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Watchmen after Nexus

I was re-reading the original Nexus series over the weekend and was reminded of Watchmen. 

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The Department of Truth Vol. 4: The Ministry of Lies

The Department of Truth Vol. 4: The Ministry of Lies
James Tynion IV, writer; Martin Simmonds, artist; Aditya Bidikar, letterer
Image Comics, 2022

As the subtitle indicates, this arc revolves around the decades-long secret war the Department of Truth

New James Bond editions to be edited for racist content

The story:

James Bond books edited to remove racist content

tl;dr: The new reissues of the Bond books (paperback and ebook from Ian Fleming Productions) will have a disclaimer at the beginning, and some racial references will be removed. The N word w

RIP Ricou Browning

Story  Browning did a lot of stuff over the years, but he's probably best remembered for portraying the Gill-Man in the underwater scenes in the three Creature from the Black Lagoon films.

DC's 1st Issue Specials

DC released a collection of this series two years ago, and I've been considering posting some thoughts on it ever since (occasionally, not continuously). Specifically, I want to rank the issues first through thirteenth. The decision that has been ho

Miscellaneous Big Finish Audios

For a while now, I’ve been posting reactions to big “meaty” arcs such as The Eighth Doctor Adventures, Dark Eyes, Doom Coalition and The Collected War Doctor. Some of the stories I plan to listen to in the near future, though, are either one-off adve

Bond #3: 'Moonraker'

THE BOOK #1

Author: Ian Fleming

Date: 1955

THE PLOT

The owner of M's private club is worried that one of the members is cheating at bridge, and asks M if he'll look into it. He agrees, and asks James Bond to give the alleged cheater a look, given B

RIP Raquel Welch

Story  I mostly remember her from Fantastic Voyage and One Million Years, B.C.,, but I know she did a lot of other stuff.

Timeline of The Doctor's Adventures in the Order That the Doctor Experienced Them

I'm going to attempt to create a timeline of the Doctor's adventures in the order that the Doctor experienced them, beginning from when we first see the version of the Doctor played by William Hartnell, Richard Hurndall and David Bradley, hereafter "

Comics Guide: Feb. 20-26, 2023

DARK HORSE COMICS

AVATAR ADAPT OR DIE TP

BLUE BOOK #1 (OF 5)

Story: James TynionIV | Art: Klaus Janson | Art/Cover: Michael Avon Oeming | $4,.99

From the New York Times bestselling and award-winning cocreators of Something is Killing the Children, Th

What's the Furthest Place from Here? Vol. 1: Getting Lost at the End of the World

What's the Furthest Place from Here? Vol. 1: Getting Lost at the End of the World
Tyler Boss & Matthew Rosenberg, storytellers; Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou, lettering
Image Comics, 2022

This is a dystopian tale, although it's not obvious at first. We just

Moderators of the Round Table

To paraphrase George Orwell, "All Legionnaires are equal, but some Legionnaires are more equal than others." Here are the Legionnaires who have been elevated to the status of Moderator, and charged with keeping the peace:

• Tim "Powerbook Pete" Cousar

Our Friend, Rich Lane

Watching "Unaging" Comics Characters "Move Past" Historical Events

Elsewhere, some  of us were talking about the Silver Samurai, which led me to think of the time he fought John Belushi, which led me to think that the Peter Parker of 2023 cannot be the same Peter Parker that met the Not-Ready-For-Prime-Time Players

Who has played Batman in live action?

If you're old enough, you probably remember a time when it was easy to rattle off the actors who had portrayed a given superhero in movies and TV. Not so much now! 

Batman is the most difficult, I think, as he is probably the most-often portrayed. He

Who has played Superman in live action?

Acting on Jeff's link to the "Get to know all 20 live-action SUPERMAN" [sic] video in the Batman thread, I wrote down all the actors cited there and compared them to other lists (like Wiki). And Jeff's right; a number of them are pretty iffy. I'll li

Comics Guide: Feb. 13-19, 2023

BOOM! STUDIOS

ALICE EVER AFTER TP

EVE: CHILDREN OF THE MOON #5 (OF 5)

GRIM #8

HOUSE OF SLAUGHTER #12

MIGHTY MORPHIN POWER RANGERS #105

MOSELY #2 (OF 5)

VAMPIRE SLAYER (BUFFY) #11

DARK HORSE COMICS

CONFABULATION: AN ANECDOTAL AUTOBIOGRAPHY HC

Dark H

RIP Richard Belzer

Here's the story

The Department of Truth Vol. 3: Free Country

The Department of Truth Vol. 3: Free Country
James Tynion IV, writer; Martin Simmonds, artist; Aditya Bidikar, letterer; Elsa Charretier, Tyler Boss,John J. Pearson, David Romero, Alison Sampson, Jorge Fornes: artists; Matt Hollingsworth, Boman Tito

Gender Queer: A Memoir

Gender Queer: A Memoir
Maia Kobabe, author, illustrator
Oni Press, 2019

This was the most challenged book in the United States in 2021 at libraries and school systems, a target of the culture wars on the basis of its subject alone. Kobabe was born fe