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Closing up our month of lists and year in review on She Has No Head! is a list of my "Bests" from 2010 (and a few worsts). Please keep in mind that I didn't get to read ALL THE BOOKS. For example, The Return of The Dapper Men is sitting here and wooing me with its gorgeous swan song and telling me that it could have been a contender…but I just didn't get to it…and that's the way it is sometimes, but of the stuff that I read (which was A LOT), here's what I really loved the most…
Best Single Issue: DEMO VOLUME 2 ISSUE #3 "VOLUME ONE LOVE STORY"
Writer: Brian Wood
Artist: Becky Cloonan
Publisher: Vertigo
This tightly plotted, quiet, beautifully sublime issue of Demo follows Marlo, a girl who only gets through the day via post-it note instructions, finding her system hacked by an outsider – which derails her life completely – but in surprising ways. The issue made me think about all the things I personally miss by keeping my life on such a short leash, and that sometimes good things do happen that aren't already on the post-it note, and that there's no way to be open to them if you're not willing to risk, willing to lose, and willing to look up from the post-it. Any time a book can make me think twice about life I know it's doing something right. Carefully crafted by Brian Wood and stunningly illustrated by Becky Cloonan (my all-time favorite of her work to date) this story was easily my favorite comic of the year.
Writer: Greg Rucka
Artist: Matthew Southworth
Publisher: Oni Press
Anytime Greg Rucka wants to write a new series, especially an independent one with an interesting female lead I'm definitely on board, but I had no idea how much I'd fall for Dex and Stumptown. It's not everyday in comics that wonderfully layered female characters are created, but Greg Rucka is the best at doing it as far as I'm concerned, and his lovable screw-up Portland P.I. Dex, is no exception. This first arc follows Dex as she tries to find a missing girl and in the process encounters two different sets of thugs (one set a little more polished than the other), a pair of scheming siblings, the seventh wealthiest man in Oregon, and a whole lot of other trouble. It's excellent smart fun from cover to cover, and Matthew Southworth's art is gritty and fitting for the story and particularly exceptional on the 4th issue, where he really pulls out all the stops.
*Technically Stumptown debuted in November of 2009, but since only one issue occurred in 2009, and it wouldn't have been enough work to consider for 2009, I'm placing it firmly in 2010.
Best Ongoing Series: BATMAN & ROBIN
Writer: Grant Morrison
Artist: Various (Frank Quitely, Frazer Irving, Andy Clarke, Cameron Stewart, and more)
There were highs and lows to Batman & Robin this year, but I realized that it was consistently the comic I reached for first when it showed up in my pile, and it was consistently a book that pleased and impressed me and only occasionally disappointed me. The chemistry and character development for Dick Grayson as Batman and Damian Wayne as Robin was sublime overall in B&R and I came to love those characters and their relationship together so much that I actually worried a little about what would happen when Bruce returned – and THAT is a major accomplishment. Additionally, while I was displeased overall with the arc(s) detailing the return of (my beloved) Bruce Wayne and thought most of the stories were pretty badly mangled – spread over too many books and as such their power far too diluted – it was in Morrison and Irving's Batman & Robin #15 that I felt Bruce's return most powerfully…and if I was picking a runner up to "single best comic" of the year, that would probably be it. It was the only time I got that shiver of "OMG! BRUCE IS BACK!" that I'd been waiting for and wanting so desperately.
Best Mini-Series: DV8: GODS & MONSTERS
Writer: Brian Wood
Artist: Rebekah Isaacs (covers by Fiona Staples)
Publisher: DC/Wildstorm
This was a tough category for me as I'd say three of my favorite things I read this year were mini-series in the form of Brian Wood's DV8 and Demo Volume 2, and Dorkin and Thompson's Beasts of Burden. In the end I went with DV8, probably because it really re-invented superheroes for me this year. DV8 reminded me of how many ways there are to tell great superhero stories and that often more subtle stories can be incredibly powerful and Wood nailed that here with a subtle story told on an unsubtle landscape and with characters that would NEVER be described as subtle. A tale of 8 anti-heroes dropped on a foreign planet for unknown reasons, Wood gives us an insightful and harrowing glimpse into their unraveling as both people and "heroes". Isaacs' commanding cinematic style took Wood's subtle personal story up to epic levels – a deadly effective combination which was magic for me. It didn't hurt that it introduced me to Rebekah Issacs AND Fiona Staples incredible art, for which I will always be grateful.
Best Anthology Series: MARVEL'S STRANGE TALES II
Writers & Artists: Various
Publisher: Marvel
I always enjoy a good anthology, but his was one of the best I've read, not just in 2010, but period. With a massive glut of indie talent from Kate Beaton and Jaime Hernandez to Jeffrey Brown and Eduardo Medeiros so many of these stories were exceptional fun. Like any anthology some work is stronger than others, and often enough one person's best is another person's "eh" which is part of what makes anthologies so great – that there is something for everyone – but I found this collection to be particularly strong. Even for stories that weren't so much my cup of tea, they were still interesting and better that most stories I read this year. A little bit heartfelt, a little bit strange; a lot of beautiful and a whole lot of funny made this series a home run. I hope Marvel keeps it up.
Best Anthology Series, Collected: WEDNESDAY COMICS
Writer & Artists: Various
Editor: Mark Chiarello
Publisher: DC
I've talked briefly a few times about Wednesday Comics in this column before, but if you haven't read it yet I cannot recommend it enough. The content, originally published in 12 massive oversized newsprint issues, is absolutely top of the line – the best creators (Neil Gaiman, Amanda Conner, Dave Bullock, Jimmy Palmiotti, Ben Caldwell, Brian Azzarello, Mike Allred, Walter Simonson, Joe Kubert, Karl Kerschl and many many more) working on some of their favorite characters, telling stories without limit, and collected together in this (also oversized )hardback edition is just not to be missed. If you for any reason struggled with following along with the weekly newsprint originals, I will say that collected here by story, rather than by issue, the stories ARE easier to read, so if you were put off by the original format (for what it's worth I LOVED that format) this might also be a good reason to try again. I hope Chiarello will do this again sometime in the future, I'm sure it was exhausting and I don't know if his well-deserved promotion means we're more likely or less likely to get a Wednesday Comics Volume II, but I'll never give up hope!
