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 Hot Shot of the Week
DC's fan favoriate Blue Beetle series returns with issue #27 and scores top honors as a Hot Shot of the Week
Added May 31st
 Novel Ideas Coming
We're pleased to welcome Bill Love, Senior Editor of Graphic Novel Scene Magazine, to the Comic Related family
Added May 31st
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 Bluewater for June
We're pleased to share a first look at Bluewater Comics releases for June 2008 ... sneak peek at upcoming comics
Added May 31st
 Golly Screams Forth
When the apocalypse is canceled, the demon hordes of hell get angry in the pages of August's Golly from Image
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 Heroes Con Countdown
We're counting down to the launch of our Heroes Con event coverage and onight we share an official event update!
Added May 30th
 Evolution in Action
Have you noticed that our site has been quietly changing over the last two weeks? Today, we share all the details!
Added May 30th
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 Fist of Justice in June
Bounding off the character’s return after a long absence, issue #2 continues to turn things upside down
Added May 30th
 Simeti's The Chair
Alterna Comics President and Publisher Peter Simeti's new series The Chair is making its debut in the June Previews
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Wednesday, May 29th, 2008
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 Theme Week Continues
Everyone is talking Diamond and distribution as five new podcasts have joined our Podcast Theme Week tracking page
Added May 29th
 Conventions Page
Our Conventions page has been totally redesigned and will now play host to all of our past and future event coverage
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 New Artist Drafted
Devil’s Due’s latest recruit in Drafted is Hack/Slash's Rebekah Isaacs who will take over art beginning with Drafted #7
Added May 29th
 2008 Manning Award
Comic-Con International has unveiled this year's nominees for the annual Russ Manning Promising Newcomer Award
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 The Related Recap #7
Podcast In our seventh podcast, we sit down with Cinemacomics founder Jay Carvajal for an extended interview
Added May 28th
 Shipping This Week
Our release date area has been updated to reflect titles coming out through June 4th. We post 'em as they're announced.
Added May 28th
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 Cory Doctorow's Tales
IDW Publishing has announced it will collect Cory Doctorow’s Futuristic Tales of the Here and Now into a hardcover
Added May 28th
 Kingdom Comics
Disney Studios signs deal with Ahmet Zappa, Harris Katleman and Christian Beranek to oversee their new Kingdom Comics
Added May 28th
 Mannion to Asylum
Steve Mannion has inked a deal with Asylum Press to publish the collected edition of his series, The Bomb
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Podcast Theme Week
Listen in as eight comic podcasts set their sites on Diamond Distribution and the state of American comics distribution
Added May 27th
 Talking The Middleman
On June 17th ABC Family will launch The Middleman based on the Viper Comics series and we have all the details
Added May 27th
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 Stan Lee on iFanboy
On June 7th comic fans everywhere will be flocking to iFanboy as the show sits down with comic legend Stan Lee
Added May 27th
 Hero at WW Philly
The Hero Initiative is bringing UK sensation Steve Dillion To Wizard World Philadelphia and announces show details
Added May 27th
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 Interesting Site Alert
Do you like to talk comics? Comic Chatcast is a new and interesting site I want to place squarely on your fandom radar
Added May 26th
 Creator's Corner
Today's Corner update covers getting your indie book into stores, shares a pencil to ink study and an full inking tutorial
Added May 26th
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 Essex County Chapters
Jeff Lemire's The Country Nurse isn't available until October but he has released new "mini chapters" right now
Added May 26th
 CBLDF Brings Liberty
The CBLDF unveils a new anthology comic, Liberty Comics, coming from Image and benefitting the CBLDF
Added May 26th
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 New Links Added
Our ever growing links page adds 20 new sites taking the count to 2,420. When it comes to links, we cover comics!
