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Parasocial; Phantom Road Vol. 1; and House of Slaughter Vol. 2 – Scarlet. All different varieties of horror, I guess?
A Cover a Day
Ok, how about this for an idea. We take it in turns to post a favourite (British spelling) comic cover every day. This went really well on the comic fan website that I used to frequent. What we tried to do was find a theme or subject and follow…
Read more…Comical Comic Cuts
So - I know I've only been here a week, but I thought I might be able to brighten up everyone's lives a little with a new thread devoted to comical cartoons based around superheroes. I have loads of funny material that I've picked up over the…
Read more…Generations I, II & III
GENERATIONS: AN IMAGINARY TALE: Generations is John Byrne's take on the concept "What if Superman and Batman debuted in 1938 and 1939 respectively, then aged in real time?" The first series starts in 1939, then each chapter jumps a decade,…
Read more…Marvel: The Lost Generation
What's Marvel's so-called "lost generation"? It's John Byrne (plotter/artist) and Roger Stern's (plotter/scripter) version of the Marvel Universe which occurred between 1955 and 1961 (in real time), and I'll tell you right up front: it's one big,…
Read more…Movies I Have Seen Lately
Saw a Takashi Miike picture called The Great Yokai War. "Yokai" is a Japanese term for monsters from folklore, as opposed to the more familiar kaiju. It's a kids' picture, about a young boy from Tokyo sent out to live in the countryside with his…
Read more…Atlas Era Venus
Venus was one of several heroines introduced by Marvel at the tail end of the 1940s. Her title underwent a curious sequence of transformations in comics genres in its 19-issue run, starting as a glamour comic, becoming a romance comics, then a…
Read more…Watchmen (Before & After)
I just finished re-reading Watchmen for the first time in many years. Every time I read I notice some new detail or nuance I had never noticed before. I used to pretend that non-comics readers might one day ask me to recommend a comic book or series…
Read more…So, What Are You Reading These Days? (besides comics)
Just bringing this discussion over to ning... What books are you reading right now that don't have a narrative driven by images as well as words?
Read more…Two lists of sci-fi movies: What do YOU think?
Two articles about sci-fi movies appeared in my news feed which I found interesting -- and, of course, wanted to argue about. Who better to argue with than my fellow Legionnaires? The first story was 10 Black And White Sci-Fi Movies That Completely…
Read more…Comics Guide for comics shipping week of March 18, 2024
MAJOR PUBLISHERS MARVEL COMICS AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #254 FACSIMILE EDITION is another early black costume appearance. BEWARE THE PLANET OF THE APES #3 (OF 4) Story: Marc Guggenheim | Art: Alvaro Lopez | Cover: Taurin Clarke | Teen+ | $3.99 Marvel…
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