Slaughterhouse-Five, or the Children's Crusade
Story by Kurt Vonnegut; written by Ryan North; illustrated by Albert Monteys
Archaia, 2020
I'm not usually a great fan of adaptations of novels, in movie or graphic form. Too often essential aspects of
Read more…Basketful of Heads
Joe Hill, writer; Leomacs, artist; Dave Stewart, colorist
DC Black Label, 2020
The first of horror writer Joe Hill's Hill House Comics line for DC Comics, this collects the seven issue miniseries published 2019 - 2020. The settin
Read more…I was going to say "villain teamup" stories, but some stories may bring in two villains and have them fight one another (and maybe the hero) for the whole story.
Some of the best include:
Debut story of THE SINISTER SIX
The first JLA/JSA crossover
Read more…OCT 12-18
Genre TV
Next, "File #2" (Fox, Oct. 13)
Archer, "The Double Date" (FX, Oct. 14)
Star Trek: Discovery, season 3 premiere (CBS All Access, Oct. 15)
Helstrom, season 1 (Hulu, Oct. 16)
Lovecraft Country, season 1 finale, "Full Circle" (HBO, Oct
Read more…Nicnevin and the Bloody Queen
Helen Mullane, writer; Dom Reardon, artist; Matthew Dow Smith, layouts artist & title page illustration; Jock, cover & page 3 illustration; Lee Loughridge, color artist
Humanoids, 2020
This starts out looking like a ty
Read more…With Hallowe'en not that far away, I'm in the mood to watch some horror flicks. Since I have the six Universal Legacy collections for Dracula, Frankenstein, the Mummy, the Invisible Man, the Wolf Man and the Creature from the Black Lagoon, I decided
Read more…I was first made aware of his death by the La Cucaracha comic strip.
From the Hollywood Reporter:
Ron Cobb Dies at 83. Designer of 'Alien' Ship, 'Back to the Future' DeLorean
Here are many examples of his work on a number of high-profile movies:
Read more…“Missy... alone, unleashed and unfettered. What does she get up to when the Doctor isn’t around?
“Well, Missy has a plan. And to carry it out, she’s going to have to break some rules. And people. And planets. Look out universe, Missy is on a mission.
Read more…Ravenous follows Doom Coalition.
“We went into Ravenous planning for a change of pace and style. Doom Coalition had been so dense and intricate—a 16-hour interlinking story—and it was something we didn’t want to attempt again so soon. And neither shou
Read more…The Legion of "Hey, It's that Gal!" Character Actors loses another one: From Deadline: "Conchata Ferrell Dies: Former ‘Two and a Half Men’ Co-Star Was 77"
She was most well-known for Two and a Half Men, but had a long career as a guest star or recurr
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GENRE TV
Next, season 1 premiere, "FILE #1" (Fox, Oct. 6)
Swamp Thing, broadcast premiere (CW, Oct. 6)
Archer, "Best Friends" (FX, Oct. 7)
Doctor Who, special, "Faceless Ones" (BBC America, Oct. 8)
Star Trek: Lower Decks, s
Read more…Over in the thread "From the Archives: Deck Log Entry # 90 Death in the Silver Age---Mark Merlin, R. I. P.," Commander Benson wrote:
Commander Benson said:
Read more…Fifteen years ago, on the Leave It to Beaver forum, at the SitcomsonLine.com site, I posted
If you lived in the DC universe in the 1950’s and were a greedy relative or unscrupulous lawyer trying to swindle someone out of his fortune by posing as a ghost or a space alien or a time-traveller, you didn’t stand a chance. Not with all the DC sl
I was doing a Google search to find some point I made in a thread many moons ago so I could link to it in a thread today (as I often tend to do), and came across this review of our humble corner of cyberspace:
Read more…Captain Comics
Van Halen was a big part of the soundtrack to my college years.
Read more…Available July 1, Monthly Anthology Titles Combine All-New Stories by Top DC Writers with Classic Tales from DC’s Deep History
Original Stories Featuring Jimmy Palmiotti, Amanda Conner, Dan Jurgens and Tim Seeley
12-Part Superman Story by Tom King an
Read more…...Has anyone here seen comic books, standard-sized, on sale at ANY non-comics shop in 2020. The last 6 month's obviously everything has been upturned, but in the first 3 months of 2020 and since them, has ANYONE, other than Walmart and whatever othe
Read more…Oh, what a difference a week makes. Fear the Walking Dead is (temporarily) over, replaced by the far superior The Walking Dead.
Not only was the show better, but my wife joined me. She refuses to watch FTWD and is actively angry at it. "How they coul
Read more…I know we don't usually get into politics here, but I felt this story was sufficiently comics-related.
Read more…By Andrew A. Smith
Tribune Content Agency
May 28, 2020 — Stargirl has arrived on DC Universe and The CW, bringing with it the return of the justly legendary Justice Society of America.
The Justice Society is the oldest superhero team in comics, arriv
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