Sorta Spoiler Notes: Today IâÂÂm discussing the latest Suicide Squad reprint, Rogues, and IâÂÂll disclose some plot points. The stories were originally published in the late 80s so a spoiler shouldnâÂÂt be needed, but just in case you didnâÂÂt read them back then and are considering catching up now, you been warned! One of the…
(SPOILER ALERT! SPOILER ALERT! Spoiler spoiler spoil spoil spoilery spoilers. Iâm chatting this week about the events on some of the superhero TV shows last week. If you recorded them and intend to watch them later, give this a pass. Here endeth the warning.) It was an interesting week in superhero TVland â specifically, DC…
Warners has announced that they are making an animated feature of Batman: The Killing Joke, the 1988 one-shot by Alan Moore and Brian Bolland. Central to the storyline is The Joker shooting Barbara Gordon at point blank range with a large caliber handgun, then savaging her (she is later seen with welts and bruises all…
“I’ll make it.” • Jimmy Chitwood (Maris Valainis) • Hoosiers (1986) Wow. Two weeks. That’s a long time to wait with bated breath. My apologies to everyone who turned blue while waiting to find out if I had broken my ankles. To reprise: A little more than two weeks ago, Wednesday July 9 to be exact,…
Thereâs a lot of attention focused on the Suicide Squad, what with the movie being filmed right now and coming out next year, and, yes, itâs based on the version of the Squad that I created back in the 80s and, yes, I should see some money for the use of Amanda Waller (not the…
Another week, another kerfuffle. This one, involving a variant Batgirl cover for the “Joker Month” promotion at DC comics, is actually a little bit more interesting than most. (Please note: I actually find most of these events interesting, which is why I write about them so frequently.) In this case, the usual knee-jerk assumptions don’t…
I’d like to welcome Molly Jackson to the cacophonous, crazy, crackling, close comradeship that is the corral of ComicMix columnists. Molly’s first piece is on Star Trek: Voyager. She, like, me is a devoted fan of Captain Katherine Janeway, Commander Chakotay, Lt. Commander Tuvok, Lieutenant Tom Parris, Lieutenant B’lanna Torres, the Doctor, Kes, Neelix, and…
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…
Writing this on Valentine’s Day, I’m drawn back to consider comics and my love life. Not my love of comics, although there is that, but as an active part of my love life. There are two great loves in my life, my late wife Kim Yale and my current partner, Mary Mitchell. Oddly enough, I…
The other night, My Mary and I were looking for something to watch on the tube. She had recorded Fly Away Home, the 1996 film by Carroll Ballard, starring Jeff Daniels, Dana Delaney, Anna Pacquin and Terry Kinney. We’ve watched it many times and I think we even own a copy of it. It’s wonderfully…
So Saturday, I’m sitting in the kitchen, my feet up on the table, sipping my morning tea, and flipping through the latest edition of Entertainment Weekly. It’s the one with Hugh Jackman on the cover as Wolverine, dated May 31/June 7 2013. I’m on page 32, the “Monitor” section, and there’s nothing there really of…
My late wife Kim Yale had a very tender heart; if someone was critical of her or didn’t seem to like her, it would tear her up. She would take it very personally. I told her that not every opinion matters and sometimes it registered with her. I think it was Steven Grant who I…
