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.

China and its Comics are Awake, and Taking Over

China, people like to depict it as the military force that will take over the world. But at least it’s comics display what it truly values.

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Elfquest: Opening and Closing Doors to the World

Elfquest, after 40 years of production, now is as good a time as any to find out about the world of Abode.

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Comic Comparisons: Secession Problems

Living off the grid sounds all and good. Just for the literal life of you, remember the lessons all of these comics bring you.

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Jason: Neutrality Embraces Everyone’s Emotions

Look out it’s Jason, oh wait he’s not Voorhees, he’s just a comic artist who makes faces where you put masks on his characters.

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Nigeria: Comics Aren’t Just Amebo, They’re An Amazing Export

You’ve heard about the news headlines, you’ve seen the influence on the web; now see how these creators from Nigeria created a movement.

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Taiwan: Released from the Chinese Bounds

They might both be called Manhua, but Taiwan’s comics have a tendency to show up mainland China’s.

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Movie Sequels in Comics: Efficient but Needs Focus

For making movie sequels, comics will not just save money but also provide great imagery without blowing budgets. Be wary of sequelitis.

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Matt Kindt: The Mindbending Wonders

For Matt Kindt, surrealism isn’t just showing weird pictures to express details, but trying to find where reality and fantasy collide.

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Masamune Shirow: How To See Philosophies Beneath the Glamour

Masamune Shirow, man did he ever know how to craft steel. Cyborgs, tanks, and supercomputers; why sci-fi trope did he not touch?

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Bomb Queen: Satire at its Most Explosive

Bomb Queen, a comic about a half-naked dictator who can ruin your fantasies in more than one way. Pretty exciting stuff actually.

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