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Arpad Okay

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As seen in: ComicsBeat, Substack, DoomRocket
Covers:  sequential art, film, music, history, social science, anthropology, entertainment
required reading at @doomrocket_ critical thinking at @comicsbeat lester bangs of comic books writer artist romani mess he/him
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NOT JUST BOYS FUN: the vintage rebel heroines of Osamu Tezuka

NOT JUST BOYS FUN: the vintage rebel heroines of Osamu Tezuka

NOT JUST BOYS FUN: branded as fairy tale romance, the shōjo manga of Osamu Tezuka have all the thrills of a v…

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Within THE GOLDEN AGE: 800 years of myth and revolution

Within THE GOLDEN AGE: 800 years of myth and revolution

What mysteries lie at the heart of THE GOLDEN AGE? An exploration of centuries of chivalric stories from King…

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REVIEW: BARK BARK GIRL math test minus dog, divided by emotion

REVIEW: BARK BARK GIRL math test minus dog, divided by emotion

REVIEW: Foul mouthed, frazzled, and fantastic, Jola's lost her dog and her will to study in Michael Furler's …

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INTERVIEW: Ron Wimberly's GRATNIN brings Brooklyn bushido to print

INTERVIEW: Ron Wimberly's GRATNIN brings Brooklyn bushido to print

"The storytelling experience starts at the presentation of the package and continues past the last frame of t…

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Interview: Ann Nocenti & David Aja on THE SEEDS - The Beat

Interview: Ann Nocenti & David Aja on THE SEEDS - The Beat

INTERVIEW: Ann Nocenti and David Aja discuss THE SEEDS, their new book from Karen Berger's Berger Books impri…

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Between people and programming lies Shimada's 'Robo Sapiens'

Between people and programming lies Shimada's 'Robo Sapiens'

Required Reading is DoomRocket's love chest, opened once a month to champion a book that we adore. This week:…

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Let the uncharted sci-fi ideas of No Love Lost drive you wild

Let the uncharted sci-fi ideas of No Love Lost drive you wild

Required Reading is DoomRocket's love chest, opened once a month to champion a book that we adore and you sho…

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'Ryuko' a singular vision of terrific wrath and even fiercer mercy

'Ryuko' a singular vision of terrific wrath and even fiercer mercy

Required Reading is DoomRocket's love chest, opened twice monthly to champion a book that we adore. This week…

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Wroten zeroes in on the struggle for and with maturity in 'Cannonball'

Wroten zeroes in on the struggle for and with maturity in 'Cannonball'

Required Reading is DoomRocket's love chest, opened twice monthly to champion a book that we adore. This week…

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'Mirror: The Nest' concludes a sprawling epic of violence and passion and ascension

'Mirror: The Nest' concludes a sprawling epic of violence and passion and ascension

Required Reading is DoomRocket's love chest, opened twice monthly to champion a book that we adore. This week…

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Uncompromising and potent, 'PTSD' brings us to the realm of the discarded

Uncompromising and potent, 'PTSD' brings us to the realm of the discarded

Required Reading is DoomRocket's love chest, opened twice monthly to champion a book that we adore. This week…

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'On a Sunbeam' a story of passion, purpose and agency

'On a Sunbeam' a story of passion, purpose and agency

Required Reading is DoomRocket's love chest, opened twice monthly to champion a book that we adore. This week…

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'Why Art?' a hypnotic Möbius strip of beauty, calamity, detachment, observation, and creation

'Why Art?' a hypnotic Möbius strip of beauty, calamity, detachment, observation, and creation

Required Reading is DoomRocket's love chest, opened twice monthly to champion a book that we adore. This week…

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The Bomb Is Us, On Homunculus by Joe Sparrow

The Bomb Is Us, On Homunculus by Joe Sparrow

Daisy can't move. Daisy weighs two thousand pounds, has no legs or arms to move with, no head to turn, is a c…

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This Book Is A Noun: On THE TALE OF ONE BAD RAT by Bryan Talbot - Comics Bookcase

This Book Is A Noun: On THE TALE OF ONE BAD RAT by Bryan Talbot - Comics Bookcase

On the street, a girl and her rat. Dad is a monster and mother's no help, Helen Potter leaves home, leaves a …

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