Mignola began ushering in other artists to take on his signature creation, Hellboy comics have never stuck to a single artistic look. Each artist brought to work on Mignola&#8217;s shared universe of comics has been given a great deal of freedom in interpreting his characters. Though the artists that get chosen for Hellboy [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Review: Past and Future in PAKLIS #6</title>
		<link>https://monkeysfightingrobots.co/review-past-and-future-in-paklis-6/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Hank Essman]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Apr 2023 18:48:34 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Comic Book Reviews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Image Comics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Comics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dustin Weaver]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[image]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paklis]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://monkeysfightingrobots.co/?p=860768</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Go back to the 1930s — the birth of the American comic book — and most of what you&#8217;ll find are anthologies. Characters beloved for generations started in titles like Action Comics, Whiz Comics, or Detective Comics. But those mainstream anthologies came from teams of creators, pumping out whatever they could to meet a monthly [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Review: Playful Surrealism in DORIS DANGER: GIANT MONSTERS AMOK</title>
		<link>https://monkeysfightingrobots.co/review-playful-surrealism-in-doris-danger-giant-monsters-amok/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Hank Essman]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Mar 2023 19:29:01 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Comic Book Reviews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Comics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fantagraphics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chris Wisnia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Doris Danger]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://monkeysfightingrobots.co/?p=860458</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Marvel wasn&#8217;t always a company associated with giving &#8220;real&#8221; problems to heroes in spandex. They started as a mere arm of Atlas comics, a company dedicated to chasing wider cultural trends with comics about cowboys, romance, war, and — eventually — monsters. Giant, wrinkly-faced monsters with silly names and oversized underpants. Those monsters were the [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>REVIEW: Wandering the Wastelands in FORTRESS #3</title>
		<link>https://monkeysfightingrobots.co/review-wandering-the-wastelands-in-fortress-3/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Hank Essman]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2023 17:12:32 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Comic Book Reviews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Comics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fortress]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joel Van Der Knapp]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Strangers Publishing]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://monkeysfightingrobots.co/?p=859646</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Comics thrive on cool character designs. Sure, there are more grounded, experimental, or contemplative ways to approach comics. But superheroes, shonen, and all sorts of genre comics in between live or die on stylish their leads can be. Just ask Spawn. Fortress #3 by Joel Van Der Knapp demonstrates this principle with its parade of [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Review: Deep Space Desperation in DEGA</title>
		<link>https://monkeysfightingrobots.co/review-deep-space-desperation-in-dega/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Hank Essman]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2023 20:46:12 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Comic Book Reviews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Comics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ONI Press]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dan McDaid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dega]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oni Press]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://monkeysfightingrobots.co/?p=859444</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Space is scary. An endless void stretching out in all directions, enveloping all known life. It&#8217;s the darker side of stories about man searching the stars. For as much as it could be seen as the final frontier, an exciting new search, anything that could be found in space will be dwarfed by so, so [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>NEMESIS THE WARLOCK: A Retrospective</title>
		<link>https://monkeysfightingrobots.co/nemesis-the-warlock-a-retrospective/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Hank Essman]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2022 15:53:51 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Comic Book Oped]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Comics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2000AD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin O'Neill]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nemesis the Warlock]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pat Mills]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Pat Mills has admitted he had to hold off on introducing new concepts to Nemesis the Warlock early on. In the preface to the first volume of The Complete Nemesis the Warlock, he recalls fearing that &#8220;Nemesis would implode under the weight of trying to combine crazy inventions with the conventional hero approach the readers [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Review: Storming the DC Universe in WILDC.A.T.S #1</title>
		<link>https://monkeysfightingrobots.co/review-storming-the-dc-universe-in-wildc-a-t-s-1/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Hank Essman]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2022 20:16:29 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Comic Book Reviews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Comics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DC Comics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Matthew Rosenberg]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stephen Segovia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WildC.A.T.s]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://monkeysfightingrobots.co/?p=858879</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Oh, good. Superheroes.&#8221; curses masked gunslinger Grifter near the close of WildC.A.Ts #1. It might not seem like he has much room to talk. After all, Jim Lee&#8217;s Wildstorm imprint made a name for itself in the &#8217;90s by combining superheroes with super-spy corporate espionage. But while the early comics leaned heavier on the superhero [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Review: Simple Chills in LEONIDE THE VAMPYR: MIRACLE AT THE CROW&#8217;S HEAD</title>
