Ladies and gentlemen, it’s time for a blast from the past! After years and years of intending to, I finally bought and watched the Director’s Cut of Daredevil (thank you, Black Friday sales! $4 is a reasonable price, eh?). I remember watching the original in the theater when it came out in 2003, and enjoying parts…
“I can’t believe I agreed to this,” Bruce muttered, as he locked the front door of Wayne Manor. “Hey, Bats!” a cheerful voice exclaimed from behind. Bruce turned. “Peter,” he grumbled at the young man standing in the driveway. “I told you not to call me that when I’m out of the suit.” “Sorry, Bats!…
So if anybody missed it, last weekend I went to Disney World and Universal Islands of Adventure. I hadn’t been to a theme park in a long time, and holy surprise parties, Batman, it was a magical thing. Seriously, I had so much fun riding all the rides and looking at all the theme park…
When I was deciding on a topic for this week’s column, I tried hard to think about what in the comics world I wanted to tackle next – but instead, my brain just kept going, “Whoop Whoop Whoop Disney Disney Disney Alert Alert Alert You’re About To Go To Disney Wheeeeeeeeee.” Yes, my brain really…
Before I get down to today’s main topic, I want to say that I’m thinking of all who may be in difficulties or have suffered damage or loss due to Hurricane Sandy. I know a lot of comics pros (and fans!) live in NYC, which was pretty hard-hit, and I hope that most of you…
Never let it be said that I wonât change my mind if circumstances change. In that vein, Iâm starting todayâs column with a little addition to last weekâs thoughts on Arrow. Â (Warning: Spoilers ahead!) After writing about how things in the first two episodes seemed too crowded and rushed, and how I wish theyâd slow…
I love TV shows, but sometimes I’m terrible at keeping up with them. As with comics, I tend to skip a few weeks and then mainline three or four episodes in a row, mostly because I hate getting just a tiny bit of story and character interaction and then waiting a whole week for more….
The New York Comic Con has come and gone like a whirlwind, leaving me, as always, gasping for breath (and craving a week of sleep) as I recover from the huge crushes of people, hectic dashes to see friends or get places on time, and general excitement. No con is perfect but I am pretty…
Neil Gaiman and Michael Chabon have numerous things in common. Theyâre both fantastic writers; theyâve both written for (and about) comics; theyâve both won Hugos, Nebulas, and a slew of other impressive awards; theyâve both penned Sherlockian-style tales; theyâve both had novels adapted for the big screen; and they both have great hair.* Another thing…
Dean Haspiel strikes me as a creator whoâs constantly growing. Heâs an artist, heâs a writer, heâs won an Emmy for TV design work, and in the last year heâs started up a new project, Trip City, a âBrooklyn-filtered literary arts salonâ with an eclectic mix of comics, stories, realism, sci-fi, and more. Now, donât get me…
I’ve been a fan of Reilly Brown’s artwork since I first came across it in Marvel’s Cable & Deadpool, and have been following it off and on ever since. There are a lot of artists I like out there, but Reilly is consistently a favorite of mine – his characters’ expressions and the way his drawings…
One great thing about Dragon*Con is that sometimes it inspires me to check out new shows or genre fiction, and sometimes it inspires me to re-visit a past favorite. After this year’s Battlestar Galactica panel I had a super-cravi ng to go back and watch the show again; thanks to Netflix I’ve been re-living the…
