For those of you who do not know, my father Joseph Portelli died last week. He was 80 years old, in bad shape and went to his Maker in peace. I was and still am both grieving and grateful. I miss him yet am thankful that his pain is over. All the cer
Local started out as a collection of twelve done-in-one short stories, each set in a different North American city, and featuring a young woman named Megan McKeenan. It was planned to come out once a month for a year, but wound up taking over two
Comic books have been a family affair from the beginning, at least for me. My mom used to buy comics for my brother and me for long car rides and camping trips and I trace my love for comics back to her. When I b
BATMAN ‘66 MEETS GREEN HORNET #1 (DC Comics, $2.99): If you're old enough (or watch Boomerang), you'll know that Green Hornet and Kato guest starred a couple of times on the 1966-68 Batman TV show. (Green Hornet was also a TV show running c
Though the names are the same they really are working hard to make the characters different.
I think there is a bit more room for death and destruction on this alternate Earth, permanent and lasting I mean, not blow up something and have it back in s
I am so down on new comics these days that my participation on this board has dropped to nil. I am a “super-hero” guy at heart, but most super-hero comics these days bore me to tears. Every once in a while, though, a title which builds on the super-h
From our previous discussion(s), the most recent in the 12 Questions thread, the Dobie Gillis DVD is being released on July 2. It's a mere $97.99 for 3600 minutes on TWENTY disks!
I occasionally get PR from Adult Swim, which I can't watch due to my work hours. So I don't know how pertinent this is for our readership. If nothing else, though, I thought y'all would like the pretty picture.
This is turning out to be a better book than I thought it would. I picked it up because I was interested in Zatanna, having hated it when they canceled her solo title, but after a rough start they use her well here. I wasn't too impressed with the Fo
Using the power of the Time Gem, the present (?) incarnation of Thanos contacts his previous self (circa Captain Marvel #33) and tells him (and us readers) everything we need to know to enjoy Jim Starlin’s upcoming OGN. It’s nothing we haven’ seen be
As some of you know, I fell off the DC comp list with The New 52, and decided that was a sign from Zeus to start trade-waiting. And with the April solicits, I see decision time has arrived.
That is to say: Which trades or HCs will I buy? I'm certain
THE ADVENTURES OF APOCALYPSE AL VOL 1 (TPB, Image Comics, $9.99): Collects the four-issue miniseries introducing Allison Carter (the Apocalypse Al of the title), who is a paranormal investigator from a long line of paranormal investigators.
Holy crap. I know I've said this before, but Dan Slott is nailing it.
I love how he uses everything from the past--especially the stuff he's written--and doesn't just discount it now that Peter is back in control of his own body. He has to deal with
Even if this book is doomed due to low numbers I'm still enjoying it. Selina dwells on the fringes of the weird stuff in the DCU, she's got ties to the really super powered types through Batman, but basically she's a normal woman with skills and that