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Hey, Geeks and Geekettes, it's that time again, Comic Book Wednesday, or better known as MID-WEEK MINI CHRISTMAS-Mas-mas-mas.... A few weeks ago I did a review for Vertigo's  Hinterkind #1  (you remember that, don't ya?) so now that we've hit issue 3, I thought it'd be nice to do a follow up and see how the series is coming along. Writer: Ian Edginton Artist: Francesco Trifogli It is probably wildly unfair, but still yet, it's hard not to compare this series to Image's Saga. While the style of artwork has some similarities, and the over all tone of the story is likewise similar in places, the two books are still very different. So I'm going to do my best to judge this book as this book, and not compare it to Saga.  Now keep in mind, we're only on issue 3, the story is just starting to build, but by issue 3 we know more about the world at large than we did in the first issue. As we find out more about in this issue, the my...

Happy Mid-Week-Mini-Christmas, Geeks and Geekettes! It's Comic Book Wednesday and that means COMIC BOOK REVIEWS-VIEWS-Views-views-views-ews-ews.... ...Echo for dramatic effect didn't work out like I'd hoped. Oh well. This week we'll be focusing on a couple of first issue books, Hinterkind from Vertigo and The Occultist from Dark Horse. As always, be sure to check out out Facebook fanpage at www.facebook.com/GeekinPodcast and hit us up on twitter at www.twitter.com/Geekin_Podcast or drop us a line here on the blog. If there's something you'd like to see, or you just want to tell us how awesome we are, we'd love to hear from you. Now then! On to the reviews! Hinterkind from Vertigo Writer: Ian Edginton Arist:Francesco Trifogli I've always had a soft spot for Vertigo comics. Darker, weirder, and more mature than what usually comes out of the Marvel and DC camps. Hinterland is everything you could learn to love and expect from Vertigo. We're not given m...