Story This happened about a month-and-a-half ago, but I just heard about it just now. You gotta give him credit, he built a career out of what was essentially one joke that wasn't inherently all that funny, but he made it work for him.
Read more…Seven Sons
Robert Windom & Kelvin Mao, writers; Jae Lee, art; June Chung, colors
Image Comics, 2023
In an alternate timeline religious leader Nicolaus Balaak correctly predicted that on July 7, 1977, seven identical sons would be born to virgin mothe
Read more…1)I was never wild about the Cybermasters. They're a step too powerful for my tastes.
2)It was nice seeing Tegan and Ace again. Beinteresting to learn how they met. I'd love to see them bring back Carole Ann Ford for one last go as Susan. Be funnyt
Read more…Continuing our discussion of the book For Your Eyes Only, an anthology with five short stories. This is the third.
THE BOOK: FOR YOUR EYES ONLY
"QUANTUM OF SOLACE"
THE PLOT
After completing a mission in the Bahamas, Bond is at a dinner party at Gov
Read more…Continuing our discussion of the book For Your Eyes Only, an anthology with five short stories. This is the fourth.
THE BOOK: FOR YOUR EYES ONLY
"RISICO"
THE PLOT
M sends Bond to uncover a drug-smuggling operation based in Italy that is sending nar
Read more…In this peak TV period, I thought we could use a thread on TV like we do the "Movies I Have Watched Lately" thread. I'll start with two:
ALTERED CARBON: Stupid name for a good sci-fi concept.
In this far future, humans can download their brains/perso
Read more…I've probably missed a bunch of obvious ones, but these are the ones that I've found so far.
THE BOOK: FOR YOUR EYES ONLY
Author: Ian Fleming
Year published: 1960
Format: This is a series of short stories, three of which (according to the James Bond wiki) were adapted from outlines of episodes Fleming had written in anticipation of a TV show
Read more…This is the version featuring Jemma Redgrave as Kate Stewart and Ingrid Oliver as Osgood.
EXTINCTION
1.1 Vanguard - p
1.2 Earthfall - p
1.3 Bridgehead - p
1.4 Armageddon - p
SHUTDOWN
2.1 Power Cell - p
2.2 Death in Geneva - p
2.3 The Batt
Story What's to say? Another of the Great Ones of my youth, the invertor of the MAD Fold-In, has died.
Read more…DARK HORSE COMICS
ASSASSIN'S APPRENTICE I #6
AVATAR: HIGH GROUND LIBRARY EDITION HC
CLEAR #3
DRAGON AGE: MISSING #4
FINAL GIRLS TP
FRANKENSTEIN: NEW WORLD HC
BETWEEN TWO WORLDS
1.1 The Enemy Beyond - p
1.2 Fire and Ice - p
1.3 Eleven's Eleven - p
1.4 The Curator's Gambit - p
AGENTS OF THE VULPREEN
2.1 The Man from Galifrey - p
2.2 Power of the Dominators - p
2.3 War Factory - p
2.4 Ten Minu
Here's the press information I've received. For a comprehensive list, go to the FCBD 2023 website.
FREE COMIC BOOK DAY 2023: AVENGERS/X-MEN #1 [GOLD TITLE]
Written By Gerry Duggan & Jonathan Hickman | Art By Joshua Cassara, Javier Garrón & Valerio
Undiscovered Country Vol. 4: Disunity
Scott Snyder & Charles Soule, writers; Giuseppe Camuncoli, layouts; Leonardo Marcello Grassi, finishes; Matt Wilson, colors; Crank!, lettering
Image Comics, 2023
It's been over a year since I read the previous vo
Read more…This story came through my news feed, so I clicked it open.
The Strangest Change James Bond Made To Felix Leiter
Isn't What You'd Expect
Diamonds Are Forever made the 007 source novel wackier, sillier, and more over-the-top, except when it came to
Jason Johnson is a tenured associate professor in the School of Global Journalism and Communication at Morgan State University in Baltimore, Maryland. He is a frequent guest and sometime guest host on MSNBC.
Why do we care? Because he's a huuuuuuug
Read more…THE BOOK: GOLDFINGER
Author: Ian Fleming
Year published: 1959
Personal note: I saw the movie when it came out, and it made quite an impression on 6-year-old me. Throughout the book, I always saw Gert Fröbe as Goldfinger in my mind's eye, regardless o
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DARK HORSE COMICS
THE ART OF HORIZON FORBIDDEN WEST DELUXE EDITION GN
Guerilla Games | Deluxe $99.99/HC $49.99
Journey deep into the world of Horizon through The Art of Horizon Forbidden West. This dynamic, full-color hardc
Read more…As I was flipping through Tony Isabella's 1000 Comic Books You Must Read (as I am wont to do from time to time), my attention was drawn by the section titled "The Greatest Comic Book of All Time!" (which he identified as Fantastic Four Annual #1). I
Read more…The Sandman Universe: Nightmare Country Vol. 1
James Tynion IV, writer; Lisandro Estherren & Maria Llovet, artists; Patricio Delpeche, colorist
DC Black Label, 2023
I am delighted to see that the Sandman Universe is not over after all, and James Tyni
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