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Taxonomy Domine
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— 24 Apr 2015 Tom 15 comments

Sisyphus was a rockist.
This is a list – scribbled down over lunch, then expanded – of ways that writers who focus on pop music have approached it. I agree with some. I disagree with some. Some of them I’ve tried, some I’ve only read. A few h[…]

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Is Japan’s Bathhouse That Unusual?
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— 15 Apr 2015 Tom 2 comments

More comics reviews, this time focused on manga. Contains spoilers in places!
Thermae Romae I (Yen Press)
Surely the greatest time travel/bathhouse design manga ever written, Mari Yamakazi’s charming Thermae Romae has the pace and pleasures of […]

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What A Magical Young Lady You Are
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— 2 Apr 2015 Tom Comment

More comics reviews originally from goodreads.com
SUPREME: BLUE ROSE (Image Comics)
The 1990s saw a rash of metafictional superhero comics by British writers – Grant Morrison’s Flex Mentallo and Animal Man, Alan Moore’s Promethea, […]

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