It’s hard to criticize Peter Jackson’s new film The Hobbit without setting up a perfect that’s-what-she-said joke: it’s too long, I fell asleep in the middle, and I couldn’t remember the names of all of the dwarves involved. The first time I viewed The Hobbit, I made a number of mistakes. I saw the opening … Continue reading »
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Back to the Next Generation: All New X-Men #1
Comic: All New X-Men issue 1, written by Brian Michael Bendis When we last left Cyclops, he’d gone off the deep end a bit. Years ago, the love of his life, Jean Grey, was possessed by the Phoenix Force and wound up destroying her life and an entire planet in the process. Recently, the Phoenix … Continue reading »
Recommended Reading: Superior by Mark Millar
Teenage superheroes have always had slight handicaps to overcome, usually commonplace ones like shyness around girls, general nervousness, lack of parental support, or poverty. Superior, a seven issue mini-series by Mark Millar, takes the time-honored formula a step further by giving its hero, a pre-teen named Simon Pooni, an incurable, debilitating, tragic handicap: multiple sclerosis. … Continue reading »
50 Shades of Noir: The Book of Human Insects by Osamu Tezuka Review
Osamu Tezuka’s The Book of Human Insects stands out as one of the bleakest, blackest books ever written, not only in the world of manga, but in literature in general. It’s not that the book is gruesome, explicit, or violent that gives it this immense power to disturb. Indeed, the artwork by manga-master Osamu Tezuka … Continue reading »
The End of Jeff Smith’s Series RASL
Last month saw the end of Jeff Smith’s series RASL, a comic about a scientist-turned-drifter who hijacks an invention allowing him to cross over to different dimensions. RASL began in 2008 and slowly accrued a cult-like following as the issues were released in a relatively slow manner. Originally a triannual series, Jeff Smith eventually decided … Continue reading »
Recent Illustrations
Lately, more than anything else, I’ve been experimenting with various color schemes on Photoshop. To that end, the drawings themselves are fairly minimalist and cartoony. Some are better than others, but that’s just how experiments go. For more pics, follow me on Facebook. To find out more about the books I’ve self published, go … Continue reading »
Why Read Comics?
Let me take a time out to address a very basic question, one that’s brought up all too frequently, and that is: Why read comics? To people who haven’t been exposed much to the medium of comic books, it seems like they’re a waste of time, that they’re “juvenile” or they’re entertainment for dumb people … Continue reading »
Hippie Hulk: Don’t Bogart His Gamma Rays
The Hulk in the 60s, or, Gamma Rays All In My Mind, ‘Scuse Me While I Hit This Guy On an episode of The Simpsons titled Little Big Girl (Season 18, episode 12), Bart drives a car to a different city and finds a comic book store called “Mylar Baggins.” Once inside, he lays his … Continue reading »
What Comics I’m Currently Reading
Working full-time has its disadvantages. In my case, surprisingly, reading comics less isn’t one of them. My current job offers me the two circumstances most conducive to reading: large amounts of free time, and no wi-fi connection (you’d be surprised by how easy it is to become lost in a good book when you’re not … Continue reading »
Get To Know Catwoman: Selina Kyle in Brief
As many Batman fans can attest to, the “Year One” series about the Dark Knight was quite possibly the best storyline in the hero’s history. It contained not one but two fantastic books: Batman Year One by Frank Miller and artist David Mazzuchelli, and Batman: The Long Halloween by Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale (both … Continue reading »
