According to Rule #34 of the Rules of Acquisition, “War is good for business.” That’s entirely different than Rule #34 of the Internet, but I can’t really get into that here. But war is good for business, in a lot of ways. Especially in movies and television and, of course, comic books, war drives profits…
On April 10th of this year, I moved out of the United States. I left behind my friends, my family, and, most importantly, my comic books. Living in a new country on the opposite side of the planet from what I’m used to is very strange in many ways, but the one thing I’ve had…
I hate spoilers. They’ve gotten progressively worse over the years, as people try harder and harder to be the first to get the scoops on all the latest movies, comics, TV shows, whatever, and I just don’t get the appeal. It’s gotten so bad that discussions of spoilers of major plot points now come up…
Back when it was coming out on a “regular” basis, All-Star Batman and Robin (or ASSBAR, as we used to call it) was consistently one of the best-selling and most hotly-debated comics of its era. From 2005 to 2008, DC released 10 issues, written by Frank Miller and illustrated by Jim Lee. The release schedule…
Last summer, The Amazing Spider-Man, directed by Marc Webb and starring Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone, was released by Sony Pictures, and, if I’m not mistaken, it wasn’t exactly considered the best comic book movie of all time. Matter of fact, I seem to recall it getting completely lost in the shuffle between The Avengers…
Yesterday, I had some fairly negative things to say about the prospects of an upcoming Justice League movie, because of how different it’s going to be from Marvel’s The Avengers, which was a huge success last summer. But all that negativity got me to thinking. Maybe DC/WB shouldn’t try to copy the formula that made…
Now that Man of Steel has broken the record for largest opening weekend for a motion picture in the month of June, the talk of the town has turned to building toward the Justice League movie, as WB has said they want that property in theaters by the summer of 2015. Now, if you haven’t…
The trailer for Ender’s Game, which hits theaters this November, was released this week. As a geek and a sci-fi fan, I should be excited. But as a gay man, I have a different reaction: SKIP ENDER’S GAME. You see, Orson Scott Card, the creator of the book and executive producer of the movie, is…
When we started this little blog 7 1/2 years ago (WOW!), comic books were a lot more exciting than they are now. DC was going through a revolution, with Geoff Johns reviving the Green Lantern franchise and then bringing back the multiverse in Infinite Crisis. Marvel, my first love in comics, had become my whipping…
Superior Spider-Man #9 is hitting comic shops in May. How is Marvel choosing to advertise it? The hottest comic in comics comes to a turning point that will get you angrier than you were after Spidey #700! That’s an interesting choice. See, I personally buy and read comic books because they make me happy. Sometimes…