Just for fun, what would be the least useful super power you could have? It could be one possessed by several superheroes and villains, or one that's not been used.
To start, I'll suggest pre-cognition. While it seems as if it might be nifty to be
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Instrumental
Dave Chisholm
Z2 Comics, 2017
With Instrumental trumpeter/composer/cartoonist Dave Chisholm presents a black and white morality tale about a struggling young trumpeter and bandleader--with an accompanying soundtrack. There have been pre
Read more…I used to be a huge fan of the comic strip Dilbert. I found it to be funny and inventive. Eventually, however, it seemed to me that it fell into the same pattern that many successful comic strips fall into. That is, Scott Adams developed a stable of
Read more…By Andrew A. Smith
Tribune Content Agency
Spring is when a young person’s fancy turns to TV schedules – and if you’re into geek culture, 2017 promises to be a fancy year indeed.
A few genre shows have been canceled or reached their finales – NBC’s Po
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Hoy
All-Star Comics #3 (Winter 1940):
1)I expect that if you've only read one Golden Age adventure of the JSA, this is the one. It's not bad, but this first issue is more like an anthology than a team book, per se.
2)Line-Up: The Atom (Al Pratt), Doct
Read more…Generation X #1 - A new student arrives at the school and meets his wacky classmates. Story by Christina Strain, art by Amilcar Pinna.
Let's get this out of the way--I despise this art. I find it both ugly and amateurish. On the other hand, many of th
By Andrew A. Smith
Tribune Content Agency
Are you as eager for Alien: Covenant as a face-hugger scuttling from its egg? As hungry for the latest “Alien” movie as a Xenomorph’s second set of jaws? Ready to explode into the theater May 19 like a chest-b
Courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures
Arthur (Charles Hunnam) doing what Arthur does best: Pulling a sword from a stone.
By Andrew A. Smith
Tribune Content Agency
A number of people watching King Arthur: Legend of the Sword when it premieres May 12 will
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Chalk
Paul Cornell
Tor.com, 2017
Paul Cornell has written comics for Vertigo, DC, and Marvel, and for the Doctor Who TV series. That was enough to interest me in an advance copy of this novel. None of his previous work prepared me for this, although
Read more…They sing the early Beatle's tunes anyway. All my loving, Do you want to know a secret and others. I haven't cleaned it yet but I think it's a bit of a novelty.
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Plutona
Emi Lenox & Jeff Lemire: story; Jeff Lemire: script; Emi Lenox: art; Jordie Bellaire: colors
"Plutona's Last Adventure" by Jeff Lemire
Image Comics, 2016
It's easy to describe this as "Astro City meets Stand By Me" or something like that. T
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Loved it!
Read more…List of Low-Selling Books Ostensibly on the Brink of Being Cancelled
Anyone have any insights on the likelihood of this? If it happens, that list contains every Marvel book that I'm currently reading except Spider-Gwen.
Read more…I thought I'd try something low-maintenance. We begin with...
"What a Night for a Knight"
Scooby-Doo and the gang investigate the mysterious Black Knight, who turns out to be Mister Wickles the curator, who is running an art forgery ring.
Notes:
Read more…Rocket #1 - Rocket Raccoon teams up with the Technet to pull a heist. Story by Al Ewing, art by Adam Gorham.
As with other times I've encountered members of he Guardians outside of the movies, I find the characters to be less than enthralling. It's a
This discussion will focus on DC's character Black Lighting. For this project, I'll be reading the following comics:
Black Lightning 1-11
World's Finest 256-261
Dc Comics Presents 16
Justice League of America 173-174
Brave and the Bold 163
Detective Comic