Best Original Graphic Novel: ACME NOVELTY LIBRARY #20 (LINT)
Writer & Artist: Chris Ware
Publisher: Drawn & Quarterly
This 20th volume of Acme Novelty Library explores the life (and I mean the ENTIRE life) of Jordan "Jason" Lint, a one-time bully of Rusty Brown who is now explored in the traditional Chris Ware exceptional and microscopic detail. As Ware shows us Lint's story from birth to death you cannot help but be moved and transfixed seeing a man's life laid out as only Ware can. In "Lint" Ware continues his experimental and highly effective examination of just what the comics medium is capable of. It's a must read, and as a bonus, for those potentially new to his work, it stands on its own just as nicely as it does a part of the larger whole of Acme Novelty Library.
Best Young Adult Original Graphic Novel: SHADOWEYES
Writer & Artist: Ross Campbell
Publisher: SLG
This was also a tough category as I read a lot of great YA graphic novels this year (Mercury and Smile especially stand out) but in the end I picked Campbell's Shadoweyes for much the same reason I picked Brian Wood's DV8 – because it re-invented superheroes in a refreshing way that I hadn't seen yet – and in a way that I really loved. With Campbell's excellent ear for teen voices and exceptional illustration work paired with great coming of age themes, and darker more adult aspects of alienation, identity and a deep question of where right and wrong intersect, Campbell's Shadoweyes managed to both entertain and provoke, as my favorite comics usually do. Bonus points for the fact that we're getting more Shadoweyes – in the form of Shadoweyes In Love – in early 2011 from SLG.
Best Non-Fiction/Memoir Graphic Novel: HOW TO UNDERSTAND ISRAEL IN 60 DAYS OR LESS
Writer & Artist: Sarah Glidden
Publisher: Vertigo
Easily one of the most insightful and thought provoking comics I read this year, I devoured Glidden's beautiful watercolor travelogue detailing her birthright trip to Israel as a progressive American atheist Jew in one sitting. And then I went back and read it again. Israel approaches a touchy and loaded subject with logic and rational critical thinking, but ultimately is not afraid to also get caught up in emotion when necessary…and it is necessary, and moved me very powerfully and personally. I found myself believing what Glidden experienced, what she resisted, what she embraced, and ultimately what she took away from her experience. Her conflict, both internal and external, felt real and believable to me in a tangible way. I doubt I actually understand Israel – and probably won't even if given 60 years – but it certainly opened my mind and made me think in a way that only the best of comics can
Writer & Artist: Kate Beaton
Publisher: Web – http://harkavagrant.com
I've raved about Kate Beaton quite a bit this year (here and here if you want to read more) but in comics this year I'd be hard pressed to say I got more enjoyment pound for pound out of any single creator than Kate Beaton. Her webcomics, whether more finished and polished, or quick and dirty sketches, never fail to amuse me. There's something very specific about both her sense of humor and her sketchy but extremely effective drawing style that just hits right in my sweet spot. And judging by her twitter followers (22k+ and counting) I'm not alone…which is nice…because usually something that hits MY sweetspot that dead on, is not so popular, which feels kinda lonely. But Kate Beaton is amazing and I'm just glad so many others "get it" too. If you haven't been reading Beaton, go over to Hark A Vagrant for her hilarious superhero comics, but stay for the historical and literay comics, and the occasional "younger self" comics, which are somehow always my favorite.
Best Collected Webcomic In Print: THE ABOMINABLE CHARLES CHRISTOPHER
Writer & Artist: Karl Kerschl
Publisher: Self-published/Karl Kerschl
Karl Kerschl's lovely printed collection of his weekly webcomic set in a woodland and populated by a variety of woodland creatures, including the titular (and mute) Charles Christopher, a gentle abominable snowman is gorgeous, and moving. The story varies wildly from hilarious to heartbreaking (yes, this book has made me cry and more than once) and is one of the best-drawn comics you will find anywhere. Kerschl's characters (whether bird, bee, or abominable snowman) are undeniably relatable and it's nearly impossible not to fall in love once you start reading – but prepare yourself to shed at least as many tears as laughs.
Writer: Greg Rucka
Artist: J.H. Williams III
Publisher: DC
The stunning Beasts of Burden hardcover collection really gave Elegy a run for its money, but at the end of the day I had to go with the book that I know I will re-read the most, loan out the most, the one that collects what I called "the superhero comic I've been waiting for" and of course the one with the Rachael Maddow introduction! Collecting Rucka and Williams III's brilliant Batwoman run in Detective Comics #854 – #859, Batwoman: Elegy is the comic book in my house that I love the most…and that's saying a lot coming from a girl that skews independent pretty hard and has a significant collection (and the credit card bills to show for it). If you haven't read this yet…what are you waiting for? If you've already read it, read it again…you'll discover so many amazing new things each time.
Best One Shot: HELLBOY/BEASTS OF BURDEN
Writer: Evan Dorkin (with Mike Mignola)
Artist: Jill Thompson
Publisher: Dark Horse
There's no way I had more fun reading any one standalone story this year than Dorkin and Thompson's Hellboy/Beast of Burden one-shot – which was wall to wall adorable fun. With gorgeous painted artwork and amazing chemistry I never thought possible between a bunch of talking supernatural crime solving animals and the "beast of the apocalypse", the story of Hellboy hooking up with the Beasts of Burden "team" to solve a crime is totally rewarding. I guess when you look at Hellboy and the Beasts Of Burden characters it almost makes sense for a great team-up…and certainly the results are brilliant…but I never would have thought of it until someone put it in front of me.
