Ralph Mathieu is the owner of the comic book store Alternate Reality Comics in Las Vegas, Nevada. His store has been around for many more years than mine, and he has far more experience than I do.

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With X-Men: Grand Design, Ed Piskor pulls off a feat very few cartoonists ever manage: He takes his unique aesthetic from the scruffy fringe of alternative comics to the world of mass-market superhero ...

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Cartoonist Ed Piskor is best known for his award-winning Hip Hop Family Tree series, and for working with alt-comics legend Harvey Pekar. So how... With X-Men: Grand Design, Ed Piskor pulls off a feat ...