Author Archives: Khaled Abou Alfa

American Born Chinese

I’ve been living in a bit of a bubble these past few years with respect to my comic book reading habits. I tend to read books that I hear about on websites and what I see on the shelf in … Continue reading

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Splash Panel Podcast Episode 02

Week 2 of the Splash Panel podcast. This week I discuss Brian Michael Bendis and Ed Brubaker and their past and recent projects. What works for me what doesn’t. Also I give an angry little rant at the leeches over … Continue reading

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Splash Panel Podcast Episode 01

Not a review but the first ever Splash Panel podcast. I expect to do this once a week on a Sunday evening. It’s a long time coming and something I’ve been meaning to do for a good long while, however … Continue reading

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I’ve started doing a new thing on my Flickr account (as of this month). Basically I’ll be going through all the online solicitations from the Previews to come down the line and highlight all the covers and potentially books that … Continue reading

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Dark Tower Issue #1

We generally don’t review anything but graphic novels on the ‘Panel, however every once in a while a book comes along that I actually pick up and I generally can’t let it go, The Dark Tower that was released by … Continue reading

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DMZ | Volume 1 | On the Ground

I’ve got to say that this book took me over 6 months to get around to reading. This wasn’t because I was excited about reading it, this wasn’t because I had better things to read (as you’ll understand from the … Continue reading

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Best Graphic Novels of 2006

When I started writing last year’s list I did actually struggle to find that top 10 definitive list of graphic novels that truly stood out this year; we’ve had some absolute stonking contributions that deserve your attention, however it definitely … Continue reading

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Pedro and Me

So I’m sitting at home in Greece, looking at my book shelf which still houses a major section of my collection here. A lot of my classic graphic novels still live here, I noticed a gem I’ve not read in … Continue reading

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