Added May 25th
 Hot Shot of the Week
Dark Horse Comics and Matt Wagner's Grendel: Behold the Devil #7 is our newest Hot Shot of the Week
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 Flash Gordon Coming
The series has already created buzz with the sell out of the New York Comic-Con issue zero within a day and a half
Added May 25th
 Gimmie My Philly Tix
Comic Book Novice Radio Show is giving away 3 day passes to The Wizard World Philadelphia Convention
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 Echo #3 Review
Russell Burlingame looks at issue #3 of Terry Moore's Echo and feels the series is starting to really take shape
Added May 24th
 Anna Mercury Chat
Video! It's not often you get to chat with a fictional character, but during New York Comic Con, we spoke with Anna Mercury
Added May 24th
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 Ohio Cons Merging
An agreement has been reached to merge Mid-Ohio-Con with Ohio Comic Con serving up the best of both shows
Added May 24th
 Hero for Josh Medors
Artist Josh Medors is fighting a rare form of cancer in his back, and The Hero Initiative is aiding in that fight
Added May 24th
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 Mike Wolfer Interview
Video! Mike Wolfer chats with us on the Avatar Comics series Gravel and Streets of Glory while at New York Comic Con
Added May 23rd
 The Gold Exchange
New Column! Talking with Jeff Katz and Dan Jurgens, The Gold Exchange is your monthly look at DC's Booster Gold
Added May 23rd
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 Glyph Comics Awards
The winners of the 2008 Glyph Comics Awards were announced at the East Coast Black Age of Comics Convention
Added May 23rd
 Jason at Rocketship
Join the acclaimed European master for a MoCCA kickoff party, art
show and the world premiere of his new book
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 Returning to Bone
We close out our Jeff Smith: Bone and Beyond photo coverage with one final gallery of shots from the successful event
Added May 22nd
 Jamal Igle Interview
Video! Jamal Igle chats with us on Firestorm, Tangent and the first confirmation that New Earth IS DC's Earth 1
Added May 22nd
 As The World Burns
New Column! Russell's column Conscientious Sequentials looks at As The World Burns from Seven Stories Press
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 The Black Coat Returns
Good news for Black Coat fans! Ape Entertainment has announce the coming release of the 52-page Black Coat Special
Added May 22nd
 BPRD This Summer
There’s no better time to get up to speed on what’s happening with the characters in the B.P.R.D. at Dark Horse
Added May 22nd
 Haven Joins The Enemi
Enemi Entertainment has partnered with Haven Distributors to produce a new catalog available to retailers and fans
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Wednesday, May 21st, 2008
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The Related Recap #6
Podcast In our sixth podcast, we sit down with Hard Way Studios creators Dale Mettam and Dwayne Biddix
Added May 21st
 Indiana Jones Review
Film Review! To see or not to see? Russell takes an early look at the much anticipated Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull
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 Next Men to IDW
John Byrne's Next Men series is back, collected in thick, black-and-white volumes boasting 400+ pages of story and art
Added May 21st
 Coming from Alterna
Alterna has announced their lineup for June till December featuring Novo, American Terror, Jesus Hates Zombies & more
Added May 21st
 ASP Restructures
Archaia Studios Press announces a company restructuring as they work to improve scheduling delays
Added May 21st
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 Watchmen 1-Page
Miss any of our revealing behind the scenes Watchmen set reprots? The complete history can be found here!
Added May 20th
 Bone Event 1-Page
Miss any of our recent Jeff Smith: Bone and Beyond coverage? It's been combined into a 1-Page and is just a click away!
Added May 20th
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 Peter Jackson's Party
We're pleased to share a special message from Peter Jackson regarding an unexpected party tied to The Hobbit
Added May 20th
 Top Shelf 2.0
Top Shelf is offering readers a new webcomics and
digital anthology gateway featuring some amazing work
Added May 20th
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 Hercules Review
New Review! We take a look at the kickoff issue from Radical Publishing's new series Hercules: The Thracian Wars
Added May 19th
Shipping This Week
Our release date area has been updated to reflect titles coming out through May 28th. We post 'em as they're announced.