Best Short Story: TOO CLOSE TO CALL
Honestly, of all the categories, and of all the horror of trying to break this stuff down to "one winner" this was the most impossible of all the categories. How do you choose between Kate Beaton's hilarious Rogue story from Strange Tales II #3 (OR her Kraven/Spider-Man story from Strange Tales II #2!); Lucy Knisley's fantastic Doc Ock story from Girl Comics #1 (right); Jeffrey Brown's hilariously emo X-Men tale from Marvel Strange Tales II #2; Eduardo Medeiros' adorable Spider-Man vs Juggernaut from Strange Tales II #3; Faith Erin Hicks totally fun Nextwave (and a sandwich!) story from Girl Comics; Jill Thompson's beautiful Inhumans story from Girl Comics, Amanda Conner's Power Girl/Wonder Woman team-up from Wonder Woman #600 (more on that below); Terry Moore's Thor tale from Marvel's Strange Tales II #3…the list just goes on and on and on for great short work this year…and that's just the mainstream stuff! MOME continued to put out fantastic collections of short stories (which I am embarrassingly behind on reading). It was all just too much. So go out and read these stories – collected in Girl Comics, Marvel's Strange Tales II, and the ever fabulous MOME.
Best New Character Debut: SPARKLE PARK
Creator: Ross Campbell
Publisher: SLG
Ross Campbell's Sparkle Park from Shadoweyes crawled into my cold dead heart and made me happy again. Seriously, she's one of the most energetic and lovable characters I've seen created for comics in well…just about ever. In a comics world of badass chicks right and left (which I also love) it's also refreshing to have an unabashedly girly, super open and loving character like Sparkle come along. I fell in love with her instantly – of course it doesn't hurt that Campbell draws her to be the most adorable thing on two legs. Sparkle is one of the most effulgent, energetic, and unique characters I've ever read on the page. I can't wait to see more of her in 2011.
Artist: J.H. Williams III
Publisher: DC Comics
There were a hell of a lot of good covers this year. Just take a look here for a taste of some of my favorites from August 2009 through July of 2010 – but at the end of the day, the cover I would most like to have hanging up on my wall, that best captures both the thrilling mystique of superheroes that I love but that is also stunningly impressive from simply a visual and graphic design standpoint – down to the logo placement, title block, and creator credtis…is J.H. Williams III's Batwoman #0.
Runner up: It was almost painful for me to decide between these two as Fiona Staples cover to DV8: Gods & Monsters #2 is somehow both horrifying and beautiful. Can't wait to see more of what Staples is going to do in 2011. If Magus #1 is any indication, we're in for a lot of beautiful stuff.
Best new series that crashed and burned: S.W.O.R.D.
Writer: Kieron Gillen
Artist: Steven Sanders
Publisher: Marvel
I don't know why a badass green-haired alien and brilliant blue beast can't find a place for themselves in this big bad world of ours, but I was desperately sad to find S.W.O.R.D. canceled practically before it had begun. Expanding the Marvel universe in a fascinating wall to wall fun kind of way, I got a real kick out of a book that managed to somehow both follow the "superhero format" and also blow it to bits (although apparently it didn't follow the "superhero format" enough for the readers/publishers) but I for one found it totally refreshing while still hitting all the superhero-esque notes I know and love. Regardless I suppose I'm grateful for the five issues I got, and the great introduction to both Gillen and Sanders.
Biggest Surprise: AMANDA CONNER'S STORY IN WONDER WOMAN #600
Writer & Artist: Amanda Conner
Publisher: DC Comics
I've known for a long time (as we all have) that Amanda Conner is an absolute badass when it comes to drawing comics. She's an exceptional storyteller, and one of the best of the best when it comes to the essentials of cartooning. However, I didn't know she was also a solid writer, as she proved with her deft handling of the short story "Fuzzy Logic" in the Wonder Woman #600 issue.
She blew me away with her warm funny story of Wonder Woman and Power Girl (and Power Girl's cat) and did in 5 pages what many can't do in 22. What a wonderful surprise. I'd so like to see more of her writing and drawing her own work in the future – let's make it happen!
Best Film Adaptation: SCOTT PILGRIM vs THE WORLD
Writer: Bryan Lee O'Malley (books), Edgar Wright & Michael Bacall (screenplay)
Director: Edgar Wright
Publisher/Studio: Oni Press/Universal Pictures
Though I loved Tamara Drewe and thought it would easily take this category for me, in the end the unbridled enthusiasm of the Scott Pilgrim adaptation – and the fact that it so wonderfully embraced the same feeling and energy of Bryan Lee O'Malley's books – totally won me over. I watched this via pay per view (long story) over the Thanksgiving holiday and in the first few minutes felt so perfectly drawn into Pilgrim's world and players I sometimes felt more like I was reading a new volume, rather than watching an adaptation, which felt just right. I know there are Michael Cera lover and haters out there (I happen to be the former) but I thought he perfectly nailed Pilgrim's slacker charm in every frame, and the thing that was the least interesting to me in the books (the whole fighting ex-boyfriends bits – I was much more entranced with just the relationship-y slice o' life stuff) was extremely well executed in the film.
Worst Industry Development: DC'S SHUTTERING OF CMX, WILDSTORM, ZUDA AND SIGNIFICANT LAYOFFS AT VERTIGO
All of this depressed me to no end and put another small arrow in my cold heart and all my hopes that DC and Marvel will begin to diversify and expand their characters and stories and the creators they bring in to do great projects…instead this signals (to me at least) more insulation, more continuity porn, and more giant events that I don't give a crap about. Some days, like the days of these closures and layoffs I feel like comics is actively trying to send me away. Good work comics. Bah humbug.
Best Mainstream Book News: BATWOMAN GETTING HER OWN SERIES
I wouldn't have thought DC could outdo their initial Batwoman run with Rucka and Williams on Detective Comics, but when they announced that Kate Kane would not only get her own title, but get it with her "original" creative team of Rucka and Williams III…it was the smartest move I'd seen them make in…well, just about ever. Of course that did not last, but at least their intentions were in the right place…and for a few brief months I was blissfully happy (of course I'm still happy and optimistic, just not quite SO happy).