		<link>https://monkeysfightingrobots.co/review-simple-chills-in-leonide-the-vampyr-miracle-at-the-crows-head/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Hank Essman]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Oct 2022 14:47:22 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Comic Book Reviews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Comics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dark Horse]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mike mignola]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rachele Aragno]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://monkeysfightingrobots.co/?p=858494</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Comics and the horror genre have had a long, fruitful partnership. In the United States at least, both modern incarnations have their roots in the pulps and penny dreadfuls of yesteryear: cheaply produced promises of chills and thrills often aimed at children or anyone else with a few nickels to spare. So it makes sense [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Review: PINK LEMONADE #1 — For the Love of Cartoons and Sugar</title>
		<link>https://monkeysfightingrobots.co/review-pink-lemonade-1-for-the-love-of-cartoons-and-sugar/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Hank Essman]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Oct 2022 13:56:31 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Comic Book Reviews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Comics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ONI Press]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nick Cagnetti]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oni Press]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pink lemonade]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://monkeysfightingrobots.co/?p=858409</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Pink Lemonade&#8217;s been on quite the journey over the past few years. Starting from a daily series of strips centered around an enthusiastic biker, it soon became clear that the character&#8217;s story had begun to outgrow the format. So, here we are with Pink Lemonade #1 from creator Nick Cagnetti and letterer François Vigneault, an [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Review: Food Fight in FLAVOR GIRLS #3</title>
		<link>https://monkeysfightingrobots.co/review-food-fight-in-flavor-girls-3/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Hank Essman]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Sep 2022 23:54:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Boom! Studios]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Comic Book Reviews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Comics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Flavor Girls]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Loïc Locatelli-Kournwsky]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://monkeysfightingrobots.co/?p=858246</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Out this week from Boom! Studios, Flavor Girls #3 by Loïc Locatelli-Kournwsky and colorist Eros de Santiago brings the first series barreling to a conclusion and answers the pressing question: what can a pineapple wand do in a fight? Having only recently come together as a complete unit, the Flavor Girls are forced to confront their [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Review: OLD DOG #1 Gets Back in the Groove</title>
		<link>https://monkeysfightingrobots.co/review-old-dog-1-gets-back-in-the-groove/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Hank Essman]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Sep 2022 20:08:56 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Comic Book Reviews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Comics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Image Comics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Declan Shalvey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Old Dog]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://monkeysfightingrobots.co/?p=857978</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Old Dog #1 hits your local comic book shop on September 28, but thanks to Image Comics, we have an advance review for our readers. The cover of Old Dog #1 is a face strained into a snarl, sagging skin, and pockmarks contrasted with bulging neck veins and narrowed focused eyes. Age has made him slower [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Review: Rover&#8217;s a Ronin in SAMURAI DOGGY #1</title>
		<link>https://monkeysfightingrobots.co/review-rovers-a-ronin-in-samurai-doggy-1/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Hank Essman]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Aug 2022 15:46:40 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[AfterShock]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Comic Book Reviews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Comics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AfterShock Comics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[samurai doggy]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://monkeysfightingrobots.co/?p=857632</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[If there&#8217;s anything the last decade of action movies can teach us, it&#8217;s never kill a man&#8217;s dog. But in the world of Samurai Doggy, dogs are well-equipped to avenge themselves. So when a man kills a dog&#8217;s mother and kidnaps his siblings? It&#8217;s a recipe for revenge that sends the titular Samurai Doggy on a mad manhunt. So [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Review: Slowing Down in FLAVOR GIRLS #2</title>
		<link>https://monkeysfightingrobots.co/review-slowing-down-in-flavor-girls-2/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Hank Essman]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Aug 2022 15:34:14 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Boom! Studios]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Comic Book Reviews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Comics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Flavor Girls]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Loïc Locatelli-Kournwsky]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[After a bombastic introduction to a supernatural world of alien-fighting magical girls, Sara&#8217;s reached a hitch in her new superhero career; she&#8217;s not a great athlete. So she can expect lots of sweat and tears as she struggles to live up to the example her teammates have set for her. Flavor Girls #2 by Loïc [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Review: Exploring a Post-Human Landscape in FRANKENSTEIN NEW WORLD #1</title>
