DC recently announced a "robust" expansion of its Digital First program -- seemingly with an aim to get a new title onto the digital shelf every day. As I mentioned in the Walmart thread, the initial stories are drawn from the new content in the Gian
GENRE TV
Snowpiercer, "Smolder to Life" (TNT, Feb. 1)
Riverdale "Chapter Seventy-Nine: Graduation" (CW, Feb. 3)
Resident Alien, "Homesick" (Syfy, Feb. 3)
The Expanse, season 5 finale, "Nemesis Games" (Amazon Prime, Feb. 3)
The Stand, "The Stand" (CB
Read more…Elizabeth Olsen (left) and Paul Bettany star in WandaVision on Disney+, which stars the two Avengers in an inexplicable sitcom milieu. (Courtesy Disney)
By Andrew A. Smith
Tribune Content Agency
Jan. 14, 2021 — Let’s talk TV. Because 2021 is going
Read more…By Andrew A. Smith
Tribune Content Agency
Jan. 28, 2021 — My Teetering Tower of Review Stuff is in danger of toppling over, so let’s cover as much ground as we can:
In Batman: White Knight, writer/artist Sean Murphy flipped the Batman/Joker dynami
As the title suggests, I'll be reading Christopher Priest's groundbreaking run on Marvel's Black Panther. I'll be specifically reading Black Panther vol. 3 issues 1-54.
Yes, I'm well aware that the comic lasted 62 issues and then was more or less sp
Read more…(Please see "Feb. 1-7, 2021, Part I" for the other sections.)
GRAPHIC NOVELS
Afterlift #1
Art: Jason Loo
Writer: Chip Zdarsky
136 pages / FC / $19.99 / $25.99
Collecting the Eisner Award-winning issues #1-5 — for the first time in print!
Written by
Read more…GENRE TV
Snowpiercer, season 2 premiere, "The Time of Two Engines" (TNT, Jan. 25)
Now with more Sean Bean!
The Expanse, "Winnipesaukee" (Amazon Prime, Jan. 27)
Riverdale, "Chapter Seventy-Eight: The Preppy Murders" (CW, Jan. 27)
Resident Alien, seaso
Read more…They've announced much of the main cast of Sandman, the Netflix series. Some look very like their graphic-novel counterparts, while others will be a new visual take on the character.
The obvious missing person is death. Fans have suggested both Aubr
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"
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
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