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Painted Lips and Lolly Licks 2014

March 8, 2014by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: “Painted Lips and Lolly Licks: The Sexy Film Festival”, A night of sexy short films at the Mayfair Theatre – Friday, February 14th, 2014. *********************************************************************** Painted Lips and Lolly Licks: […]

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The Morning Star

February 28, 2014by The Thorn Leave a comment

Summary: The mystery that began with a single enigmatic postcard reaches its dramatic conclusion in The Morning Star. Three million readers the world over await this last chapter of the […]

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Alexandria

February 26, 2014by The Thorn Leave a comment

Summary: Alexandria will continue to delight the 3 million readers who fell in love with the epistolary romance of Griffin & Sabine. Awash with gorgeous artwork, the mystery of Griffin […]

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Literature

Serial Experiments: Lain

February 25, 2014by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Close the World. Open the Next. Decades before the internet was something people carried around in their pockets, these words introduced anime fans to a surreal existence where computer […]

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The Gryphon

February 24, 2014by The Thorn Leave a comment

Summary: Griffin & Sabine, Sabine’s Notebook, and The Golden Mean have sold over 3 million copies worldwide, and spent over 100 weeks on The New York Times best-seller list. At […]

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The Lost Room

February 22, 2014by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Some doors are better left closed. A mysterious event at the Sunshine Motel caused ordinary things in Room 10 to transform into indestructible objects with extraordinary powers. Detective Joe […]

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The Golden Mean

February 20, 2014by The Thorn Leave a comment

Summary: In this final volume of the phenomenal, best-selling trilogy begun with Griffin & Sabine and continued in Sabine’s Notebook, the mystery of the two artists deepens, their questions grow […]

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Sabine’s Notebook

February 18, 2014by The Thorn Leave a comment

Summary: Sabine was supposed to be imaginary, a friend and lover that Griffin had created to soothe his loneliness. But she threatens to become embodied, to appear on his doorstep, […]

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Literature

Revival, vol. 1

February 1, 2014by The Thorn 1 Comment

Summary: For one day in rural central Wisconsin, the dead came back to life. Now it’s up to Officer Dana Cypress to deal with the media scrutiny, religious zealots, and […]

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El espinazo del diablo

January 16, 2014by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: From The Director of Hellboy THE DEVIL’S BACKBONE is a stylish and unpredictable supernatural chiller from director Guillermo del Toro (Hellboy, Blade 2) which deftly mixes horror, suspense and […]

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Locke and Key, vol. 3

December 10, 2013by The Thorn Leave a comment

Summary: The third storyline in the Eisner-winning series by Joe Hill (Horns) and Gabriel Rodriguez. The dead plot against the living, the darkness closes in on Keyhouse, and a woman is […]

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…E tu vivrai nel terrore! L’aldilà

December 4, 2013by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: The seven dreaded gateways to hell are concealed in seven cursed places… And from the day the gates of hell are opened, the dead will walk the earth. Beneath […]

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Locke and Key, vol. 2

December 2, 2013by The Thorn Leave a comment

Summary: New York Times bestselling writer Joe Hill and artist Gabriel Rodriguez, the Eisner-nominated creators behind the acclaimed Locke & Key: Welcome to Lovecraft, return with the second hardcover L&K […]

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