The Sixth Doctor, my least favorite Doctor overall, is my third most favorite (behind the Eighth Doctor and the War Doctor) on audio. Like the other two [who got only a single outing as the Doctor (and a shared short feature) on the small screen], th
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If you have a taste for genre films – those with an element of the extra-normal – be of good cheer: There are more than 40 scheduled for wide release in 2017. With the caveat that release dates are subject t
Read more…Recent Comics & Current Events
I usually don’t like it when comic books become overtly political. I realize that’s not a universal opinion. Paul O’Brien of “X-Axis” and “House to Astonish” has chastised X-Men comics for not reflecting current eve
Read more…Can't believe I read this yesterday
http://www.cbr.com/comics-writer-gerard-jones-arrested-on-child-pornography-charges/
My favourite non-fiction book of all time was "Men of Tomorrow" by Gerard Jones. The most accurate guide to the birth of the s
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She is the daughter of Henry “Ant-Man” Pym. She has taken on the legacy of Pym’s former partner, Janet Van Dyne. She was raised in the Red Room, the Russian espionage school that gave us the Black Widow.
And,
Read more…In previous years, this was a memory box so we didn't miss any good nominations for the Cappies. With the Cappies hypertimed away, that doesn't mean we have to discontinue these threads. I've always liked going back at the end of the year and seeing
Read more…I’m going to do something different this time.
In past Christmas Deck Log entries, I’ve written about wondrous events that took place when people were imbued with the Christmas spirit, that feeling that transcends religion and fills one with the hear
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As announced at the San Diego Comic-Con this year, Ghost Rider is joining the cast of Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. with the launch of Season 4 on Sept. 20. But if anyone is expecting to see Johnny Blaze
Read more…Starve Vol. 2
Brian Wood, writer; Danijel Zezelj, artist; Dave Stewart, colorist
Image, 2016
In Vol. 1 celebrity chef Gavin Cruikshank got drawn back into his cooking game show Starve after years of self-imposed exile. In the process he had to fac
Read more…I haven't listened to it yet, but there's an interview with Burt Ward on a recent episode (#135) of Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast. It's a good show, and Gil and Frank do a lot of research and ask great questions. (I really enjoyed a re
Read more…Reviews for books shipping Jan. 4, 2017, including:
• THE FALL AND RISE OF CAPTAIN ATOM #1
• JUSTICE LEAGUE #12
• JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA: THE ATOM REBIRTH #1
• JUSTICE LEAGUE VS. SUICIDE SQUAD #3
• LIFE & ADVENTURES OF SANTA CLAUS ILLUSTRATED BY E
Read more…This has always been one of my favorite FF covers and I recently found a library with an overhead scanner so I could scan the oversized treasury editions. Anyone know who drew this?
I was watching the classic tear jerker "An Affair to Remember" with my wife during the recent Holiday Season! The one with Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr. Anyway I noticed at least two Superman referrences in this movie! One of the side characters is
Read more…Over the past couple weeks, while on break from school, I've thought multiple times as I've looked on the stack of unread books on the shelf in office, the piles on my nightstand and next to my bed, and the digital downloads that have been on my iPad
Read more…This is the last Comics Guide for now.
I like doing the Comics Guide, as I feel as if I'm keeping a Comics Buyer's Guide tradition alive, plus it keeps me up to date on comics I don't read. And it's fun! But I feel that lately the cost/benefit ratio
Read more…From the looks of todays strip at least some of the characters from the Lil' Abner strip are showing up in Dick Tracy. I am curious to see how Daisy Mae would look drawn in this style.
Read more…OK, so having read #0, I see several plot threads:
1)Jennifer is in court, defending the Jester. I wonder what the legal complications would be of a lawyer acting as an amateur law enforcer.
2)Rhodey is keeping the peace in Latveria. I don't know
Read more…Saw this episode last night. It was a pretty funny pastiche of American super-heroes. I liked Justin Chatwin and Charity Wakefield playing the "Clark Kent/superman" and "Lois Lane" roles, and their interaction with Peter Capaldi's Doctor, who was al
Read more…With the coming of another Silver Surfer title this week, I have to ask the question: Why? Do we consider the Sentinel of the Starways a relevant character or the product of a by gone age? Can he be a believable protagonist or simply Marvel's most ha
Read more…Carrie Frances Fisher - October 21, 1956 - December 27, 2016
Princess Leia is now one with the Force.
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