Jeff Smith’s Bone was the 10th most challenged book in 2013 according to a recently released American Booksellers Foundation list. The news comes as Banned Books Week kicks off on Sunday. Graphic novels will gain the spotlight in this year’s awareness campaign according to Judith Platt, chair of the Banned Books Week National Committee, She…
You are thousands of years old. You have amazing powers. You have watched civilizations rise and fall. So why don’t you remember any of this? Best-selling author, Neil Gaiman (Marvel: 1602) is joined by superstar artist, John Romita Jr. (Amazing Spider-Man), to bring you the extraordinary tale of the Eternals. Medical student Mark Curry’s world…
“Demons run when a Good Man goes to war,” went the ancient line. But the problem is, The Doctor is no longer sure he’s a good man. Further problem is, neither is Clara. So The Doctor’s not quite sure what he’s going to do when he’s invited to go… INTO THE DALEK By Phil Ford…
One of the most popular virtual building blocks games ever is about to get more timey-wimey. BBC Worldwide and Mojang announced today the first of a series of official Doctor Who add-on packs for Minecraft on Xbox devices. The first pack, due in September and priced at $2.99 in the U.S. (or £1.99/€2.85/$2.95AUS) – will…
Traditionally, the last two weeks of August are the time when everyone goes on vacation. The chi-chi restaurants, the ones that don’t rely on tourists, are closed, which is fine because most tourists seem to prefer chains like Red Lobster, which I don’t understand at all. The kids are home from camp and taking two…
The first two Expendables films worked for me in the same way old-timers days work for me in baseball. They take a career that scarcely has any use for people over the hill and gave them a place to look relevant in a limited space. My biggest problem with The Expendables 3 is that it…
The Yeti Files: Meet the Bigfeet By Kevin Sherry Scholastic Press, 122 pages, $8.99 Yetis are one of the most persistent legends around the globe and we covered more than our fair share of such stories at Weekly World News. They are also perfect material for a children’s book. Kevin Sherry, a veteran storyteller, explores…
This last week saw the passing of two luminaries in entertainment – Lauren Bacall and Robin Williams. Ms. Bacall died just short of 90 and had a rich and full life. Robin Williams died at 63, evidently a suicide. We are told Mr. Williams was battling severe depression and was in the early stages of…
Damn, it’s 1963 all over again in Missouri. The police are using tear gas and billy clubs to control a group of peaceful protestors. All that’s missing is German Shepards and fire hoses but hey, rubber bullets more than make up for that. I often wonder seriously, once so seriously, someone asked me to “Please…
Last year, I noticed an ad for Apple. I mean, you can’t not notice them, since they air every few minutes. <a href=” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jiyIcz7wUH0 one was special, though, quoting someone quoting Walt Whitman. I wondered if it was made by the same agency that made the <a href=” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsP6XTHBwRw Smith Levi’s commercial. And I wondered…
It’s worth noting that I loved all three of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles released in the early 90s even though there is no way those movies hold up. I looked at clips on YouTube this week and could barely stomach a few minutes. This reboot of the franchise is objectively better than those movies….
The columns here on ComicMix usually are about some aspect of pop culture. I’m not doing that this week. I need to do this instead. Years ago, my late wife, Kim Yale, and I owned a French bulldog. He was named Yoda because of his outsized ears and Kim especially doted on him. He died…
