This column is unusual in that I’m starting to write it in the doctor’s office. There’s no emergency – it’s just time for my annual mammogram and breast sonogram, and the doctors are running late. My appointment was for 11 this morning. I arrived at 10:30 because I walked faster than I expected, and because…
Our pal, Charlie Jane Anders, has a story up at i09 about a couple of sitcoms with a super-hero premise. One (the one we know for sure will be funny, at least based on <a href=” clip) is from the BBC, titled No Heroics. The claim is that it’s based on Friends, but with a…
In today’s brand new episode of White Viper, by Erin Holroyd, Dick Giordano and Frank McLaughlin, Ta Moa goes undercover as a corporate spy. Can he find what he needs to find without getting caught? If he can, will he be able to survive his employers? We have just one word of caution: plastics….
In today’s brand-new episode of Hammer of the Gods 2: Back from the Dead, by Michael Oeming and Mark Wheatley, Modi tells the story of his life and love to the Chinese goddess. Apparently, he likes a woman with some fight in her. Can this relationship be saved? Credits: Mike Oeming (Artist), Mike Oeming…
The major political parties’ conventions this week and next follow the Olympics like night follows day. Just as the quadrennial sports event serves as a ceremonial battleground with ornate rules and rituals, so do the Democratic and Republican conventions to choose the party leaders and figureheads. Just as the Olympics represent combat in a peaceful…
In today’s brand-new episode of White Viper, by Erin Holroyd, Dick Giordano and Frank McLaughlin, we learn the secret origin of Ta Moa, his training in Japan and his first job on his own. Was he able to fulfill the hopes and dreams of his father? Was his training successful? And why doesn’t he live…
In today’s brand-new episode of Hammer of the Gods 2: Back from the Dead by Mike Oeming and Mark Wheatley, Modi explains the ways of his people, including in his tale the sacrifices Odin made for wisdom. But what of the sacrifices one makes for love? Credits: Mike Oeming (Artist), Mike Oeming (Writer), Mark…
Even though the newest Pixar feature has been in wide release since the spring, we just got around to seeing it together. Here’s what we thought. The film is about a deserted Earth, abandoned by humans when it got too polluted. Robots were left to clean it up, and only one is still working, the…
Watching the Olympics, like so many other things, reminds me of super-heroes. Not that I watch a lot of the Olympics. The jingoistic nationalism of the coverage disturbs me. While I admire the perseverance and determination and hard work of the athletes, I don’t find it particularly heroic. Heroism, I think, involves putting yourself out…
In today’s brand-new episode of Black Ice, by Mike Baron and Lee Oaks, Neil learns a lot from his new friend, Spot. Spot can’t talk, but there’s a lot it can do. Will Neil be able to use this knowledge? Will he be able to use it in time? Credits: Mike Baron (Writer), Lee Oaks…
In today’s brand new episode of White Viper, by Erin Holroyd, Dick Giordano and Frank McLaughlin, the bandits return to town, and Ta Moa must decide how to deal with them. Will he be able to defend the girl he rescued? Does she need defending? What can one man do against a violent gang? …
In today’s brand-new episode of Hammer of the Gods 2: Back from the Dead, by Michael Oeming and Mark Wheatley, Modi’s men are dead, slain in battle with the Chinese witch. Can Modi save Odin by himself? Will he be able to return the king of the gods to Asgaard? Will he be able to…
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