Check out the second panel of today's (August 6th, 2009) strip. Doesn't it look as though the squirrel's hind leg is conversing with a cluster of acorns?
Read more…1)Now we get a "vampire" story, used essentially as a background for developing Rory as a character, and for developing the relationship between Rory and the Doctor, as well as that between Rory and Amy. I liked the way they had Rory criticize the Do
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Sept. 4, 2020 — The New Mutants, the final, no-kidding X-Men movie by Twentieth Century Fox, finally made it to the theaters after three years of delays. What a long, strange trip it’s been.
That trip really
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Batman the Detective #1 (of 6)
DC Comics | $3.99 | Card Stock variants $4.99 | 32 Pages
Writer: Tom Taylor | Art/Cover: Andy Kubert | Card Stock variant: Andy Kubert | 1:25 Card Stock variant: Riccardo Federici
This 6-issue mi
Read more…End of watch for Lt. Giardello.
From The Hollywood Reporter: "Yaphet Kotto, Actor in 'Homicide: Life on the Street,' 'Live and Let Die,' and 'Alien,' Dies at 81"
Read more…The Falcon and The Winter Soldier follows Sam “Falcon” Wilson (Anthony Mackie, left) and Bucky “Winter Soldier” Barnes (Sebastian Stan) as they try to continue Captain America’s legacy. (Courtesy Marvel.com)
By Andrew A. Smith
Tribune Content Agen
Read more…Undiscovered Country Vol. 2: Unity
Scott Snyder & Charles Soule, writers; Giuseppe Camuncoli, layouts; Leonardo Marcello Grassi, finishes; Matt Wilson, colors; Crank!, lettering.
Image Comics, 2021
Having escaped the Destiny Man the group begins their
Read more…Unite the Seven! Only we’re missing someone, as Zack Snyder’s Justice League stars only six characters (from left), Ray Fisher as Victor Stone/Cyborg, Ezra Miller as Barry Allen/Flash, Ben Affleck as Bruce Wayne/Batman, Henry Cavill as Clark Kent/Sup
As a general rule, I try to avoid belonging to any group (or Group) with the word "Prancing" in its title.
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Averee TPB
A Wave Blue World Inc | 6x9 | Teen | 136 pages | $16.99
Writers: Stephanie Phillips, Dave Johnson | Art/Cover: Marika Cresta, Andrew Dalhouse
According to the PR, this is a story that takes place in the near future,
Read more…Earlier this year, a brand new multi-platform Doctor Who story told across several media including novels, comics and audios began to be released. It features the Eighth, Ninth and Tenth Doctors. So far, Big Finish has released five parts of the over
Read more…November Vol. 4: The Mess We're In
Matt Fraction, writer; Elsa Charratier, artist; Matt Hollingsworth, colorist; Kurt Ankeny, letterer
Image Comics, 2021
Another finale, this time to a series of graphic novellas rather than an ongoing series. When the
Read more…When I watch Doctor Who on television (particularly the longer serials), I prefer to watch one episode each night, but listening to audio recordings of the missing episodes, I have adopted a “more is better” approach. It’s easier to keep track of the
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The first three Harry Vanderspeigle stories are collected in the Resident Alien Omnibus Volume 1. (Cover art by Steve Parkhouse, copyright Dark Horse)
By Andrew A. Smith
Tribune Content Agency
Feb. 4, 2021 — Now that you’ve watched Harry Vandersp
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Snowpiercer runs two episodes this week back to back as the season 2 finale. "The Show Must Go On" and "Into the White" run on TNT on March 29. The show skipped last week, which is how we get two episodes this week, but it's been tough on v
Read more…Low Vol. 5: Light Brings Light
Rick Remender, writer; Greg Tocchini, artist; Dave McCaig, colors
Image Comics, 2021
The previous collection came out in 2017: so long ago that I had completely forgotten that the series was not finished! But in fact the
Read more…Re-watched this last night, a few random thoughts:
1)"Romana, the dog's got laryngitis." Setting up the fact that David Brierley would be taking over for John Leeson. No offense to Brierley, but Leeson was too identified with the part for anyone else
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1) Poor Nyssa - if they had to get rid of a companion for a story, she's the last one I would've picked.
2)"Three Blind Mice..."
3)The TSS is sufficiently goofy.
4)I gather there's all sorts of Buddhist subtext to this, but I don't know enou
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