It’s high political season again, which is catnip to people like me and my fellow ComicMixers. Our meetings would take only half as long as they do if we could skip the ranting and just get down to business. This year is unusual in the level of anger we see in the electorate. Of course…
There was a disturbance in the Force this weekend as DC announced that they were, once again, relaunching their entire line … sort of. On the one hand, I’m sick of this. It might work as a publicity stunt for a few months, but, in and of itself it doesn’t necessarily attract new readers. On…
This week, I want to write about something I didnÃÂâÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂt do. ItÃÂâÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂs a good thing. Rally. Trust me. Last Friday I read this itemÃÂÃÂÃÂàin The New York Times about a black comic book festival to be held on Saturday at the Schomburg Center in Harlem. Since I aspire to experience new things (and because,…
It’s a new year with 52 opportunities to find great new comics. There’s a whole slew of comic book properties on various screens, now and scheduled for the near future. The convention calendar is crammed with more and more opportunities to socialize with other fans, and discover cool new fandoms. I’m exhausted. Every week, when…
Happy New Year! Or, if you were lucky enough to be invited to a wild New Year’s Eve party… happy Saturday! We have 366 bright and shiny new days in which we can save the world, love our families, party with our friends, go to the movies and read comics. Time and space are great…
Merry Christmas! I don’t celebrate, of course. Well, I do, sort of. I volunteer at the hospital, helping Santa deliver gifts to the kids who are in-patient. My Santa is Jewish. His wife (and elf) is Jewish. So am I. We are the Shabbos goys of Christmas. Just because it’s not my holiday doesn’t mean…
So since Star Wars: The Force Awakens opens today, and since I’m not going to go see it until after this weekend at the earliest, I thought I would do a trip down memory lane combined with a little bit of pop culture history. You know, a nostalgic story about the experience I had seeing…
The end of the year is often a time of renewal and reflection, an opportunity to look back at recent events and make plans for a better day ahead. I’m happy to say that the entertainment industry is at least going through the motions, but in a way that makes me face-palm. If you read…
I don’t know about you guys, but catharsis is kind of my jam. I seek out entertainment that expresses my dark and violent emotions so that I won’t act on them in dark and violent ways. And these past few weeks have been rough. The terrorism in Paris, the terrorism in Colorado, the police terrorism…
Like the dweeb I am, I spent last weekend watching television on my computer. First (because I’d already seen the first two episodes), The Man in the High Castle on Amazon Prime, and then Marvel’s Jessica Jones on Netflix. I suppose there might have been other things to do for two days, but all of…
âWhen Iâm worried and I canât sleep I count my blessings instead of sheep And I fall asleep counting my blessingsâ âCount Your Blessingsâ by Irving Berlin Next week is Thanksgiving, and so Iâm trying to remind myself that I have many reasons to be thankful. <a href=” , of course, I am grateful for…
What do you do when something you love goes off the deep end? If that something is person, you support him to the best of your ability and try to get him the help he needs. A person who goes off the deep end is suffering, and you, as a human, should do your best…
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