Worst Mainstream Book News: GREG RUCKA LEAVES DC
I mourned the departure of Rucka from Batwoman because in that moment I knew that Batwoman would never be "perfect" for me, but the bigger loss was the realization that the big two (Marvel and DC) are not able to hang on to exceptional creators like Rucka – and that that – while great for independent comics – is a bad sign for the big two – which runs the bulk of this industry for most people. All that said, the big two's loss is the independents' gain…so yay for more Stumptown and dare I dream to hope…more Queen & Country?!
Biggest DC Missed Opportunity: Hmm. Where do I begin? Would it be passing on Ben Caldwell's exceptional and so fresh and exciting looking Wonder Woman? Or passing on a delightful Zatanna webcomic by Cameron Stewart…or passing on the totally awesome Big Barda/Scott Free webcomic by Ramon Perez? Too many to choose.
Biggest Marvel Missed Opportunity: FAITH ERIN HICKS WOLVERINE STORY
I'm sure there are bigger and more heinous mistakes (and the title Girl Comics still sticks in my craw painfully) but I've said it before and I'm saying it again (though I promise this is the last time) Marvel not immediately finding a vehicle in which to publish Faith Erin Hicks hilarious Wolverine Short is a crime against all of us. Especially considering that they had two perfect vehicles in which to give it to us – Girl Comics AND Marvel's Strange Tales II. LAME. Now, the reality is that I still got the story, and I got it for free (and so can you!) but Marvel not seeing its hilarious simple brilliance and capitalizing on it…worries me.
Best Pinup: ADAM HUGHES WONDER WOMAN #600 PIN UP
I'm not really a lover of pin-ups at this point in my life…I guess I'd rather see great covers (which frequently operate not unlike pin-ups) or really great penciling/storytelling…but I can still recognize a great one when I see it, like Adam Hughes excellent offering of Wonder Woman for the Wonder Woman #600 issue.
I especially appreciate that Diana looks strong and beautiful here and much less sex-kitteny, which I'm a fan of as I'm sure you all can imagine.
Bonus points for the kids in the drawing being based on the characters from Friends. It's little touches like that that help catapult this above other pin-ups I saw this year.
Thing I'd Most Like To See Tried Again In 2011: HERALDS
You know what would curb a significant amount of my bitching about the role of women in comics at the big two? Letting Kathryn Immonen and Tonci Zonjic turn Heralds onto an ongoing series. Though by the end of the series Heralds had a few rough spots (too many artists on deck and a story that became a bit unwieldy for a mini-series) it was still a massive amount of fun and the kind of book I'd like to see Marvel try again. Light and fun, and bringing together a dream cast of female leads it had an enthusiasm that I found completely intoxicating. It wasn't a perfect series, but it was a step in the right direction – and slightly outside the usual Marvel box – and an experiment I hope they're willing to try again. With a more tightly woven story and one artist working on the book instead of three this series easily could have topped my "best of list", instead of just rating a mention.
So that's it…my year in review so to speak, what I loved so much about comics in 2010, and a few things that really bothered the crap out of me. What about you?
As it's "that time of year" – I'd also like to just take a moment and thank all of you for such a great year on She Has No Head! – you have no idea how much I've appreciated the feedback and comments – especially when insightful and encouraging. You guys have made this, which is very rewarding but can also be really challenging and time consuming, all worth it, so thank you, and I hope you'll keep tuning in. There's a lot to come for She Has No Head in 2011 – including some advance reviews and previews, and the return of The Ladies Comics Project, publishing in four parts, for the entire month of February. So many thanks and a Happy New Year to you all!
*FYI – She Has No Head! is actively accepting review copies of "female friendly comics and graphic novels" for future columns on CSBG. Please get in touch via email (using the CSBG "contact us" button above) to discuss.*
You forgot a couple:
Best Column of the Year: She Has No Head!
Best Podcast: 3 Chicks Review Comics
[I am NOT kissing ass! I've read more about comics and actual comics this year because of Kelly.]
There's no law that says you have to do a top ten list in December, you know! I too still have a stack of comics to read, so I'm not doing a top ten list until I get to them, damn it!
I'm not surprised by your choices, as they've been one you've been writing about all year. I'm definitely getting the DV8 trade thanks to you, and as you know, I got Shadoweyes because of you. It's always cool to read about the things you love.
Aww! Thanks Man. I really do appreciate the reads and support!
@Greg: Yeah, I know a lot of people prefer to do their lists in January (and beyond) and I get it…it makes sense but for me, once 2011 hits (or at least after the first few days of it) I want to look back less and plunge forward. Tomato, Tomahto I suppose! Anything I loved and missed for my "bests" lists is likely to get picked up for a full column anyway (The Return Of The Dapper Men, I'm looking at you) so I don't feel too terrible about not getting it under the 2010 wire.
I hope you like DV8 definitely let me know one way or the other.
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Okay … okay … you've worn me down. First 3 Chicks gets me me to buy Batwoman #0, which makes me fall in love with Amy Reeder's art. Now, you've got me headed out to buy Stumptown, Demo and DV8!
As always, the list is spot on. There is not enough love that can be heaped on Kate Beaton, whose "Never Learn Anything from History," is a book that should be on the shelf of anyone who love the art of graphic storytelling. Just absolutely brilliant.
Another great discovery for me in 2010 was "The Adventures of Walker Bean," which I picked up just before Thanksgiving. Together with "Set to Sea," a terrific year for nautical graphic novels. (Yeah, never thought I'd say that.)
Thanks for helping to make 2010 a really fun year of reading comics, KT. Keep it up.
Now, go read "Return of the Dapper Men" already …
Great work as always.
Looking down your list, it seems as though '10 was a seminal year for comics. It was only a couple years ago that Marvel and DC encouraged indie creators to play in their sandbox with the Bizarro Comics and Strange Tales titles. Then, the Big 2 (and DC in particular) has chopped various independently spirited initiatives off at the knees. Zuda is gone along with the prospect of DC superhero web comics. Vertigo is largely hobbled. Marvel has tied innovative creators like Brubaker (Criminal, Ingognito), Fraction (Casanova) and Aaron (Scalped) down to being their "architects".
