Once upon a time, when I was a boy, TV consisted of the three networks, one independent channel, and before long, one “education” channel. (“They actually had TV when you were a boy, Uncle John?” Yes. Quiet, you.) Every fall, each of the networks took a week to trot out their new and returning shows…
The other evening I was frequenting my Facebook parents group and a post caught my eye. A mother had introduced her four year old to Batman. “Good for her!” I thought. She went on to say she was “horrified” by her son now calling her “stupid,” and to “zip her lip,” and he was becoming…
Seriously, where were these judges when I was practicing law? In the real world, evidence can be suppressed when it is seized illegally. But in the real world, judges hate suppressing evidence and do it infrequently. No make that very infrequently. In comic books, TV, and the movies; judges seem willing to suppress evidence if…
Donal Logue is Harvey Bullock in the new Fox series, GOTHAM and he has a lot of say about it, including how this compares to his previous roles and what it’s like to be part of a story where everyone already knows the ending. Plus, it’s the 60th Anniversary for The Guinness Book Of World…
A Weekend Window Closing Wrap-Up, closing windows on our browsers so you can open them up on yours. Away we go…! DC Announces Darwyn Cooke variant cover month for December! Because– well, do we really need a reason? Mike Dawson gives advice to the mid-career cartoonist who has failed to build an audience. Kevin Brueck:…
As the Bat-mythos goes, Bruce Wayne saw a bat fly into his window and thought, “Criminals are a cowardly and superstitious lot. I shall become a bat!” I’ve never been quite sure how the first half of that statement leads to the second half, but never mind. Maybe the bat flying in so freaked Bruce…
SyFy’s new series, Z NATION, is the latest entry in the pop culture zombie craze and Executive Producer Karl Schaefer, is happy to point all the things that make his undead from the other ones lumbering around. Plus, with two decades of TV roles behind them, Grant Goodeve (EIGHT IS ENOUGH) and Ted McGinley (MARRIED…
Well, there’s no putting it off any longer. I might as well get the unpleasant business out of the way right up front. SPOILER WARNING! I want to discuss the legal aspects of Detective Comics: Futures End # 1 and there is literally no way I can proceed without discussing its ending. So if you…
Of all the comic book based shows headed to television this fall, the one facing the biggest hurdle might be GOTHAM. After all, how can you do a Batman TV show without Batman? Show runner Bruno Heller and star Ben McKenzie shed some light on this and more , plus August was another good month…
HAVEN returns to SyFy for Season Five with tighter continuity and some pretty big story lines. Stars Emily Rose and Lucas Bryant talk about what’s on the way, plus we lose WIL WHEATON but it looks like we regain THE TICK! http://serve.castfire.com/audio/2308246/comicmix_2014-09-02-162046.64.mp3 THE POINT covers it 24/7! Take us ANYWHERE on ANY mobile device (Apple…
The LEGO Batman 3 video game will be released in retail stores in North America on November 11, 2014, and it sounds like it’s going to be so much fun. Obviously as part of the LEGO video game franchise, it will feature the usual enjoyment to be had in playing that set of games; but…
(Editor’s Note: As noted in this space last Tuesday, for the next li’l bit we’ll be running BRAND-NEW Emily S. Whitten columns on Tuesday mornings and on Saturday afternoons! This being Saturday afternoon – Eastern USA time – here we go!) Batman is one of DC Comics’ greatest characters, and part of what makes Batman…
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