Deadly Class Vol. 4: Die for Me
Rick Remender, writer; Wes Craig, illustrator; Jordan Boyd, colorist
Image Comics, 2016
The school for assassins ends the first big series arc with a bang. It's Freshman Finals, which requires the legacy students (th
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Everyone’s got questions about Riverdale, the new series premiering Jan. 26 on The CW, based on the enduring characters from Archie Comics. Here, then, are the answers:
Q: Some people refer to this series as
Read more…Reviews for books shipping Jan. 18, 2017, including:
• AQUAMAN #15
• ARCHIE #16
• BATMAN #15
• BLACK HAMMER GIANT-SIZED ANNUAL #1
• CAVE CARSON HAS A CYBERNETIC EYE #4
• COUGAR AND CUB #1
• CURSE WORDS #1
• DIVINITY III: ARIC, SON OF THE REVOLUTION #
Read more…Well, my self-publishing foray has begun!
Good Ideas Comics' The Elvis File: Prologue is free! Created, written & lettered by Mark Stanislawski, visually created by Peter DeLuca, colored by Levi Williams and cover by Amber Ayers! This is a digital-o
Read more…Monstress Volume 1: Awakening
Marjorie M. Liu , writer; Sana Takeda, artist
Image Comics, 2016
Monstress is a remarkable series. Takeda paints the art, giving the story a rich visual setting. Set in an alternate matriarchal 1900s Asia, the designs
Read more…Strange Tales #135 (1965) featured the debut of S.H.I.E.L.D., the promotion of Nick Fury to Director – and the first appeareance of Life Model Decoys. Copyright Marvel Entertainment Inc.
By Andrew A. Smith
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What are LMDs and w
Read more…From Variety: "Tony Rosato, ‘Saturday Night Live’ Alum, Dies at 62"
Tony Rosato was on Saturday Night Live in the year after producer Lorne Michaels quit and all the original cast members (and Bill Murray, who wasn't an original cast member) decided
Read more…Reviews for books shipping Jan. 11, 2017, including:
• ALL STAR BATMAN #6
• DETECTIVE #948
• HAL JORDAN AND THE GREEN LANTERN CORPS #12
• HOUSE OF PENANCE TPB
• JAMES BOND: FELIX LEITER #1
• JUGHEAD #12
• JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA: VIXEN REBIRTH #1
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Read more…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
Read more…By Andrew A. Smith
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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
Read more…By Andrew A. Smith
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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
Read more…By Andrew A. Smith
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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
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