In other words, monthly pamphlets are getting even more boring.
Meanwhile, Faith Erin Hicks and Kate Beaton are treating Big 2 superheroes as though they were in the Public Domain while telling some of the stories in involving those characters in a long time. More importantly, Marvel is not even bothering to defend its copyright against those bootlegs. The book store market is strong enough to support a variety of literary graphic novels. Stuff like Scott Pilgrim and Tamara Drewe can cross over. Greg Rucka leaves DC and Mark Waid is heading to web-comics.
It is not hard to spot the trend.
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thanks so much as always, Kelly.
Good list, Kelly, I know more than a couple of the books you mentioned will be on my Top 10 in 2010 list (I think I'll put it up on Thursday, just because Greg likes Top 10 lists that consider ALL the books that have come out in a particular year ;)).
Hey, um, I didn't bootleg Wolverine. I was asked by Marvel to submit a pitch for an 11 page "Wolverine or Iron Man" story, so everything went through official channels. I chose Wolverine (I'm Canadian), and the 11 page comic I posted online was the pitch I sent them. I don't know what they wanted the story for, but doing that piece basically got me the Girl Comics job.
Anyway, I'm extremely flattered everyone liked the comic so much and that it's still getting passed around online. I hope Marvel's okay with that, because I don't want to offend them. I was very grateful for the Girl Comics job; as an ex-X-Men reader (as a teenager) it definitely fulfilled a childhood dream of mine.
How come is the following three items NOT on your list ???!???
1) John Layman's CHEW – every issue's unforgettable;
2) Jason Aaron's SCALPED – a truly unforgettable series;
3) Alan Moore's NEONOMICON – a series you'd probabaly want to forget, but can't.
Isn't your bf concerned (or worried) about your B. WOOD-crush?
could not agree with your list more Kelly. espically the missed oppurtunities by Marvel and Dc.
@ Faith:
I am sorry if there was an implication that you had done done something wrong. You created one of my personal Top 3 Wolverine stories. I am extremely grateful that I got a chance to read it.
It is just noteworthy that original comics featuring Big 2 superheroes are appearing on the web and no one seems to be getting "cease and desist" letters. Considering Marvel is owned by a company that is legendary for its defense of Mickey Mouse, it is doubly noteworthy.
My reading of those tea leaves is that they do not appear to view comics as an strategically important channel for these properties. However, I do not have any special knowledge.
@Faith: Hey Faith – didn't mean to imply that you co-opted Wolverine…just that I think it should have been published via Marvel and the fact that they chose not to, concerns me slightly. But I'm loving all the work you've been doing for them and hope they keep coming back to you for more. And thanks for the Wolverine, I've enjoyed it IMMENSELY as you know.
@Tom: I'm behind on Scalped, been reading in trade. I tried Chew a couple times, and though I liked the concept I wasn't hooked. But so many people like it I've been thinking of trying it again in trade from the beginning.
@Brian: Thanks! If I thought I could read ALL the books, I probably would have waited until January…but since I can't…might as well do it now!
@Kelly: Sorry, I was responding to Dean up there. I'm unfamiliar with this commenting format. ^_^ But anyway, thank you so much for all the linkage you've given my work, I really appreciate it.
@Dean: No worries, glad you liked the comic.
Kelly, I got How to Understand Israel for Christmas. Like you I read it in one sitting, and like you I loved it, but I do think you are overpraising it to a fault. Despite how great it is, it's also pretty problematic (something that Glidden did not shy away from bringing to the reader's attention but still). I thought TCJ made a good point that it was pretty naive to think a Birthright tour was going to give her a full understanding of the conflict or even Israel as a state. Her cousin has to point out to her that she's not going to be allowed to see how Israeli Arabs are treated worse than even second class citizens and yet she still is willing to believe that all the restriction on her travel are only for security, this is so ingrained in her (along with her preconceptions about the place) that she can't bring herself to even enter Ramallah by taxi to meat up with her friend, something her tour guide admits would be safe. As a fellow Bostonian, I couldn't help but be reminded of how suburban liberal Bostonians will talk about how racist the South is but go white as a ghost the minute you even entertain the thought of them going into Roxbury. Despite how well she read up on the subject, she was often taken over by half hearted appeals to emotion ("how can a progressive be anti anything?", a patently absurd thought can only get a "that's a good point" from Glidden and despite the obvious mistreatment of the Bedouins an "it's complicated" is enough to keep her awake all night with self doubt) not that it is easy to argue with people about this stuff especially when you feel like the outsider looking in, but still. Despite how much she comes to understand that her preconceptions about Israelis were wrong, she only has a real conversation with all of one Palestinian (or perhaps he was an Arab Israeli) in the Muslim Quarter of Jerusalem where they talk about the New York/Boston sports rivalry. Earlier in the book she has a moment where she talks about how her conceptions of Palestinians are second hand at best (while she's looking at a digital camera's reproduction of a picture she took of what she thinks might be an Arab but who she never actually asks) and despite how much she acknowledges this fact she does almost nothing to rectify it. Even at the Bedouin tourist trap they bring her to, instead of talking to the Bedouins, she talks to Nadan about the Bedouins. Nadan himself is a racist, and Glidden's refusal to acknowledge this and the way she seeks his approval over all others (Gil at least doesn't talk about Arabs the way that people in Arizona talk about Mexicans) is confusing and distressing. As I said, I loved the book. I think Glidden is an incredible cartoonist and journalist, but I think its important to acknowledge where the book falls short.
@Julian: I'm glad you liked the book and your points are well taken but I don't know that I agree with them. To each his/her own but I thought that strength of Glidden's book was in part the personal perspective and her acknowledgment of her failings as a person/journalist in that she found herself often motivated by fear, emotion, etc., which I found human and relatable. Sounds like this aspect didn't work for you, which is fine and I can understand, but I LIKED those faults of the book, as I found it made it more human and realistic to me, and a less a clinical study by someone unconcerned, unconnected, and above a lot of the fear and propaganda. Glad you checked it out though and enjoyed it and thanks for commenting.