Added May 19th
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Mid-Ohio-Con Returns
GCX Holdings LLC has officially relaunched the Mid-Ohio-Con site and opened professional registration
Added May 19th
 Point Pleasant Trailer
Ape Entertainment has released a trailer for Return to Point Pleasant
by Chad Lambert, Steve Black and others
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 Titanium Rain Review
New Review! We take a look at the kickoff issue from Josh Finney and Kat Rocha's new ASP series Titanium Rain
Added May 18th
 From The Sketchbook
We open up our personal convention sketchbook sharing some great art. Page 14 in the series goes to Dwayne Biddix.
Added May 18th
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 Red 5 Finds ZMDs
With combat in the Middle East growing, the US military has adopted an unusual new weapon… zombies
Added May 18th
 Preview Frankenstein
Penned by Dean Koontz and adaptated by Chuck Dixon, we invite you to check out these gorgeous preview illustrations
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 10 with David Lapham
Feature Q&A Russell Burlingame poses 10 Questions about Young Liars to series creator David Lapham
Added May 17th
 Hot Shot of the Week
DC Vertigo's Young Liars #3 by David Lapham scores top honors as our newest Hot Shot of the Week
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Indie Island 2008
10,000+ square feet of the best of the indie and alternative comics world, located at the heart of the coolest comics show
Added May 17th
 The New SPACE Prize
SPACE Coordinator and Organizer Bob Corby shares an update on the evolution of their annual Day Prize
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 NYCC Photos: Round 18
In this latest New York Comic Con gallery we feature a few more creators and toss in a couple show floor shots
Added May 16th
 Watch Doctor Who?
We point you to a running review of this season's Doctor Who episodes we think you should be reading
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 Josh Medors Benefit
This past weekend Emerald City ComiCon and Frazetta Comics' Josh Medors Benefit Auction raised over $10,000
Added May 16th
 Fantagraphics Deal
Diamond has announced an exclusive distribution deal with Fantagraphics Books to exclusively distribute their products
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 Fan Fiction and Films
TV Party's back! Gordon Dymowski's latest column will keep you clicking as he shares a solid mix of fan films and fiction
Added May 15th
Creator's Corner
Today's Corner update offers a brush shoot-out, a chance to get published (and paid) and talk with a GN guide's author
Added May 15th
 NYCC Photos: Round 17
In this latest New York Comic Con gallery we continue our look at some cool stuff we encounted at the show
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 IMCA Collection to Ohio
The collection of the International Museum of Cartoon Art is moving to The Ohio State University Cartoon Research Library
Added May 15th
 Eagle Award Details
This year proved to be a record-breaking one for the 2008 Eagle Awards as well over 12,000 voters participated
Added May 15th
Alterna Distribution
Distribution companies Haven and International Enterprises, have signed deals with Alterna Comics to distribute products
Added May 15th
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Wednesday, May 14th, 2008
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 Bone and Beyond Art
Event coverage We're pleased to share a peek at the amazing artwork that makes up Jeff Smith: Bone and Beyond
Added May 14th
New Links Added
Our ever growing links page adds 40 new sites taking the count to 2,400. When it comes to links, we cover comics!
Added May 14th
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 Pulphope Takes Silver
AdHouse Books has won a Silver Award for Design at the 2007 Richmond Show for the publication of PULPHOPE by Paul Pope
Added May 14th
 Devils Due and Capcom
Action comics publisher Devils Due announces a publishing deal with respected video game developer Capcom
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The Watchmen's World
Exclusive! Who watches the Watchmen? We do and we're back with part two or our photo tour of the Watchmen set
Added May 13th
 NYCC Photos: Round 16
In this latest New York Comic Con gallery we turn our attention back to the creators with a new mix of show floor photos
Added May 13th
Shipping This Week
Our release date area has been updated to reflect titles coming out through May 21st. We post 'em as they're announced.
