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FIRST. A while back I reviewed Orc Stain, James Stokoe’s hallucinogenic fantasy comic. Now, in addition to posting some Orc Stain #7 preview pages, Stokoe’s blogged about his Spider-Man fan comic—in which he sends the webslinger to ‘Nam. More here. (Via io9.)

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SECOND. With very few exceptions, movie posters kind of suck these days, but this Drew Struzan-style poster for J.J. Abrams’ Super 8 is pretty fitting, seeing as how the film’s one big homage to the movies Struzan used to make posters like these for. (Via AICN.)

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With honor and distinction, Erik Henriksen served as the executive editor of the Portland Mercury from 2004 to 2020. He can now be found at henriksenactual.com.