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Dec. 19, 2019 – It’s been a Super month! Not in a general sense, necessarily, but in a Kal-El from Krypton kind of way.
First we were treated to multiple Supermen on The CW’s “Crisis on Infinite Earths” Dec.
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You’d think this much leather could beat anything. But “Crisis on Infinite Earths” is proving a challenge for (top row, from left) Supergirl (Melissa Benoist), The Atom (Brandon Routh), Green Arrow (Stephen Amell), (Batwoman) Ruby Ros
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Dec. 5, 2019 — New graphic novels come out all year long, but they take on extra significance during the holiday season. Here are a few that crossed my desk recently that could find a place on your gift list:
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Nov. 28, 2019 — ‘Tis the season of Thanksgiving, and as it happens, I do have a lot of people to thank. The public relations folks I deal with all the time are often unknown to the public, but they make my co
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Nov. 19, 2019 -- “Dawn of X” has arrived at Marvel Comics, and the morning light has revealed the contours of a new world for the X-Men.
Here’s how it began: Back in July, superstar writer Jonathan Hickman
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Nov. 12, 2019 -- It’s begun.
I’m talking about the streaming wars. Yes, they’ve been going on for quite a while: behind-the-scenes rumors, buyouts, public announcements, cancellations, transplants, some actu
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Black Canary: Ignite is a new Young Adult graphic novel by Meg Cabot and Cara McGee, about a 13-year-old Dinah Lance just growing into her inherited super-power.
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Nov. 5, 2019 -- How
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Oct. 31, 2019 -- The Geek-O-Tron 1000 News Ticker has been working overtime. Let’s take a look at the whats, and then discuss the whos, whys, wheres and the sometimes how muches of the latest developments:
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Due to actually having a life, I had only one night to read DC’s output this weekend before the books were withdrawn. I caution once again that since I don't have the books in front of me, I'm not doing actual reviews; I'm just reporting my impressio
Read more…DC has changed their DRC policy (at least for me), where I can no longer download the books. Instead, I can read them, but only between the time they're posted (usually Friday afternoon) and when they're removed (Monday morning). Since reviews are em
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Oct. 24. 2019 -- Watchmen arrived on HBO Oct. 20, to rave reviews, viewer excitement and … well, honestly, a lot of anxious confusion. Let’s deal with that.
For those living under a rock for the last 33 yea
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The TV show is relatively faithful adaptation of the comics character, who first appeared in 2006.
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Oct. 17, 2019 -- Batwoman has arrived on The CW, filling
Read more…I know some of you were following Wonder Woman during G. Willow Wilson's tenure, although I don't know about now. Anyhow, here's the press release:
AN ALL-STAR COLLECTION OF CREATIVE TALENT CELEBRATE WONDER WOMAN THIS JANUARY IN LANDMARK ISSUE
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Read more…Kevin Feige takes over the world
Deadline has a story about Kevin Feige taking over Marvel Comics.
The tl;dr is that Feige is become Chief Creative Officer of Marvel Comics, with president Dan Buckley answering to him, and EIC C.B. Cebulski answering
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Sept. 25, 2019 -- Summer’s over, school’s begun … but the drumbeat of genre material on screen, in print and on TV continues unabated. Fall will be (in some cases literally) fantastic. Let’s preview:
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Joaquin Phoenix turns in a tour de force performance in Joker, starring a character who may or may not be who we’ve seen in other e
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Oct. 3, 2019 -- On Sept. 25, People who gave the debut episode of Stumptown a try met an unusual woman, one whose life is a mess, but whose ability to manage violent, unpredictable situations is nonpareil.
De
Read more…Oh, what a difference a week makes. Fear the Walking Dead is (temporarily) over, replaced by the far superior The Walking Dead.
Not only was the show better, but my wife joined me. She refuses to watch FTWD and is actively angry at it. "How they coul
Read more…I noticed one day that I use a lot of metaphorical expressions picked up over the years (mostly as a child from family) whose origin I haven't any idea about. I know what I mean, others know what I mean, but I don't know what they mean in a literal s
Read more…Hivemind, a production company for Sony and others, has announced its panels for NYCC, and there were some surprises on there, at least for me. Did everyone else know Weird Fantasy was going to become a TV show? Well, it is.
Hivemind is the productio
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