I didn't make it last week, I'm not going to make it today. I've finished my making video game homework, I'm working on my intro to computer graphics homework, I've got to go over those &*#$&*#@$&(@#$ word problems for a math test tomorrow and if
Read more…As part of All-New Marvel Now!, this month we see the debut of a new She-Hulk series, by writer Charles Soule and artist Javier Pulido. My thoughts on issue #1 (SPOILERS, naturally):
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Read more…I hadn't picked this up since issue 1, but I love covers and this one was really good. There was a lot in this issue from a Star Wars reminding scene, a reference to her roller derby career and a set up for the next issue and it was also a comple
Read more…I'm still going through my old vhs collection and putting it onto dvd and I came across a couple of Batman episodes from when the Scifi channel ran them. As I watched the Superman serial last week I thought of the later tv show and realized that t
Read more…The other day, I picked up from my friendly neighborhood library Spider-Man: Spider Island, a trade paperback collection of the main story from the mega crossover a while back. Yes, I know it was out a while ago, but as they say, any story you haven'
Read more…As most of us know, Johnny Quick activated his powers using a mathematical formula. Also, notoriously, Dr. Sivana came up with a formula that when spoken allowed him to walk through walls. Later, Captain Marvel himself used the same formula for the s
Read more…For those of you who are unaware, while Flash Thompson was in Vietnam, he was injured and a Vietnamese family took him in. He stayed until--or likely past--the time he was healed. I'm guessing a minimum seven days. My question--would that have been
Read more…I've not time to seek out our Captain's listing for the comics adaptation .
The current?? ish o' THE NEW YORKER has a long article about the " NOAH " film , so.........
Read more…It's not early to start, right? Use this thread for anything that strikes you in 2014 that you may eventually want to nominate for the Cappies at the end of the year.
Here are the categories:
Best Writer
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Most Underrated Writer
Most Under
Read more…Astro City: Life in the Big City
(Includes issues 1-6 of Astro City Volume 1, published by Image in 1995)
In Dreams: A day in the life of the world’s premier super hero.
The Scoop: A newspaper editor reminisces about what could have been his fir
Read more…As many of you know, I teach fifth grade.
Fridays in my classroom are "comic book Friday", which means that, during silent reading time, my students are allowed to read comic books instead of their regular novels. Yes, even though I'm a comic book en
Read more…DC super heroes certainly had troubles with mirrors in the Silver Age.
BUT, in reflection (har har), the hero who had the most trouble was the Flash because one of his great villains' weapons were mirrors.
Saw both of them and I'm a little glad I didn't buy the dvd's when they were first put out. Both of them are good, but I can think of episodes of JL and JL:U that I liked better.
Read more…I was going through some old comics when I came across a reprint of the original Galactus story and I wondered -yet again- if some ideas shouldn't be left alone. The idea of knowing what the nullifier did, of learning the Beyonder survived Secret War
Read more…I missed Jeff's post last month as I was really rushing to get it turned in. Anyway here is what I have for comics and other miscellany coming out in April.
I've been enjoying going back through some of their team ups before the reboot and the current series is good too. The annual showing them as Supergirl and Robin was enjoyable. It's to see two genuine friends, reminds me of Jan and Wanda back whe
Read more…I'm not as quick as I used to be but it just hit me that Junior Tracy, a boy of rather humble origins, gets adopted by the heroic lawman Dick Tracy, becomes his sidekick, follows in his footsteps and ends up marrying an alien princess, Moon Maid, who
Read more…Spotted it in the schedule as I was looking at the Joan Crawford festival they seem to be having today. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061858/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1 The schedule has it at 3:45 am Friday morning. I think it is a bunch of episodes edited tog
Read more…I bought a book on a visit to my OCS here , now that I'm (now , anyway) in Santa Cruz ~ I say a " book " although it cost only 60% of the price of Detective Comics #27 !!!!!
It was a Pacific Comic Club release of " LITTLE ORPHAN ANNIE AND THE HAUNT
Read more…100 BULLETS: BROTHER LONO #4
Written by BRIAN AZZARELLO
Art by EDUARDO RISSO
Cover by DAVE JOHNSON
On sale SEPTEMBER 18 • 32 pg, 4 of 8, FC, $2.99 US • MATURE READERS
Brother Lono needs to get medieval on some people when dueling drug lords bring th
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