Goosebumps Graphix: Slappy’s Tales of Horror By R.L. Stine 176 pages, Scholastic Graphix, $12.99 Originally released in black and white nearly a decade ago, the resurrection of R.L. Stine’s Goosebumps franchise has prompted Scholastic Graphix to collect the stories once more at Goosebumps Graphix. The first of these, Slappy’s Tales of Horror, are comic book…
I remember when Lego wouldn’t dream of sullying their blocks with licensed characters. Oh how times have changed. Next to Pixar films, there are few funnier takes the super-hero realm than the animated Lego-style adventures of familiar heroes and villains. Clearly, Lego and Warner Home Entertainment know when something’s working because next week they’re unleashing…
The Creeps: Night of the Frankenfrogs By Chris Schweizer Amulet, 122 pages, $9.95 After being nominated for his historic graphic novel series The Crogan Adventures, creator Chris Schweizer is back with a brand new young adult’s adventure series. The Creeps are a motley collection of middle school students in Pumpkins County. As Amulet describes their…
The old Broadway song goes, “Two lost souls on the highway of life“and that certainly describes Christian Longo (James Franco) and Michael Finkel (Jonah Hill) in the thriller True Story. We open with Longo hiding in Mexico, wanted by police for the death of his wife and children, but avoiding arrest because he’s masquerading as…
Warner Home Entertainment has seemingly acknowledged that mostly in-the-know fans watch their direct-to-video offerings because if you’re not a fan, the current release, Justice League: Gods and Monsters, won’t make as much sense as he previous videos. Essentially, this 77-minute animated film is an Imaginary Story but it has the benefit of being the product…
There’s a lot of action and running and fighting and things blowing up in Insurgent, the second installment of the films based on Veronica Roth’s Divergent book series. It has an attractive, well-pedigreed cast. It looks slick with top-notch CGI effects. It should be a major crowd pleaser. Instead, it’s heartless and heartless, emphasizing but…
Sunny Side Up By Jennifer L. Holm & Matthew Holm 216 pages, Scholastic Graphix, $12.99 Unlike so many of the offerings from the Scholastic Graphix line, this one requires paying attention to the structure as we jump around both time and place. The semiautobiographical memoir brings the timelines together as Sunny Lewin experiences her brother’s…
It’s a challenge to begin watching a show during its second season. After all, the characters have been introduced, the dynamics established and the backstory in place. Season twos tend to show evolution as the cast and crew all find their rhythm but don’t always remember to reintroduce themselves in case newcomers have wandered by….
Thankfully, today you are offered a larger variety of Batman flavors so in theory you should find one interpretation that appeals to you. Prefer mindless action, there’s the Arkham video games. Like driven dramas, there’s the Batman monthly from Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo. Prefer your Batman with a bit of a character and a…
What interesting timing that after an Avengers spring, the summer suddenly is about the mutants. The current Entertainment Weekly previous next summer’s Apocalypse film and we also get to revisit the previous installment. Last year’s X-Men: Days of Future Past has been pretty much accepted as the best of the five X-Men movies from 20th…
Aaron Sorkin is an exceptionally talent writer who brings a playwright’s sensibilities to television which means his characters talk. A lot. But unlike so many prime time series, his characters actually have something to say. It’s a shame more people don’t want to hear whatever it is being discussed because Sorkin series tend not to…
Cleopatra in Space: The Thief and the Sword By Mike Maihack 191 pages, Scholastic Graphix, $12.99 When Scholastic brought Mike Maihack’s webcomic Cleopatra in Space to print, it seemed like a perfect fit for their line. Unfortunately, the protagonist had as much to do with the real life Cleopatra as does the Queen of England….
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