R.I.P. Cloris Leachman, 1926-2021
From Variety: "Cloris Leachman, Emmy and Oscar Winner, Dies at 94"
Read more…From Variety: "Cloris Leachman, Emmy and Oscar Winner, Dies at 94"
Read more…Most of you know I've been a journalist, mostly as a copy editor, for many, many moons. I did start out as a reporter for a not-even-semi-metropolitan daily newspaper, but most of my writing for the past several years is what I've posted here in vari
Read more…Nailbiter Vol. 7: Nailbiter Returns
Joshua Williamson, story; Mike Henderson, art; Adam Guzowski, colors; John J. Hill, letters & book design
Image Comics, 2020
If the original series hadn't been titled "Nailbiter" it would have made more sense to cal
Read more…The Legion of "Hey, It's That Guy!" Character Actors loses another one.
From Deadline: "Bruce Kirby Dies: ‘Columbo’ & ‘L.A. Law’ Actor Was 95". He showed up several times on Columbo as Sgt. Kramer, and had a recurring role on L.A. Law as Los Angeles
Read more…By Andrew A. Smith
Tribune Content Agency
Jan. 7, 2021 — It’s time for the annual look ahead to the new year’s most exciting movies!
Which — thanks to COVID-19 — is going to read a lot like last year’s look ahead to the new year’s most exciting mo
Read more…This is cool: A graphic designer reworked the Marshall Rogers issues of Detective Comics, putting in the classic Golden Age logo.
From the 13th Dimension blog: "More Classic MARSHALL ROGERS Covers Get Glorious Golden Age Revamp"
Read more…GENRE TV
Justice League (movie, Cartoon Network, 6 p.m. ET/PT, Jan. 18)
The Expanse, "Hard Vacuum" (Amazon Prime, Jan. 20)
Riverdale, season 5 premiere, "Chapter Seventy-Seven: Climax" (CW, Jan. 20)
The Stand, "The Vigil" (CBS All Access, Jan. 21)
Wa
Read more…I think that pretty much says what this thread is about.
Sentient
Jeff Lemire, writer; Gabriel Walta, art
TKO Studios, 2019
Another science-fiction tale from Lemire, telling the story of a group of families travelling from Earth to a distant colony. They leave behind a planet that is rapidly becoming uninha
Read more…Reckless
by Ed Brubaker & Sean Phillips; colors by Jacob Phillips
Image Comics, 2020
The first of an ambitious trio of graphic novels--all scheduled for publication within a year--featuring Ethan Reckless, and the on-the-nose character name is the onl
Read more…Jake Tapper of CNN tweeted a statement from Neal Kirby, son of Jack Kirby:
Jake Tapper wrote:
Read more…Neal Kirby, the son of Captain America co-creator Jack Kirby, was distressed to see some of the January 6 terrorists/rioters wearing shirts with versions of
As various news outlets have reported, there have been unfortunate developments in 95-year old Stan Lee's life lately.
To start with undisputed facts, Stan has been fighting a persistent case of pneumonia, and has dropped out of public sight. H
Read more…In DC’s Future State, the new Amazing Amazon is Yara Flor (left) and the new Man of Steel is Jonathan Kent. (Cover art to Future State: Superman/Wonder Woman #1 by Lee Weeks, copyright DC Comics)
By Andrew A. Smith
Tribune Content Agency
Dec. 24, 20
Read more…GENRE TV OF NOTE
The Expanse, "Oyedeng" (Amazon Prime, Jan. 13)
The Stand, "Suspicious Minds" (CBS All Access, Jan. 14)
WandaVision, season 1 premiere, "Filmed Before a Live Studio Audience" (Disney+, Jan. 15)
WandaVision, "Don't Touch That Dial" (Di
Read more…The other day I discovered that Abby Dalton had passed away in November of last year. She was the last of the regular cast members of the television series Hennesey to go. The star, Jackie Cooper, died in 2011. Roscoe Karns, who portrayed CAPT/RA
Read more…According to The Hollywood Reporter,Tanya Roberts has died.
Weirdly, she was reported dead, then that report was corrected (she was still alive), but the she died again. You'd think she was a member of the X-Men.
Every obit I saw, from both deads, us
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OLIVER QUEEN FACES AN ALL-NEW THREAT FROM A LETHAL TEAM OF ASSASSINS IN SEASON SEVEN OF ARROW
DC Villains The Longbow Hunters Come to Star City, While Some of Oliver’s Old Foes Also Resurface
BURBANK, Calif. (July 21, 2018) — In the shocking season
Read more…Not finding a story, but seeing reports on-line that Steve Lightle has died.
Read more…I would like to do some research into Egyptian Mythology. Anyone with specific knowledge than can point me in a good direction of books and other resources?
Read more…When I first started listening to the Sixth Doctor's adventures on audio, I became obsessed with the order of his companions and the order of the stories. On TV, the Seventh Doctor began his travels with Mel, switched to Ace, and was still travelling
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