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.

The Sentry: How A Hoax Rumor Creates A Compelling Hero

The Sentry, originally a hoax rumor like Pokemon’s Mew about a Golden Age hero in the Marvel Universe. Paul Jenkins was so good at faking […]

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Cyberpunk and the Complementary Manga Icons

Ghost in the Shell and Battle Angel Alita, two of Japan’s most influential sci-fi franchises. Let’s see how that influence unfolds in manga.

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Go Nagai: An Exclusive Look At The Determined Defier of Manga

Go Nagai, the mangaka who dared to be different and became a sensation. What is it like for a creator who set some standards of modern manga and anime?

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Mike Mignola: How To Make Contrast Matter In Art

Mike Mignola, the “Jack Kirby” of occult based comics? No way, he’s in a league of his own. Check it out.

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Rise of the Black Panther: Simplifying an Epic

One issue created that brings in a new insight to T’Challa’s origin and maternal bond, tied together with a storyline fans like to complain about.

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Gail Simone: Reinventing the Status Quo

Gail Simone, the creator who takes redefinition to a whole new level. Look where this writer began to her position as a creative director.

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Retcons: Everything You Need To Know About Story Changes

Retcons, so many ways things to say and do for a character; so many ways to mess it up.

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Kaiju Bigotry: How Exploiting People’s Nature Kills

Kaiju, the representation of man’s struggle against nature. The many who would cage these creatures are shown in full in these series.

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Bande Dessinée: Everything You Need To Know About The Ninth Artform

I gotta learn French, it’s a pretty language and it has some of the widest spread areas in terms of comics.

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Pets Trending into Comic Publishing

I knew pets were popular but now I can’t decide whether to get a Corgi or not.

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