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Batman: Secrets #2

Batman: Secrets #2

The 5-issue miniseries written and illustrated by Sam Kieth ( Scratch, The Maxx ) continues! After the Joker commits a heinous crime, he attempts to frame Batman in the court of public opinion. And while the media hover like vultures, ready to convict before all the facts are in, more secrets from l…

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Go, Read: Jean-Jacques Sempe Profile
In a very good weekend for profiles (see Garry Trudeau, above) and short interviews (see Marjane Satrapi and Chris Ware, below), it might be easy to miss this succinct but accomplished sketch of Jean-Jacques Sempe’s life now that Phaidon is publishing a number of English-language versions of his older books.

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Iranian Cartoon Places at Golden Smiles
I’m not sure why, but in the face of such bad news for cartooning overseas in 2006 (riots, holocaust cartoon contests, lawsuits by political figures), there’s something sort of nice about an old-fashioned international cartoon contest story, such as this story about Iranian Shahrokh Heydari taking second place in the 5th cartoon exhibition in Belgrade, this year featuring comedians, with a portrait of the cartoonist and ace lyricist Shel Silverstein. Maybe it’s the mix of places and people, maybe it’s the whole idea of a news story about someone taking second place, I don’t know, but it made me smile, which given the name of the thing, might be the point.

This book deals with the new Superman of post 1986, the hack reworking of the character by that hack John Byrne. I would have loved a complete guide to the man of steel that was truly complete. I don’t like most of the art in this book, which has been

What would you do if you suddenly discovered that you could fly? The answer for this Clark Kent is to spend every spare moment flying. But then he sees someone in danger and saves their life. The good deed does not go unnoticed and Clark has to decide

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