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Blade Runner 2019: Los Angeles

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Blade Runner 2019: Los Angeles

by Michael Green & Mike Johnson; ill. Andres Guinaldo (Titan, 2019)

Book cover: “Blade Runner 2019: Los Angeles” by Michael Green & Mike Johnson; ill. Andres Guinaldo (Titan, 2019)

This Blade Runner prequel does a passable job in capturing the murky, near-future dystopian vibes of the original film. The storytelling is straightforward, the art bleak and uncompromising. Ash is a more action-minded protagonist than Deckard but her assignment carries similar ambiguities.

Corpse Bride

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Corpse Bride

dir. Mike Johnson & Tim Burton (2005)

Movie poster: Corpse Bride (2005)

Short for a feature film, refreshingly straightforward, and not weighed down too heavily by songs or Tim Burton’s trademark love of the macabre. The darkness in this case works with the story, and the Victorian era stop-motion character design is exquisitely ghoulish.