AIRSHIP 27 DEBUTS ‘PROHIBITION!’
Norm of the North is the worst movie I’ve ever seen in a theater. There was not a single aspect of this movie that indicated that any more than the minimum amount of effort was expended by anyone in the production process. It’s a lifeless dud all the way around; the kind of movie that…
The Beeb reports that a man accused of a stealing underwear at knifepoint from a lingerie shop in Belfast, Northern Ireland "believed he was a female elf at the time." Robert Boyd is accused of having purloined two sets of bras, knickers, suspender belts and stockings from the shop on 14 December, 2005. He had…
If there’s a better place to announce a silver screen adaptation of pioneering 1978 graphic novel A Contract with God than the presentation of creator Will Eisner’s namesake awards, I can’t begin to imagine it. It’s true: Denis Kitchen, Eisner’s literary estate executor, made the unexpected announcement at the presentation of the 2010 Eisner Awards at…
For whatever reason, baseball is the sport that translates best to film. Maybe it’s the team aspect, or the poetry of the game, but there are more movies about the sport than any other. On the other hand, baseball and other sports never seem to translate well to the comic form. Go figure. Much like…
‘Tis the season to be geeky! The Earth Station One podcast crew offers suggestions on what to get for the geek in your life this holiday season. Mike Faber, Mike Gordon, William Faber, Dan Carroll, Phantom Troublemaker, David Keep, and New Pulp Author Bobby Nash offer gift ideas to help keep the Grinch away. See…
I probably should say this first: this book is titled I, Rene Tardi, Prisoner of War in Stalag IIB, Vol. 1 . And it’s credited to “Tardi.” One might easily assume “Tardi” means “Rene Tardi,” the chap who was a POW. But one would be wrong. Rene died in 1986, and never drew comics. (There…
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