It’s hard to believe it, but The Dark Knight Rising is almost here–just a few hours in fact for some of us. At midnight, it’ll be screening at just about every theater in America, and on multiple screens at most megaplexes. For me, this is huge. I’ve been looking forward to this since… well… since … Continue reading »
What Warlord of Mars Dejah Thoris and the Grimm’s Fairy Tale comic franchise have in common is that they both seem to be aimed at readers who have the shortest attention spans imaginable. This concept is particularly odd since comics already accomodate people who lack patience. They’re stories told in pictures usually featuring less than … Continue reading »
I’m writing this review specifically for people who see the preview for The Avengers and think to themselves “That looks like it might be good, but will I like it if I’m not a nerd?” The nerd factor for the film is pretty high; for some people, it’s hard enough to grasp the idea behind … Continue reading »
When people think of horror films, it’s usually movies like The Exorcist, Frankenstein, Nightmare on Elm Street and so on that come to mind. Of course, there’s nothing terribly wrong with those movies, but if you’re like me, you want to know what else is out there. So today, I’ve decided to gather up five … Continue reading »
Even before The Avengers movie came out on May 4, casual fans and hardcore nerds alike were jumping on the “let’s-bash-Hawkeye” bandwagon. There were a lot of obvious jokes made about how Hawkeye, aka Clint Barton (played by Jeremy Renner), had no superpowers and doesn’t even have a gun like Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson). … Continue reading »
It wasn’t until I found an issue of Casper the Friendly Ghost in a stack of old comics that I realized just how creepy Casper really is. If you look at the cover, you’ll notice there’s two jokes in place here. First, there’s the innocuous joke where the dorky ginger kid says “weigh to go, … Continue reading »
*Note: I originally wrote this review of the film The Most Dangerous Game for my other movie and literature blog, but I think the film may interest comic book fans since Count Zaroff is essentially the prototype of a super-villain. One of the things you’ll overhear most when leaving a theater is, “the book was … Continue reading »
Howard the Duck is infamous as the only George Lucas film project to flop. By the time he produced it (1986) his most famous were mostly behind him–American Graffiti, Original Star Wars Trilogy, and Raiders of the Lost Ark. The movie is based on a Marvel comic of the same name. The weird part is, … Continue reading »
In honor of the blockbuster Avengers film that came out earlier this year, I have decided to place all of my Avengers related articles in the same place. Below, you’ll find articles about the core members of the team plus other fun stuff. Enjoy. Here’s every Avengers related article on this site so far:
Note: This review of Batman The Dark Knight #7 contains spoilers. I guess you could say the message of this issue is that it pays to have friends. It starts out with Batman reeling from a long, protracted battle with Bane, a villain with a serious case of ‘roid rage who had actually crippled Bruce … Continue reading »
