I haven’t thrown any crackpot interpretations of comic book continuity out there in a while, so I guess it’s time to rectify that state of affairs.
I’m enjoying Nick Spencer’s Captain America, but I’m having a hard time wrapping my mind around the ch
Read more…A friend invited me to the NY premiere of the new DC animated movie, Justice League Dark, last night. I haven’t seen many of the new DC direct-to-video movies -- just Batman vs Robin and I think the first one in the series, Justice League: War -- but
Read more…Unfollow Vol. 1: 140 Characters
Rob Williams, writer; Mike Dowling, R.M. Guéra, artists; Quinton Winter, Giulia Brusco, colorists
Vertigo Comics, 2016
Unfollow is based on a brilliant topical premise: a social media mogul named Larry Ferrell who ha
Read more…Ben Affleck is out as director of the Batman movie: "Ben Affleck pulls out of directing solo 'Batman' movie"
It's described as a mutual decision, but the bad reviews and box office for his gangster movie Live by Night couldn't have helped his standin
Read more…They just started it and are giving it a trial run. The first episodes was nice.
http://majorspoilers.com/2017/02/02/legion-clubhouse-001-darn-kids/
Read more…By Andrew A. Smith
Tribune Content Agency
The m
Read more…Discuss all things music here! If you're stuck in 1997 like me, the new Third Eye Blind cd came out today. It's available for download on Amazon.com for $3.99. http://www.amazon.com/Ursa-Major/dp/B002LFRXFC/ref=dm_cd_album_lnk?ie=UTF8&qid=1250637570
Read more…Rosalie Lightning: A Graphic Memoir
by Tom Hart
St. Martin's Press, 2016
Tom Hart's daughter Rosalie died suddenly of Sudden Unexplained Death In Childhood (SUDC) just before her second birthday. This memoir is his attempt to honestly chronicle the
Read more…Reviews for books shipping Feb. 1, 2017, including:
• A&A: THE ADVENTURES OF ARCHER & ARMSTRONG #12
• AQUAMAN #16
• ASSASSIN'S CREED: UPRISING #1
• BATMAN #16
• FAITH #8
• THE FLINTSTONES #8
• GREEN LANTERN #16
• JOSIE AND THE PUSSYCATS #4
• JUDGE DR
Read more…I'm taking a class and we have to come up with designs. I think comic book covers would be too complicated for a beginner class, but it might be a fun challenge just to come up with some design tries.
Read more…Roche Limit: Vol. 1
Michael Moreci (Writer), Vic Malhotra (Illustrations)
Image Comics, 2015
Well, it was bound to happen eventually: an Image series that is almost a complete dud. It's built on an intriguing sci-fi concept. Roche Limit is a colony
Read more…Comics artist Dan Spiegle, whose works include Crossfire, Blackhawk, and a raft of titles for Dell and Gold Key, passed away Saturday. Here's an overview of his career at Wikipedia: Dan Spiegle
Here's a tribute from longtime collaborator and friend M
Read more…Reviews for books shipping Jan. 25, 2017, including:
• ALIENS: DEFIANCE VOL 1
• DANTE #1
• DETECTIVE #949
• FORBIDDEN BRIDES OF THE FACELESS SLAVES IN THE SECRET HOUSE OF THE NIGHT OF DREAD DESIRE
• FUTURE QUEST #9
• HAL JORDAN AND THE GREEN LANTERN
Read more…From The Hollywood Reporter: "Mike Connors, Principled Private Detective on 'Mannix," Dies at 91"
We engaged in discussion about the charms of Mannix here.
Read more…The Wall Street Journal had an article on how some people can afford replica homes.
http://www.wsj.com/articles/for-these-replica-homes-imitation-is-more-than-flattery-1483629162
There are a number of White Houses and other such mansions and I
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By Andrew A. Smith
Tribune Content Agency
So the Jan. 24 episode of The CW’s Legends of Tomorrow filled us in on how George Lucas was inspired to create Star Wars by heroes from other time periods (involving blasters, trash compactors, “You’re our
Read more…Story Another one of the icons of my youth is gone, star of two classic sitcoms, The Dick Van Dyke Show, and her own The Mary Tyler Moore Show. I gather she had been in ill health for some time.
Read more…Romita Sr is celebrating number 87 today. Has any comic book artist had more challenges thrown at him? Making the move from DC romance comics to Marvel super heroes in the mid-Sixties he replaced Wally Wood on Daredevil, then he was tabbed to replace
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