Hi there! Do you enjoy wasting money? Do you oftentimes find yourself sitting around your apartment or home, lighting dollar bills on fire just for kicks? If that’s the case, why, you had better hurry your butt on over to your local comic book shop and pick up this week’s newest “Marvel Comics Event,” titled,…
“The other day, I was reading through some of DC’s offerings and noticed out-of-continuity stories featuring Batman and Superman. The Superman was pretty solid, just kind of a fun, silly throwback to the retro years. The plot was a little thin, but the dialogue was sharp and it had cool art that fit the story…
“Transformers” is going to suck. Hard. We all know it, but we’re holding out some optimism that there will at least be a few bits in it that are somewhat salvageable. Here’s a news flash: There won’t be. Michael Bay is notorious for making loud, big budget, large-scale action flicks, so I guess he’s a…
I’ve noticed lately that, as my title suggests, I don’t read all my comics. I keep buying more than I read, and it’s not because I buy too many. This week I bought three. I can only make myself read two. Justice Society of America #2 I was excited about this relaunch because Geoff Johns’…
Yesterday I came to work to find a package on my desk from Fantagraphics. Up front I should say that the good folks of FG are right up there with Vertigo and Boom! Studios when it comes to accessibility and sending out material for review. That said, when I see mail from FG, I’m filled…
While looking for the new trailer for Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (which looks surprisingly decent), I went to You Tube and had the stunning fortune of finding the entirety of Roger Corman’s 1994 attempt at the first family. The flick, in ten easy pieces:…
After waking up at 3 a.m. this morning in Denver, wading through lines of people, suffering insomnia while flying and exiting into the stench of cheap barbecue that permeates the Memphis airport, I wasn’t feeling much of a Christmas afterglow. My wife and I then had to move gates while we awaited our final connection…
Flipping through the wonders of TV’s dead winter season this evening (I was looking for an NBA game. I feel compelled to excuse my tube watching), I hit upon NBC’s new craptacular reality show Identity. In the show, Penn Jillette talks loudly (and shows that his schtick doesn’t work without the funnier half of Penn…
Last Wednesday, on the way to the comic store, Colonel Doom and I were having a conversation about newuniversal #1. As a relative newbie to the world of Marvel Comics, the good Colonel had never heard of this “New Universe,” which the new series by Warren Ellis and Salvador LaRocca was based on. So, being…
For any who’ve missed out on the imbroglio over former DC editor Valerie D’Orazio’s blog postings about a series of very negative experiences in her life, you need to go here and get caught up. To get the full story, it’s best to start at the bottom and read up. In short, Miss D’Orazio says…