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This week on PULL WISELY, Teresa reviews Sam Humphries and Mike Del Mundo’s WEIRDWORLD #1 (edited by @brevoortformspring and @alannaedits)! It’s, uh, super weird. Why, you ask? Let Teresa tell you!

As always, check out the full list of this week’s comics recs on TMS! What are you picking up this week?

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I can’t think of another movie in recent memory that has been so widely panned before its release than Jem and the Holograms. Fans who grew up with Jem and the gang rightly said that the new movies’ trailer lacked all of the cartoon’s trademark outrageousness, and the younger age group the movie is arguably marketed towards seemed witheringly apathetic about its upcoming release. Given that, I expect Jem and the Holograms is really going to stink up the box office this weekend. But it did not stink up my heart.

Haters Gonna Hate, but Jem and the Holograms Is Not a Bad Movie

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In this week’s episode of Pull Wisely we chose to talk about a trade paperback: Jem and the Holograms, Volume 1: Showtime from IDW. If you haven’t yet gotten on board the Jem train, now’s the perfect time with the first story arc finally collected in trade.

Go to the site to see more of this week’s recommendations from The Mary Sue: http://goo.gl/4vsUU0

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This is, like any creative business, a very tough business to break into. Thanks to social media and the fact that our community seems smaller and closer knit than something like film, it sometimes seems like it should be pretty easy to do, but it’s not. You have to do good work and keep doing it everyday. You have to work to make connections and you have to prove yourself over and over again. The overnight success idea is a myth in any business, including ours. People who break through “overnight” work for years on building relationships and creating/putting out good consistent work. Sure, a little luck and good timing is key too, but the only way to not fail at this thing (at any thing I suppose) is to keep doing it until the answer is yes. I’m sorry there are no magic beans or something. I wish someone would ask me that question and I could just hand them adorable magic beans and go “Yes, actually, use these! They rock!”

Kelly Thompson discusses Jem & the Holograms, breaking into comics, and collaborating with Kelly Sue DeConnick

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Pull Wisely: The Mary Sue’s Weekly Comic Counsel and Chat

It’s time for Pull Wisely, where we tell you which comics we’re looking forward to each week—and then ask for your recommendations in the comments.

Click through to watch our brand-new video format for Pull Wisely, featuring our own Teresa Jusino, and join the discussion thread! What did you pick up this week, comics fans?

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A Review and Some Ramblings about Christy Marx’s Sisterhood of Steel and Amethyst

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When I heard DC was bringing back Amethyst, Princess of Gemworld, I was thrilled. I recently finished collecting every single issue and have read about half of the series so far, and love every page of it.

When I heard Christy Marx was going to be writing it, my heart nearly stopped in disbelief. While I (confession!) have never watched Jem and the Holograms (gotta ask my roommate if I can use her Netflix for that), I had read her miniseries Sisterhood of Steel, published by Epic (Marvel’s old creator-owned imprint) back in 1984. It had been a convention quarter bin discovery— the beautiful painted cover of the first issue and the compelling title practically required me to posses and absorb every issue.

So, in preparation for Marx’s return to comics, I decided to re-read all eight issues, as well as read for the first time the graphic novel I had been unaware of until I went to Marx’s website! Beneath the cut you’ll find a review of Sisterhood of Steel and some speculation on what we may expect on Marx’s Amethyst run. If you want to read the series yourself, Marx has all the issues available for purchase on her website, or you can just check eBay or the usual old comics websites.

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