Last week came the sad news that Ugly Betty is canceled. To add insult to injury, the episode order is cut from 22 to 20. With 10 episodes remaining to air -- and six already in the can -- at least they can build to a fitting series finale.
On Monday (4/19) I'm interviewing Andy Diggle, co-creator and writer of Vertigo's The Losers, which will premier as a major motion picture on Friday (4/23). This is for the newspaper column. Anything you folks would like
How do most of you who use Netflix Instant Play use it - over an ethernet cable or wirelessly? The reason I'm asking is that every time I try to watch something on my computer I get a message saying that my internet connection has slowed and Netflix
...made me realize that DC is getting a lot of exposure in other media now. Christopher Chance, Batman (on the Brave and the Bold cartoon), and Clark & Lois (Smallville) are on television every week...PLUS The Losers film looks a lot more appealing
I'm inclined to think educational comics should be good teaching tools, but perhaps I'm misled by my own love of comics. I remember reading a comics account of the Burke and Wills expedition in primary school. It extended my knowledge of the events a
Mr. Doctor Who (Father's Day, Human Nature) and MI:13 is taking over the title this summer with Woods and Finch as artists. How did I miss that announcement
It seems that Marvel's new influx of Avengers titles will once again feature Simon Williams, Wonder Man. Every attempt to make him a major star has served only to prevent him from being one. His beginnings as a bitter, disgraced rival of Tony Stark,
Saw some pictures from the Nightmare on Elm Street re-make that's coming out. It's amusing that Jackie Earl Holliman that played Rorschach will be playing Freddy. A long time ago (like, twenty years ago), when I first heard noises about a "Watchmen"
I recently picked up a Man-Bat special from 1984 that reprinted three of his earliest appearances. They weren't bad, but they didn't blow me away. I also have a book & record comic that i think is an original story, and I've read his self-titled seri
Best Short Story
• “Because I Love You So Much,” by Nikoline Werdelin, in From Wonderland with Love: Danish Comics in the 3rd Millennium (Fantagraphics/Aben malen)
• “Gentleman John,” by Nathan Greno,
Dark Horse - Tom, my brother-in-law as of this coming Sunday, was asked me if there were more Serenity comics out there. He's read everything so far and was looking for more. Luckily, I can direct him to Serenity: Floa
