Earl Bowen, the perpetually bald character actor with the hangdog mien, dies of Stage 4 lung cancer at 81.
From Variety: "Earl Boen, Actor in ‘The Terminator’ Movies, Dies at 81"
Boen appeared in three of the Terminator movies, but I know him from It's
Read more…DC just released a TON of Vertigo titles on its DCU Infinite Ultra* service. So I figured I'd take a look at some Vertigo books I haven't read for a while -- probably not since they came out. I'm not the biggest re-reader. First up: Shade the Changin
Read more…Back in the early 2Ks, DC Comics released a total of 17 volumes collecting all of Jack Kirby's 1970s output for the company an a good chunk of the work he did with his partner Joe Simon in the 1940s. One thing DC didn't release was S&K's "Manhunter"
Read more…This is the fourth thread in a series which includes...
Up until now, the
Read more…When I was a lad, common knowledge held that the so-called "Silver Age" was ushered in by Showcase #4 in 1956. (The same "common knowledge" had it that the Bronze Age began in 1970 with the release of Conan #1, but we'll get to that soon enough.) But
Read more…CASINO ROYALE
THE BOOK
Date: 1953
Author: Ian Fleming
I believe the story Ian Fleming wants to tell in this book is an origin story, that of a formidable espionage agent who falls in love for the first time, almost fouls up his assignment as a result
Read more…I have been working on a "Grand Unified Theory of Comic Book Ages" (one that everyone can agree on - Ha!) for some time now, but I'm having trouble getting started. I think I might be able to break up the logjam, however, if I divide it into more ma
Read more…Chivalry
Neil Gaiman, story and words; Colleen Doran, adaptation, art, and illuminated manuscript lettering
Dark Horse Books, 2022
Dark Horse has been publishing beautiful interpretations of Neil Gaiman short stories for many years now, adapted by a
Read more…This topic is the last in a series (linked below) and likely my last post of the year. It has taken me a week to post the series, but I've been thinking about it for much longer than that. What was holding me back was the thought of posting my ration
Read more…The decade of the 1970s began a period of transition. Total annual sales figures can no longer be used to help determine when an "Age" might begin or end. Once sales fell to around 3 million in 1970, that's where they stayed for the entire decade. I'
Read more…Eleven years ago, I wrote how my wife was a woman of steel in dealing with the death of her father. As painful as it is, that’s the way of the world. A child burying a parent is the natural order of things.
The reverse, however, is not. One doesn
Read more…Right now I am reading the mammoth collection of Jason Lutes's Berlin. I tried to do some research, and from what I have found, this seems to be the first time the conclusion has ever been seen. I must admit that my "investigation" into this was kind
Read more…Next year, I'll be back to writing my usual Thanksgiving and Christmas entries, I promise. But this time around, I'm leaving it to someone who did a far, far better job of it than I ever could---the incomparable Milt Caniff.
It's more personal this
Read more…I meant to post this earlier but Night of the Lepus is on TCM tonight (4/15) at 11:30 PM EST.
This is one of those movies that I always heard about but never seen.
Of course, part of me wanting to see this is that DeForest Kelley is in it. As a kid,
Read more…BOOM! STUDIOS
BOOK OF SLAUGHTER #1
DAMN THEM ALL #3
HOUSE OF SLAUGHTER VOL 2 TP
MMPR/TMNT II #1 (OF 5)
ONCE & FUTURE VOL 5 TP
ONCE UPON A TIME AT THE END OFTHE WORLD #2
WE ONLY FIND THEM WHEN THEY'RE DEAD #15
DARK HORSE COMICS
DOUBLE WALKER TP
FRA
Read more…As always, here's a picture for SPOILER SPACE
Here are the current alternate universes as presented in today's Dark Crisis: Big Bang
(KEY: "SAM" will stand for "Same As in Morrison's The Multiversity Guidebook")
I posted this back on July 2 of this year.
Jeff of Earth-J said:
Read more…THE BATMAN FAMILY: In anticipation of the upcoming release of the Silver Age Batman Omnibus, I gathered together from various sources (Batman in the Fifties, Batman: the Annuals v2, Ba
The Closet Vol. 1
James Tynion IV, writer; Gavin Fullerton, art; Chris O'Halloran, colors; Tom Napolitano, letters
Image Comics, 2022
This is the story of a troubled marriage and a cross-country move to what is supposed to be a fresh start. Thom has
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