@Kelly- thanks for all the love you've thrown my way! I'm humbled and honored to be on these lists! <3
It's not so much that it didn't work for me, but I was disappointed by it (I think Glidden was pretty disappointed with herself too) and while I can't fault her, being a fellow American Jew who hasn't even gone on Birthright or tried to see the place firsthand for myself, I can't let her off the hook entirely either. It's just that she is so good at humanizing the places and people that she does go to that you can't help but notice what's missing, and especially since she is sympathetic to the Palestinians it's hard to shrug off the fact that she never really let any of them tell their story for themselves. That's not a call for a more clinical point of view; on the contrary, it's asking for more of the humanism that was on display throughout the book.
Also, as good as that Batwoman cover was, I've gotta go with Grampa's Strange Tales II cover. That should seriously be Marvel's house style!
Thanks for all the attention and love you've given STUMPTOWN, Kelly. It's greatly appreciated, and I hope you'll like the next batch just as much. So far, I like the next one more!
And good lord, everyone and I mean EVERYONE should be reading Chris Ware's books. That Lint book is really amazing, showing me things I've never seen in comics or any sort of literature.
Thanks very much for the kind words. One small nit-pick, though — where you wrote "Evan Dorkin's Beasts of Burden", it should have read "Evan Dorkin and Jill Thompson's Beasts of Burden". I know it was in passing and you credited the series properly elsewhere in the article, but not seeing Jill's name there made me cringe a little. Anyway, thanks again.
@Matthew: Thanks for stopping by, and for bringing me excellent Stumptown – can't wait for more. Any idea when we're getting an issue #5?
@Evan: Thanks for stopping by and for BoB, I've been just savoring your beautiful hardcover. I corrected the error!
Pfft. This is such a woman's list. :p
That said, Stumptown was incredible. I can't wait for the next arc.
Batman the brave and the bold Cartoon network series was truly excellent this year, Still great for kids but with some suprisingly emotional episodes. You should at least check out the Batwoman and birds of prey episodes.
You're welcome. I read this column all the time, even when I don't get mentioned–but I read it REPEATEDLY when I'm in there. . .
No real idea on when issue 5 will come your way. We're finishing three of the four issues before we solicit so that we're sure to get it out on time, so I don't know when that's going to be. I'll be starting issue 6 soon, and I suspect it will happen pretty fast–the first issue of an arc always takes me longer because there are lots of new characters to design, new locations, etc. Issue 5 had ten new characters (probably six or so of which will be recurring) and a bunch of important new locations, so it took a little longer than I'd hoped.
And hey, Zolton, thanks!
I would have loved to have seen an article by comics should be good concerning the best of the year from all the regular writers (just for variety) but this was an awesome read anyway. I will have to check out a lot of this eventually. (I dont really keep up with the new stuff. Just read tpbs of older stuff mostly…)
Whoops just noticed a top 100 list on the CBR homepage with some picks by CSBG writers… haha
Brian usually does a best of list at some point.
Yeah, and I actually mentioned when my piece will be up earlier in the comments section here, right?
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Great list Kelly. The only book on the list I've read is Batwoman, which was fantastic. I read it because of your recommendation as well as others around this site and other blogs. The Demo trade is on the way from Amazon as I type this, and DV8: Gods and Monsters will be ordered as soon as the trade is published. Yeah, I'm one of those Trade Guys. That Amanda Conner WW #600 though, I might have to buy the issue because it's unlikely that I'd get the trade. I love Conner though, she's the reason I bought the first volume of Power Girl, and why the second volume is near the top of my wish list. I also realized how great a team Palmiotti and Gray are, which combined with Khari Evans' fantastic artwork lead me to buy Daughters of the Dragon: Samurai Bullets. Easily one of the most fun trades I've read all year.
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Sharkey conveniently assumes that Press and Barney are telling the truth and can rig the game in Stick's favor. However, they present him with no evidence or demonstration, and Sharkey knows that Press works for his rival. The mobster gambles over $30,000 on the word of a stranger and his rival's lieutenant.
Barney states during the briefing that he can only give Jim a 5% edge. However, when Jim scratches, the cue ball goes wide by much more than 5%. Jim has no indication of when Barney was going to make him scratch, and it seems impossible they could have agreed upon a pre-determined time beforehand given the vagaries of the game. Nor does Barney cue Jim in that he's making him scratch. Later, Barney sabotages Stick's shot the same way.
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Mimi: Thanks for caring, Jim. But I care, too. And I want to see Krebs and Press Allen put away for good.
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We already know the lessons Obama has learned from his first term. Any time
he's asked about mistakes or what he would do differently, Obama reminds
everyone that every decision he has made has been right for our country whether
we like it or not, and that his only mistake has been not explaining things well
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Just on immigration alone, he will further dive the country. Can we take 4 more
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Ben, obama wasn't elected to do what he wants to do, rather to uphold constitutional law and the will of the people, something he hasn't ever done. That's why he will lose Tuesday!
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Comments about ";If he wins: Obama eyes Leverage, lessons learned,
Should be: Comments about 'if he wins: Obama eyes laziness, Libyan losses, lying.'
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To me, this election comes down to a choice between accepting correct economic and moral principles or not! We cannot and will not escape the consequences of our choices.
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I pray he fades away.....
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The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and expecting a different result. Same President, same do nothing, lowest approval rating Congress ever. Same, campaign laws, no term limits. All this means SAME RESULTS!!
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If he wins his second term will be filled with investigations over Fast and Furious, and Bengazi.. Both of which his hands are dirty. Those investigations will lead to impeachement proceedings.He is guilty of dereliction of duty. The Country will be in a turmoil. And do not forget that he is in over his head and will continue to try and pursue the failed policies that he has already done. Remember Bengazi and vote accordingly.
