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Miwa is quiet and reserved, always thinking about things to their deepest core while Saeko has got to be one of the biggest outgoing tomboys you’d ever meet. Saekano is really the first real friend that Miwa was able to make but the two of them are complete polar opposites. The story centers around two girls in college, Miwa and Saekano. Still, I have to say that if this truly is their first series, they have made an instant fan out of me right from the start! ![]() This seems to be the debut series from Tamifuru as I couldn’t find any other series by them. ![]() ![]() How Do We Relationship? (Tsukiatte Agetemo Ii Kana?) is a new series from Tamifuru (Tamifull after English translation). ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Setting out to find the murderer is Geneviève Dieudonné, an eternally young vampire thanks to her turning at the age of sixteen, but a woman who has centuries of life behind her. Known at first as the Silver Knife, but later as Jack the Ripper, this killer targets young vampire women in Whitechapel, prostitutes who have recently turned to vampirism, known as new-borns. A distinct sense of social and political unrest is in the air as factions speak out against the race of vampires, somehow spurred on by the serial killer at large. Dracula's influence is all around London as more and more of its citizens turn willingly to vampirism, whilst others resist its temptations. She has recently remarried, taking as her husband the infamous vampire Count Dracula. It is 1888 and Queen Victoria is on the throne. ![]() An entertaining and gutsy sequel to Bram Stoker's Dracula, picking up the story from an alternate ending and filling the new vampire world of London with numerous famous characters from literature. As more and more of London's citizens turn to vampirism, political and social unrest abounds and a serial killer stalks the streets of London looking for fresh vampires to kill. Summary: Queen Victoria has remarried, taking as her new husband none other than Count Dracula. ![]() ![]() ![]() IN 1975, Jonathan was asked by the hospital to conduct research into the psychological effects of extreme isolation (plastic bubble units) on children with cancer, and to coordinate care for these kids and their families. He served internships in clinical psychology and pediatric psychology at Childrens Hospital of Los Angeles and was a post-doctoral HEW Fellow in Psychology and Human Development at CHLA. in psychology at the age of 24, with a specialty in the treatment of children. Like his fictional protagonist, Alex Delaware, Jonathan received at Ph.D. ![]() As a senior, at the age of 22, he won a Samuel Goldwyn Writing Award for fiction. ![]() He helped work his way through UCLA as an editorial cartoonist, columnist, editor and freelance musician. Jonathan Kellerman was born in New York City in 1949 and grew up in Los Angeles. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() With this fear comes another: what if we stop being able to tell the difference between artificial intelligence and the human intelligence that created it? The trope of the “robot uprising” has been a feature of science fiction for decades, reflecting a shared cultural fear that the seemingly unrestrained advancement of technology may land us in a world where our computers bite back. ![]() HAL’S ATTEMPTED MUTINY aboard the Discovery One in 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) the replicants’ rejection of their imposed four-year lifespan in Blade Runner (1982) the Terminator’s principal mission throughout James Cameron’s franchise and, more recently, Ava’s murderous betrayal in Ex Machina (2014). ![]() ![]() ![]() HUMBERTO RAMOS: Ha! I don’t know is there’s a “right” time, but I can tell you this: from day one, Skottie and I talked about a story arc that follow the kids towards this very point of their life. MARVEL.COM: What made now the right time to end the Strange Academy story? Plus, check out a special first look at STRANGE ACADEMY: FINALS #4 below! ![]() He also recalled how Howie became one of his favorite characters, teased “the inevitable showdown,” and more. Speaking to, STRANGE ACADEMY: FINALS artist Humberto Ramos weighed in on the upcoming final issue, which has been planned since “day one.” He explained why he gives Doyle “a lot of credit,” as well as why he’s “optimistic” about Emily’s future. With only three issues left in the series, both factions are facing down one hell of a final exam. Now, both groups are gearing up for the fight of their lives… but only one of them has the dread Dormammu on their side. ![]() ![]() On the other side, Doyle Dormammu and a handful of other students remained in New Orleans with their teachers. On one side, Emily Bright and her outsiders walked out of the school to protest the faculty’s treatment of Calvin Morse and walked straight into the Dark Dimension. When STRANGE ACADEMY: FINALS kicked off in October, the student body had fractured into two factions. ![]() |