		<link>https://monkeysfightingrobots.co/review-exploring-a-post-human-landscape-in-frankenstein-new-world-1/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Hank Essman]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Aug 2022 12:28:17 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Comic Book Reviews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Comics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dark Horse]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Frankenstein: New World]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mignolaverse]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://monkeysfightingrobots.co/?p=857554</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[When the main Hellboy story ended back in 2019, that was supposed to be the last glimpse of the universe. Sure, prequels have been told, different corners of the world&#8217;s past has been expanded, but nothing was meant to take place after the final images of a new, post-human world. Plans change. Especially since a [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Review: Dusky Decline in THE HOLLOWS</title>
		<link>https://monkeysfightingrobots.co/review-dusky-decline-in-the-hollows/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Hank Essman]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Jul 2022 16:23:44 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Comic Book Reviews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Comics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Image Comics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chris ryall]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sam Kieth]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://monkeysfightingrobots.co/?p=857461</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[The Hollows is a comic about second chances. So it&#8217;s fitting that it&#8217;s getting another shot at the stands. Originally a mini-series from IDW, this oversized release from Image collects all four issues into a single package. Writer Chris Ryall, artist Sam Kieth, and letterer Robbie Robbins work together to tell a story of a post-apocalypse [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Review: Cosplay Heist in ROGUES&#8217; GALLERY #1</title>
		<link>https://monkeysfightingrobots.co/review-cosplay-heist-in-rogues-gallery-1/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Hank Essman]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jul 2022 16:42:08 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Comics]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[For groups formed by shared passion for entertainment, fandoms can get pretty damn angry, huh? As fandoms have gotten bigger and bigger, outbursts of rage and frustration have only become more common. In Rogues&#8217; Gallery #1 by writer Hannah Rose May, artist Justin Mason, colorist Triona Farrell, and letterer Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou, that rage spills offline [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Review: A Gentler Post-Apocalypse in FLAVOR GIRLS #1</title>
		<link>https://monkeysfightingrobots.co/review-a-gentler-post-apocalypse-in-flavor-girls-1/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Hank Essman]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jul 2022 15:22:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Comic Book Reviews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Comics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Flavor Girls]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Loïc Locatelli-Kournwsky]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://monkeysfightingrobots.co/?p=857250</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Flavor Girls #1 is a book that&#8217;s been in the works for a while. Starting from creator Loïc Locatelli-Kournwsky&#8217;s designs for magical-girl characters years ago, their world slowly evolved and took form, with him posting all sorts of illustrations, bios, and mini-comics on his website. The years-long gestation added a lot of different influences to [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Review: Pie-Induced Panic in BONYEER THE AROMATIC #2</title>
		<link>https://monkeysfightingrobots.co/review-pie-induced-panic-in-bonyeer-the-aromatic-2/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Hank Essman]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Jul 2022 16:51:14 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Comic Book Reviews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Comics]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[bonyeer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bonyeer the aromatic]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Japanese artist Piytotycho has been self-publishing Bonyeer stories since around 2015. Sold at cons and online, the Japanese issues of Bonyeer showed the popular Instagram artist’s growth from year-to-year, but also went through multiple sizes, a flip in orientation, and eventually introduced a dual-language format to support both English and Japanese readers. Bonyeer the Aromatic [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Review: Religion and Politics in SEVEN SONS #1</title>
		<link>https://monkeysfightingrobots.co/review-religion-and-politics-in-seven-sons-1/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Hank Essman]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jun 2022 17:52:50 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Comic Book Reviews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Image Comics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jae Lee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Seven Sons]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Many stories have imagined what would happen if the Second Coming went unnoticed, but hell, what if it was a sellout? What if the candidates for God&#8217;s new humanly host got their own campaign trails and action figures? The creative team of writers Robert Windom and Kelvin Mao, artist Jae Lee, colorist June Chung, and [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Review: Beautiful Chaos in TOKYO INTERSTELLAR IMMIGRATION</title>
		<link>https://monkeysfightingrobots.co/review-beautiful-chaos-in-tokyo-interstellar-immigration/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Hank Essman]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jun 2022 13:00:48 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Comic Book Reviews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Manga]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tokyo Interstellar Immigration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[VAST Visual]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://monkeysfightingrobots.co/?p=856249</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Comics are uniquely suited to spectacle. Their stillness gives you time to drink in feats of daring. It lets colorful, distinct outfits shine. In America, comics gave us superheroes &#8211; costume-clad circus performers starring in crime serials. While Japan&#8217;s approach to superpowered spectacle gave us multi-million-selling mega-hits like Dragon Ball and One Piece. It&#8217;s part [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Review: A Dragon&#8217;s Dad in SHAOLIN COWBOY: CRUEL TO BE KIN #1</title>