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Will the harsh, angry words of Ann Coulter and numerous Republican Primary
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Not much longer for the world to know the answer.
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The Irony is that the opponents have indicated constantly that this election is for America'a future. Therefore whoever wins has a mandate for the future. One on Romney's surrogates on CNBC was belatedly trying to say if Obama wins, no mandate. A civics lesson in be careful what you constantly shout about is coming.
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For the Euro's Laggards, Would a Devaluation Help?
A transatlantic divide has opened up over whether the troubled economies of the euro zone would be able to solve their problems by leaving the common currency and devaluing.
The question centers on how countries such as Greece, Portugal, Spain, Italy and even Ireland can lower wages and other production costs to live alongside the euro zone's most competitive economy, Germany.
Pre-euro, the usual response would have been to devalue. Now, the costs of devaluing appear prohibitively high.
Devaluation would, at a stroke, produce a wave of defaults in euro-denominated contracts. Even the prospect of pulling out of the euro zone would set in a train a financial stampede from that country. It would likely create what Barry Eichengreen of the University of California, Berkeley, has described as "the mother of all financial crises."
Let us for now, like good economists, assume the financial crisis away. Would it work then?
On the American side of the pond, some notable economists think it would. Paul Krugman at Princeton has said it would make "macroeconomic sense" while Martin Feldstein of Harvard thinks that Greece could take "a temporary leave of absence from the euro zone" and rejoin later at a more competitive exchange rate.
Desmond Lachman of the American Enterprise Institute thinks that devaluation is not something that Spain and others in the euro zone will turn to quickly. But after years of low or no growth, a sharp currency depreciation could be a last resort to kick start the economy.
Desmond Lachman of the American Enterprise Institute thinks that devaluation is not something that Spain and others in the euro zone will turn to quickly. But after years of low or no growth, a sharp currency depreciation could be a last resort to kick start the economy.
But in Europe, even euro-pessimists think that currency depreciation wouldn't provide the answer. And the chief economist of Citigroup, C -0.61 % Willem Buiter, has come up with a possible reason for the difference. It comes down to where you're from.
It is no coincidence, says Mr. Buiter, once a member of the Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of England, that the euro-devaluationists are predominantly in the U.S.
He argues they are familiar with the U.S. economy, where foreign trade makes up a small proportion of economic output and where there are what he calls "long-lasting nominal rigidities".
In other words, devaluations work in the U.S. because imports represent a small part of the economy so price rises induced by devaluation don't have a big impact on pocketbooks. Nominal rigidities mean that it's also difficult for dollar salaries to be increased as a response to falling living standards.
They are less familiar, he says in new research, with the euro-area and its "fiscally-challenged and competitiveness-impaired" member states. These, he says, are "small open economies with enduring real rigidities and very limited nominal rigidities." To translate: In open economies, imports have a bigger impact on the domestic price level than in closed economies. The "real rigidities" mean that workers resist declines in their real incomes through collective bargaining, for example. The limited nominal rigidities implies they are usually successful in negotiating higher wages.
(Actually, the openness of the euro economies varies a lot. Greece is one of the least open economies with trade in goods and service of around 28% of gross domestic product, compared with Ireland's 75%, according to figures from the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development. But that compares with just 14% in the U.S.)
As a result of the structure of these economies, Mr. Buiter argues: "For Greece and these other countries, a sharp fall in the external value of their new, post-euro exit currencies would be followed promptly by an equally sharp fall in its internal value. There would be no material effect on competitiveness and it would create havoc for the euro-denominated balance sheets of the state, banks, corporates and households."
Any benefits of devaluation would be quickly offset by rising wage and other costs, leaving the country more or less back where it started, at the cost of extreme financial turmoil.
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Their alternative is slow growth that would turn whole countries into the national equivalents of West Virginia within the euro zone. Or they could wait in hope for the European Central Bank to decide inflation is not so bad after all; or for the Germans to resile from their economic puritanism and become free-spending idlers.
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Escitalopram is a widely used antidepressant for the treatment of patients with major depression. It is the pure S-enantiomer of racemic citalopram. Several clinical trials and meta-analyses indicate that escitalopram is quantitatively more efficacious than many other antidepressants with a faster onset of action.
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The primary target for escitalopram is the serotonin transporter (SERT), which is responsible for serotonin (or 5-hydroxytryptamine [5-HT]) reuptake at the terminals and cell bodies of serotonergic neurons. Escitalopram and selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors bind with high affinity to the 5-HT binding site (orthosteric site) on the transporter. This leads to antidepressant effects by increasing extracellular 5-HT levels which enhance 5-HT neurotransmission. SERT also has one or more allosteric sites, binding to which modulates activity at the orthosteric binding site but does not directly affect 5-HT reuptake by the transporter. In vitro studies have shown that through allosteric binding, escitalopram decreases its own dissociation rate from the orthosteric site on the SERT. R-citalopram, the nontherapeutic enantiomer in citalopram, is also an allosteric modulator of SERT but can inhibit the actions of escitalopram by interfering negatively with its binding. Both nonclinical studies and some clinical investigations have demonstrated the cellular, neurochemical, neuroadaptive, and neuroplastic changes induced by escitalopram with acute and chronic administration.
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KeywordsEscitalopram (S-citalopram) Allosteric Serotonin (5-HT) Serotonin transporter (SERT) Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI)
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The thing is everyone brings up Thomas Jefferson and his comments. What they
fail to state is the context of his words. He was speaking to a group of
Baptists at the time when he mention church and state. It wasn't to take
religion out of the public square that so many want to happen, basically taking
the freedom away from some practicing their religion. Thomas Jefferson like
many of his peers believed in Jesus Christ but not in the teachings of that day.
The Constitution of the United States in no uncertain terms never states a separation of Church and State. It just isn't there. Where some speak of Jefferson, others speak of John Adams who basically stated that a state without religion is dummed to failure.
No matter what your messiah, Mr. Obama, says this is still a Christian country founded on Christian Principles. It is right and only fitting that a picture of Jesus Christ is in any school in this country. Unlike Maude I would much prefer children use Christ as their role model over any other person. After all he is the redeemer and savior of the world.
