Monday Mix-Up: Apocalypse Pooh
The horror… the bother…
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Mindy Newell: Look! Up In The Sky!
I am so very tired of it. Last week fellow ComicMix columnist Molly Jackson wrote about the sexual harassment of cosplayer Mindy Marzac at the most recent Star Wars Celebration in Anaheim, California. Separately, Frank Cho drew a riff of the “infamous” Milo Manara cover and all hell broke loose. Separately, country music icon Tim…
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The Point Radio: Lisa Loeb Flies High Again
This weekend, HELICOPTER MOM opens in select theaters with music (and an appearance) from singer/song writer, Lisa Loeb. Lisa talks about this and her many new projects, plus recalls what it as like hearing her music on the radio for the first time. Meanwhile, one of NBC’s biggest successes this season has been their prime…
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Marc Alan Fishman: When Are Characters Not Real?
This past week we were given a pivotal episode of Gotham. Amidst all the gut-wrenching angst, two minor sub-plots reached fever pitch. In one, the soon-to-be Riddler finally snapped, and joined the “Murder-Because-I-Can’t-Take-It-Anymore” club. In the second, Oswald Chesterfield Cobblepot finalizes his plans to murder Sal Maroni – after the don himself decides to push…
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2015 Eisner Award nominations
Comic-Con International has announced the nominations for the Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards for 2015. The nominees, chosen by a blue-ribbon panel of judges, highlight the wide range of material being published in comics and graphic novel form today, from companies big and small, in print and on line. The awards will be given out…
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BOB INGERSOLL: The Law Is A Ass #354: BATMAN’S NO LONGER A FIDUCIARY BAG
At first he wasn’t a thief. Then he was. Now he isn’t again thanks to Batman, Incorporated. Last week I wrote that every time Batman appropriated prototypes from Wayne Enterprises projects and adapted them into Bat-tools, he was stealing from the shareholders of Wayne Enterprises. I’m happy to report that as of Batman and Robin v…
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Martha Thomases: Tim McGraw, Frank Cho, Sex and Guns
It’s going to take me a bit to get to comics this week, so please bear with me. We have a lot of outrage to get through first. Recently, country singer Tim McGraw decided that, when he was in Hartford, Connecticut on his national tour, he would do a benefit concert for the charity Sandy Hook…
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Tweeks: WonderCon 2015 Haul Part Deux!
This week we bring you the second half of our WonderCon Anaheim Haul! Most importantly we review two new Tweeks-Approved comics for kids…and yes, we guess, even adults. Both are very different, though they both have monsters. In William Lykke’s Death-Danger Scooter Girl, Number 1 there a bikini-wearing goddess and her monster husbands and half-monster…
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Tweeks: MLP Cutie Mark Crusaders DVD
Attention Bronies: My Little Pony – Friendship is Magic: Adventures of the Cutie Mark Crusaders was released on DVD this week. As you know, a pony’s cutie mark shows their special talent on their flank for all to see, but what if you’re a pony who hasn’t figured out how you are unique yet? Cutie…
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Tweeks: ABC’s New Musical Mini Galavant & Marvel’s Agent Carter
Though we still haven’t forgiven ABC for canceling Selfie, we are very encouraged by the shows filling in for Once Upon A Time (8pm, Sundays) and Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D (9pm, Tuesdays) during their winter breaks. This week we review Galavant, a comedy/musical fairytale series that reminds us a lot of Monty Python’s Spamalot and…
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The Point Radio: Jason Schwartzman Revives MOZART
We jump back into pop culture by wrapping up our visit with Janet Varney including her cut on what makes her JV CLUB Podcast so unique. They we talk with Jason Schwartzman about his newest project, MOZART IN THE JUNGLE, streaming right now on Amazon Prime. This week kicks off our 8th year – and…