Added May 13th
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 Zen Intergalactic Ninja
A comic icon who set the tone for environmental awareness in the '90’s will re-emerge this Fall from Devil’s Due
Added May 13th
 Beanworld Returns
Beanworld captivated readers since its first publication in the 1980s and now it's returning from Dark Horse
Added May 13th
 Ultimate Secrets
The secrets behind the Ultimate Universe are about to be revealed, but is this the beginning of the end?
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The Watchmen's World
Exclusive! Who watches the Watchmen? We do and now you can as we share a photo tour of the Watchmen set
Added May 12th
 Bone & Beyond Report
Event coverage The event weekend may be over, but we're just getting started as we share our first full report
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 Dark Horse Talent
Dark Horse editor Scott Allie reviewed tons of portfolios at the Stumptown Comics Fest in Portland, OR
Added May 12th
 Flordia Supercon Info
Conjuring an impressive line-up of stars for the 2008 show, the Florida Supercon will take place May 23-25
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 Smith/McCloud Signing
Event coverage After Jeff Smith and Scott McCloud in Conversation, creators met fans signing for over three hours
Added May 11th
 The Conversation
Event coverage Our first gallery from the Jeff Smith and Scott McCloud in Conversation event in Columbus
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 Before Bone Exhibit
Event coverage Next to the Wexner Center you'll find the Cartoon Research Library and their Before Bone exhibit
Added May 11th
 Coming to the Wexner
A Looney Tunes Evening with Jeff Smith explores the influence the cartoons had on Smith's work and features great animation
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 Well Attended Opening
Event coverage In our second Jeff Smith: Bone and Beyond gallery, we feature a few people we spotted at the event
Added May 10th
 Bone Galleries Begin!
Event coverage We're pleased to share the first of several Jeff Smith: Bone and Beyond galleries as our coverage begins
Added May 10th
Bone and Beyond Video
The Wexner Center and Ohio State University's Cartoon Research Library present Jeff Smith: Bone and Beyond
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 Coming to the Wexner
Jeff Smith is just the beginning! Get all the details on the upcoming May 15th Terry Moore Artist's Talk
Added May 10th
 Coming to the Wexner
Jeff Smith is just the beginning! Get all the details on the upcoming May 20th Paul Pope
Artist's Talk
Added May 10th
 Learn about the event
We invite you to learn more about the next big event on our coverage calendar... Jeff Smith: Bone and Beyond
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 10 with Christos Gage
Feature Q&A Russell Burlingame poses 10 Questions about The Man With No Name to series writer Christos Gage
Added May 9th
 Hot Shot of the Week
The Good, the Bad & the Ugly returns in Dynamite Entertainment's new series and earns this week's Hot Show honors
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 Clone Wars Unveiled
Fans enjoyed an unprecedented look at Star Wars: Clone Wars as a two minute preview debuted on five channels
Added May 9th
Brubaker, Epting@Con
Heroes Convention show organizers confirm that the team of Ed Brubaker and Steve Epting will appear at HeroesCon 08
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 Looking Back on CAPE!
We're pleased to share OVER 60 PHOTOS from CAPE!, the Comic and Pop Culture Expo which took place over the weekend
Added May 8th
 Follow Us On iTunes
Our weekly Related Recap podcast is taking off and we're pleased to share exactly how you can subscribe in iTunes
Added May 8th
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 Viper Comics Newswire
Viper Comics is serving a great selection of comics thie May and they're inviting you to take a look at the titles
Added May 8th
 The Gnomon Workshop
Gnomon Workshop Live exists for creators to come together shareing production experiences, techniques and artwork
Added May 8th
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The Related Recap #5
Podcast Our fifth podcast is easily our best as we sit down for an extended interview with Skipper Martin and Ellen Evertt
Added May 7th
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 Fantagraphics News
We're pleased to share Fantagraphics Books latest F.B.I. Informant update presenting all the latest on their line of titles
Added May 7th
 Infiltration Success
As the Marvel's Secret Invasion spreads throughout other Marvel titles, the success and sellouts continue!
