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A Darwinian Comic Book Nightmare-Hellscape

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Atoll Comics: Deep Sequencing Black Magick Colours and Letters

A look at the use of colour as magick and a nifty lesson on lettering in Black Magick Vol. 1

by Greg Rucka, Nicola Scott, Chiara Arena, and Jodi Wynne

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Atoll Comics: Deep Sequencing: Unshuttering Shutter

A look at some of the fun storytelling choices in Shutter Vol. 4

by Joe Keatinge, Leila Del Duca, Owen Gieni, John Workman 

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Atoll Comics: Deep Sequencing: Talking About Talking

A look at some nifty audience experience speech bubble effects in Black Widow #5, Island: Habitat, and Cerebus: High Society

Black Widow #5 is by Chris Samnee, Mark Waid, Matt Wilson, and Joe Caramagna

Island: Habitat is by Simon Roy

Cerebus: High Society is by Dave Sim

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Atoll Comics: Deep Sequencing: Spider Bastards

From last week: a look at unorthodox and cool uses of panels in Spider-Woman #9 and Southern Bastards Vol. 3

Spider-Woman #9 is by Dennis Hopeless, Javier Rodriguez, Alvaro Lopez, and Travis Lanham

Southern Bastards Vol. 3 is by Jason Aaron, Jason Latour, Chris Brunner, and Jared K Fletcher

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Atoll Comics: Deep Sequencing: Oggling Ody-C Vol. 2

A look at my favourite storytelling in Ody-C Vol. 2

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Atoll Comics: Uncaging Bitch Planet #8

A look at layout as story motif in Bitch Planet #8

by Kelly Sue DeConnick, Valentine De Landro, Cris Peter, and Clayton Cowles

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Atoll Comics: Deep Sequencing: Nick Falling

A look at the storytelling in Civil War II: Choosing Sides #1: Nick Fury pt. 1

by Declan Shavley, Jordie Bellaire, and Clayton Cowles

As well as a complementary sequence from Scarlet Witch #7

by James Robinson, Annie Wu, Muntsa Vicente, and Cory Petit.

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Atoll Comics: Pondering About Pretty Deadly #10

Analyzing the structure and execution of the story fulcrum in Pretty Deadly #10

by Kelly Sue DeConnick, Emma Rios, Jordie Bellaire, and Clayton Cowles

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Atoll Comics: Interrogating Black Widow #4

A look at my favourite storytelling in Black Widow #4

by Chris Samnee, Mark Waid, Matt Wilson, and Joe Caramagna

Also featuring a complementary panel from Bitch Planet #8

by Kelly Sue DeConnick, Valentine De Landro, Cris Peter, and Clayton Cowles

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Atoll Comics: Deep Sequencing: Nameless and Speachless

A look at characters staring at one another and how this informs storytelling and characterization in The Nameless City by Faith Erin Hicks and Jordie Bellaire

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Atoll Comics: Sussing Spider-Woman #8

A look at some fun storytelling.

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Atoll Comics: Eye On Hawkeye: Aw, compilation, no.

A look at the curation, both the good and the bad in the Hawkeye Omnibus by Fraction, Aja, Wu, Hollingsworth, Eliopoulos, and others.

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Atoll Comics: Deep Sequencing: Deadly Clash Boom Bang

A look at a clever use of onomatopoeia in Deadly Class Vol. 3

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Atoll Comics: Worshipping The Wicked + The Divine #19

A look at the exceptional use of lighting in WicDiv #19

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Atoll Comics: Interrogating Black Widow #3

A look at the use of eye-guiding to emphasize some page elements and hide others.

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A comparison of the use of setting in Sci-fi police comics The Fuse and Mercury Heat.

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Atoll Comics: Interrogating Black Widow #2

A breakdown of a fantastic action page in Black Widow #2