- 8:57 a.m. Feb. 9, 2013
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Tolstoy, You must prove it violates the constituion.
Joe blow, Jefferson was writing to concerned baptists ministers that governemtn would interfere in religion and churches,
The wall block government. not the people, perhaps you read the whole letter and it's context,
not the spew the false and abrideged lestest version.
Under Jeffeson, versions of bible were pritned by congress, misionaories were sent to the indians, even the koran was translagted and published.
And schools were never considered the government, as they should be properly viewed they were local community concerns.
If you believe schools are the government then that is an argument on the overreach of federal government.
- 12:21 p.m. Feb. 9, 2013
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Again bill the only way you can truly have freedom of religion is for the government to remain neutral otherwise you elevate one above all others. Having a portrait of Jesus in a school is not neutral it is showing preference for one religion over all others. Despite various attempts throughout history to distort or history and constitution we are not nor have we every been a Christian Nation. You are free to believe Jesus is your redeemer but do not force that on my children.
- 1:37 p.m. Feb. 9, 2013
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I am a Christian and I believe that this action was appropriate. I would not wish for school officials to be teaching my children their idea of religion. That is the province of family. I'm sure that many of my Christian brothers and sisters would call for the removal of a picture of the prophet Mohammed. One way this kind of display might work would be to have representations of many religions and promote a discussion of how religion informs our collective morality. That would be an education indeed.
- 10:51 a.m. Feb. 10, 2013
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It's not a portrait, it's a artist rendering of what he or she envisions Jesus to look like. There are many out there and not all look the same.
- 11:57 a.m. Feb. 10, 2013
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There is no known picture of Jesus Christ. And as one pointed out, a blond haired blue eyed Jesus is highly unlikely, so what is all the fuss about?
- 8:50 p.m. Feb. 10, 2013
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We all know that there are some state laws that Congress does not endorse. For
instance, the recent gun laws in New York that allow for only 7 rounds per
ammunition clip. That is a state law, not a federal law. And it probably will
stay that way.
Now to my point. The 1st Amendment says that "Congress" shall make no law respecting the establishment of religion, nor "prohibiting" the free exercise thereof. Therefore I believe that the Congress (which is the federal law) is supposed to take a neutral position on religion and it should be up to the individule states to determine what religious expression is acceptable in the state run public schools. Much too much is made of the establishment clause and the so called seperation of church and state. It's more like seperation of church and federal government. Clearly the federal government has no interest in promoting or demoting religion. They're supposed to stay out of it. The wording of the 1st amendment makes that clear. I only wish so called scholars would bother to read it that way.
- 9:20 p.m. Feb. 10, 2013
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Get it out of there now (BTW--I love Jesus).
- 8:48 a.m. Feb. 11, 2013
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Not that this settles the debate in any way, but that portrait is a copy of a
painting by Warner Sallman. It is estimated that there are over 500 MILLION
reproductions of it in the world today. US soldiers carried the pocket version
around with them in WWII. (Imagine that. Jewish soldiers seemed to somehow
tolerate it.) In 1944 alone 14 million copies were made.
Perhaps there is something to this Jesus fellow that may be worthy of study, even if just for its historical value.
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This is so ironic. If the atheists don't believe in God or Jesus then why
should it matter? They obviously recognize the portrait as Jesus or they
wouldn't be so Rumpelstilsin about it. Jumping up and down along with the
ACLU. And who is to say that is who it is since it is a painting and not an
actual photograph.
It must be a reminder of the good HE did and who he was that they are upset about. This whole ACLU idea to take it down infringes on the religious freedom of the religious,not the other way around.
They need to put up a CTR shield and it would do the same to remind the ones who honor GOD to choose the right.
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Isn't it funny that the ACLU gets into things like this, while our social
studies textbooks are full of pictures of Buddha, various Hindu gods, as well as
Greek and Roman gods, not to mention famous people who based their world views
and actions on religious concepts, like Mother Teresa or Mahatma Ghandi; we have
holidays named after Christian clergymen like Martin Luther King Jr, and other
holidays based on the popular dates to celebrate Christ's birth and
resurrection; our calendar is full of the names of Norse gods, and yet NO ONE is
suggesting we tear down any pictures of ANY of those people...except Jesus and
Odd, isn't it?
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I can't believe we're debating this!
What year is it again?
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MILDEW Defined for Kids
Definition of mildew for Students
1 : a thin whitish growth produced by a fungus especially on decaying material or on living plants
2 : a fungus producing mildew
Definition of mildew for Students
: to become affected with mildew
Medical Dictionary
Medical Definition of mildew
1: a superficial usually whitish growth produced especially on organic matter or living plants by fungi (as of the families Erysiphaceae and Peronosporaceae)
2: a fungus producing mildew
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Coca-Cola is recalling five of its popular drinks
because there might be glass fragments in the bottles.
Schweppes Lemonade, Tonic Water, Soda, Dry Ginger Ale and
Soda Lemon Twist in 330ml glass bottles, with best-before
dates between January 10 and 30, 2014, may contain the
Coca-Cola said in the recall notice that there was a fault in
a small number of glass bottles within those batches which
may have chipped finishes and glass fragments.
The affected products may have been sold individually or in
packs of four from supermarkets, cafes, licensed premises and
other retail outlets throughout New Zealand.
Coca-Cola could not be contacted for comment on the recall.
Consumers who bought any of the affected products are asked
to check the best-before date on the neck of the bottle.
If the date is between January 10 and 30, 2014, they
shouldn't be drunk.
Consumers should contact Coca-Cola on 08000-505-123 for
further instructions about what to do with the bottle.
Coca-Cola will provide a replacement voucher.
In May 2011, Coca-Cola was forced to change the way it wrote
recall notices after it was pulled up by health authorities
for the way it recalled its Pumped flavoured water that made
11 people ill.
Problems with a sterilising process at the Putaruru factory
saw white mould form in the flavoured water bottles.
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