Added May 7th
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 Comics2Games FCBD
In the 2nd of our two part look at Free Comic Book Day at Comics2Games, we share a complete report on the event
Added May 6th
Shipping This Week
Our release date area has been updated to reflect titles coming out through May 14th. We post 'em as they're announced.
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 Wolf-Man Goes Monthly
Astounding Wolf-Man creators Jason Howard and Robert Kirkman are giving fans more as the series goes monthly
Added May 6th
 Preview King Size Hulk
He’s a big mass of red muscle and angrier than ever as he moves into a King Size edition which we're pleased to preview
Added May 6th
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 Reviewing Iron Man
Start to finish, site creator Chuck Moore considered Iron Man one of the better comic related films he's seen and shares a review
Added May 5th
 Comics2Games FCBD
In the first of a two part look at Free Comic Book Day at Comics2Games, we share a full 48 photo gallery from the event
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 Artwork Fights Cancer
Ben's Charity Art Auction featuring original work from artists to benefit the Candlelighters Childhood Cancer Foundation
Added May 5th
 Radical's City of Dust
City of Dust is set in the not too distant future, where imagination is discouraged and religion is outlawed
Added May 5th
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Bone and Beyond
We invite you to learn more about the next big event on our coverage calendar... Jeff Smith: Bone and Beyond
Added May 4th
The Gold Exchange
New Column! Hop on in the Time Sphere with us as Russell shares a write-up of Jurgens' series that started it all
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 DC Universe Sells Out
DC Universe #0 sold out the same day it arrived in stores and DC is rushing the issue back to press for a second printing
Added May 4th
 Bristol International
The Bristol International Comics Expo begins on Firday and we're pleased to share the final pre-show update
Added May 4th
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 Hot Shot of the Week
Grant Morrison and Geoff Johns are a recipe for certified awesome and DC Universe #0 scores our Hot Shot honors
Added May 3rd
 To See, Or Not To See
New Column! Comic Related columnist Russell Burlingame will not see Iron Man and shares his thoughts on the film
Added May 3rd
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 Full Stumptown Report
Midnight Fiction, a long time friend of Comic Related, has served up an amazing Stumptown report loaded with photos
Added May 3rd
 Free Comic Book Day
Today is Free Comic Book Day and we're pleased to share all the details you need to take part in the festivities
Added May 3rd
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Bone and Beyond
The Wexner Center and Ohio State University's Cartoon Research Library present Jeff Smith: Bone and Beyond
Added May 2nd
Hub: Iron Man Debuts
We're updated our Iron Man film media hub with all the latest news stories and information following todays big debut
Added May 2nd
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 FCBD: Arcana Comics
Free Comic Book Day is this coming Saturday, May 3rd and Arcana is getting in on the action with Arcana Studios Presents
Added May 2nd
FCBD: Hero Initiative
Many talented individuals and stores take on charity endeavor on May 3 as The Hero Initiative announces FCBD activities
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 1.6 Million Hits in April
In April we saw over 30% growth in just one month with 183,000 visitors and over 6,000 people stopping by each day!
Added May 1st
 NYCC Photos: Round 15
In this latest New York Comic Con gallery we continue our look at some cool stuff we encounted at the show
Added May 1st
 Site of the Month
Time and time again, the Comic Book Database proves to be one of the most useful sites on the internet for comic fans
Added May 1st
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 Platinum For Troops
Platinum Studios and Operation Troop Aid band together to bring Free Comic Book Day to US troops in Iraq
Added May 1st
 Morbid Myths Sells Out
Alterna Comics is pleased to announce that Hard Way Studios' Morbid Myths Vol. 1 The Collection has sold out at Diamond
Added May 1st
 Artesia On WOWIO
ASP is proud to announce that single issues of its flagship title Artesia are now available for free download at WOWIO
Added May 1st
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