		<link>https://monkeysfightingrobots.co/review-a-dragons-dad-in-shaolin-cowboy-cruel-to-be-kin-1/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Hank Essman]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 May 2022 15:58:31 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Comic Book Reviews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Comics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dark Horse]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Geof Darrow]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Shaolin Cowboy]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[After a five-year break, Geof Darrow&#8217;s signature creation has wandered his way into a new series. This time, the focus has turned towards a story about parenting. Where the child happens to be a Komodo Dragon. And the parent has to save said child by waterskiing through the desert tethered to a pterodactyl. Writer/Artist Geof [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Review: A Resentful Reaper in GRIM #1</title>
		<link>https://monkeysfightingrobots.co/review-a-resentful-reaper-in-grim-1/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Hank Essman]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 May 2022 22:02:33 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Boom! Studios]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Comic Book Reviews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Comics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Flaviano]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[grim]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stephanie phillips]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Grim #1 presents a world where death&#8217;s been outsourced. Sure, oblique refences are made to a capital &#8220;D&#8221; death, the reigning lord of the underworld. But no one&#8217;s ever seen or met him. Most of the work is left to human souls, each handed a scythe and asked to guide the dearly departed. So, a job, [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Review: Monkeys and Robots in MONKEY MEAT #5</title>
		<link>https://monkeysfightingrobots.co/review-monkeys-and-robots-in-monkey-meat-5/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Hank Essman]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 May 2022 17:51:56 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Comic Book Reviews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Comics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Image Comics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Juni Ba]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Monkey Meat]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Monkey Meat Corporation has fallen. After 4 issues setting up its far-reaching menace and power, the fifth and final installment in Juni Ba&#8217;s Monkey Meat mini-series opens by revealing that the company has met with an ironic fate. All it took was a consumer who&#8217;s a bit more enthusiastic than most. Someone so in [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Review: CARNAGE #2 Is A Must Get</title>
		<link>https://monkeysfightingrobots.co/review-carnage-2-is-a-must-get/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Hank Essman]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Apr 2022 21:46:46 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Comic Book Reviews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Comics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marvel Comics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Carnage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[francesco manna]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[marvel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ram v]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://monkeysfightingrobots.co/?p=854368</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Carnage has never been very good at persuading people. All the character&#8217;s early appearances had him constantly spouting his lawless philosophy with phrases like &#8220;LAWS ARE AN ILLUSION!&#8221; or &#8220;I AM ULTIMATE FREEDOM!&#8221; Often with the unspoken assumption that he&#8217;d convince&#8230; well, at least someone. Instead, people mostly just greeted him with terror and scorn. [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Review: Weary Optimism in LAND OF THE LIVING GODS #3</title>
		<link>https://monkeysfightingrobots.co/review-weary-optimism-in-land-of-the-living-gods-3/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Hank Essman]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Apr 2022 14:46:36 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[AfterShock]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Comics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AfterShock Comics]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[land of the living gods]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Though they may be set in the future, post-apocalypse stories are often fixated on the past. When everything&#8217;s crumbling, we might as well focus on what we&#8217;ve done and where we&#8217;ve been. Though most post-apocalypses don&#8217;t have the literal spirits of the dead quietly watch on as humanity&#8217;s collective work turns to dust. In Land [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Review: A Downbeat Conclusion in SWORD OF HYPERBOREA #4</title>
		<link>https://monkeysfightingrobots.co/review-a-downbeat-conclusion-in-sword-of-hyperborea-4/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Hank Essman]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Apr 2022 01:22:08 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Comic Book Reviews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Comics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dark Horse]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mignolaverse]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Sword Of Hyperborea]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://monkeysfightingrobots.co/?p=853968</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[So this is how Sword of Hyperborea ends. Not with a bang or a whimper, but with a touch of the blues. The final vignette in a series of four, Sword of Hyperborea #4 eschews modern cavemen or monster hybrids for the story of a struggling blues musician. It&#8217;s not what most would expect from the [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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