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Category Archives: Literature

The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl, vol. 2

November 19, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Summary: The breakout character of 2015 continues her one-woman crusade against injustice and jerks! These TAILS of the Squirrel Girl will show you the Marvel Universe’s most powerful super hero […]

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Literature

The Fade Out, Act Three

November 19, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: The final act of the bestselling Hollywood noir comic from the award-winning team of Brubaker and Phillips! *********************************************************************** The Fade Out, Act Three, by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips […]

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Quai d’Orsay

November 17, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Doors slam and papers fly in this off-the-wall comedy lampooning French politics from master filmmaker Bertrand Tavernier (The Princess of Montpensier). Based on the award-winner graphic novel by former […]

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Film, Literature

Justice League of America

November 16, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: An evil Weather Man intent on destroying New Metro City with a series of malevolent meteorological mishaps? Can the super-powered (and semi-employed) Justice League of America save the day? […]

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Literature, Television

House of the Long Shadows

November 14, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Horror legends Vincent Price (The Oblong Box), Christopher Lee (The Crimson Cult), Peter Cushing (Madhouse) and John Carradine (The Sentinel) star as the screen’s greatest gruesome foursome! When a […]

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Film, Literature

The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl, vol. 1

November 12, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Summary: Wolverine, Deadpool, Doctor Doom, Thanos: There’s one hero that’s beaten them all-and now she’s got her own ongoing series! (Not that she’s bragging.) That’s right, you asked for it, […]

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Literature

The Fade Out, Act Two

November 12, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: BRUBAKER & PHILLIPS’ newest hit series, THE FADE OUT is an epic noir set in the world of noir itself, the backlots and bars of Hollywood at the end […]

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Literature

Quai d’Orsay, vol. 2

November 10, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Summary: Following 9/11, President Bush’s “War on Terror” with plans to invade Iraq erupted into a cultural clash between French reluctance and American assurance over the case for “Weapons of […]

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Literature

Cadavre exquis

November 5, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Summary: Zoe isn’t exactly the intellectual type, which is why she doesn’t recognize world-famous author Thomas Rocher when she stumbles into his apartment . . . and into his life. […]

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Literature

The Fade Out, Act One

November 5, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Summary: THE FADE OUT is an epic noir set in the world of noir itself, the backlots and bars of Hollywood at the end of its Golden Era. A movie […]

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Literature

Quai d’Orsay, vol. 1

November 3, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Summary: Young Arthur Vlaminck is hired as speechwriter by the Minister of Foreign Affairs Alexander Taillard de Worms. But it’s necessary to find a place between the cabinet director and […]

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Literature

Candyman

October 28, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: A children’s ghost story comes to terrifying life in this gut-wrenching thriller about a graduate student whose research into modern folklore summons the spirit of the dead. Look into […]

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Film, Literature

The Addams Family (1964-66): Season 1

October 22, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: They’re creepy and they’re kooky, mysterious and spooky! The Addams Family, America’s first family of ghastly giddiness, are here in all of their ghoulish glory in the original TV […]

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Literature, Television

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