I have no idea how a Superman trivia contest became a discussion over the much-beloved Marx Brothers, but yet it did. Thanks to our friends at Warner Bros. Digital Distribution, we ran a contest to celebrate the release of Superman: Doomsday on iTunes with Extras. The goal was to stump me, co-author of the forthcoming…
How desperate does a man get before he agrees to do the unthinkable? How low must you fall before you allow yourself to get caught up in something immoral, illegal, and just plain dangerous? These themes are barely touched on as we encounter Bubba (Patrick Flueger), a jobless, down on his luck guy in a…
This weekend, you’ll see ComicMix contributors Aaron Rosenberg, Robert Greenberger, Alan Kistler, Jen Rosenberg, Dayton Ward, Kevin Dilmore, and me (and possibly Ian Bonds) at Shore Leave 32, just outside Baltimore, MD. Come on up and say hi. Or come to see Edward James Olmos, Katee Sackhoff, Torri Higginson, Kevin Sorbo, Catherine Hicks, Dominic Keating,…
I have to admit to not being sure how much I like TNT’s [[[Dark Blue]]]. The series about an undercover unit operating in Los Angeles debuted last summer and for ten weeks my wife and I kept watching and wondering if it would get better. Slowly, and slyly, we found ourselves getting interested in some…
Those of us who make their living using words can fully understand how a good book can motivate people. Some of the worst fictional scenarios have involved totalitarian societies banning or burning books so the notion that The Good Book was blamed for global annihilation is a powerful notion. The burning of all bibles in…
[[[Sherlock Holmes]]] has been indelibly etched in the mass consciousness of pop culture consumers thanks to a steady stream of adaptations and homages of Arthur Conan Doyle’s stories almost since they were first published. As a result, you say Holmes and a certain set of images come to mind beginning with the deerstalker hat and…
On the road again… see ComicMix folks Robert Greenberger, Glenn Hauman, Aaron Rosenberg, Matthew Weinberger, and probably even more of us this weekend at I-Con 29, back at the campus of SUNY/Stony Brook on beautiful Long Island. In addition, you’ll be able to hear Aaron and Glenn on Destinies: The Voice Of Science Fiction on WUSB…
[[[Seeking Spirits: The Lost Cases of the Atlantic Paranormal Society]]] By Jason Hawes, Grant Wilson with Michael Jan Friedman Pocket Books, 272 pages, $16 One of the major successes of the Sci Fi Channel was the arrival of [[[Ghost Hunters]]], a series focusing on the explorations into the paranormal as conducted by Jason Hawes and…
Just prior to Comic-Con International, NBM’s David Seidman sent out a note suggesting to reviewers that their just-released [[[Happy Hooligan]]] comic strip collection had been overlooked. [[[Gadzooks]]], I thought, he’s right and had them rush a copy over to be read. Having just finished the 112-page volume, I can say this early example of popular…
Shore Leave 31. It’s where I’ll be this weekend, at the Hunt Valley Inn, along with (deep breath) ComicMix people Robert Greenberger, Aaron Rosenberg, Jenifer Rosenberg, and comics pros Peter David, Mike W. Barr, Greg Cox, Keith DeCandido, Kevin Dilmore, Michael Jan Friedman, Allyn Gibson, David Mack, Dayton Ward, and an armada of other SF…
Women in Trouble. The very title catches your eye and automatically steers you to the B-List Exploitation movies that Sybil Danning made famous in the 1970s and 1980s. But, this is a new film with a B+/A- cast complete with Carla Gugino (Watchmen), Adrianne Palicki (Friday Night Lights), Connie Britton (Spin City), Marley Shelton (Eleventh…
Marvel Comics kicks off their 70th Anniversary celebration with [[[Marvel Chronicle]]], a wonderful hardcover book, published by DK Publishing. The coffee table book comes in a hard box complete with color and black and white reproductions of Jim Cheung’s frenetic cover. (The diecut M for the front cover is a nice touch.) As is sadly…
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