Author: Fracadactyl

Fracadactyl is my username, giving ideas you don't know you could love is my game. Jake Palermo is my legal name, I am writer who found my niche in the concept of things. How ideas change and build on themselves. Comics just happen to be the least expensive and most memorable ways these can be seen.

Kazuo Koike: A Retrospective On The Architect of Modern Manga

It’s always sad when someone who enriches your life dies. Kazuo Koike is no exception for me or anyone. This gensakusha along with mangaka Goseki […]

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Garth Ennis: How To Dissect Frustrations

Bang!Alright give me the tag and let’s mosey along.Welcome to Creator Highlights where we do autopsies of stories by comic creators. Garth Ennis is one […]

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Robert Venditti on Finding Yourself in the Strange

Now here’s a creator I can relate to in a big way. Creator Highlights is all about finding the narrative strengths of creators; but for […]

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Jonathan Hickman On How To Do Ensemble Epics

Hello Netizens, Fracadactyl here. Today on Creator Highlights, we’ll be going over one writer who a few long runners can learn from. Jonathan Hickman writer […]

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Detective Comics #1000 v Action Comics #1000

It’s a fanboy’s debate topic as old as the medium. Superman the Last of Krypton and Batman the Dark Knight; both iconic and everlasting character […]

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Shazam Origin: Making a Great Story Even Better

The Shazam Origin story back in the Golden Age doesn’t look like something that should be on the big screen. Thankfully, Geoff John’s version is […]

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Shazam!: The Double Life of the Wizard

Shazam! Sorry I couldn’t resist. With the movie starring Zachary Levi and Asher Angel, it’s time to get electrifying. People are free to call the […]

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Under the Red Hood: Distilling a Messy Story

Greeting Netizens, Fracadactyl here. Welcome back to Adaptations Done Right, it’s exactly as it is on the tin. Today we’ll be covering Batman: Under the […]

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Indonesian Komiks: The Standing Out Battle

Indonesia has more than its numerous rice fields and the Wayang shadow puppet shows. The traditions and influence from the Dutch give rise to Indonesia’s […]

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Chapterhouse and Bubble Comics: Crowd Success

Welcome back to Comic Comparisons; the segment that examines two similar processes about comics. Today’s a more unique case as it combines with the World […]

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