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Monthly Archives: November 2004

Comment: Comic Book Superheros Unmasked (2003)

20-Nov-04

Comic Book Superheros Unmasked (CBSU) is a History Channel documentary that has aired numerous times over the last few months. Released in 2003, the film was directed by Steve Kroopnick and he takes us on a tour of the comic book industry from its Depression Era-beginnings through its modern-day multi-million dollar enterprises. Our guides [...]

19-Nov-04

To: Paul Tagliabue
re: The Monday Night Football Affair
cc: NFL Owners, ABC, ESPN, sports journalists
Remember how much you guys derided the XFL when it debuted? Hypocrites.

In other news, as I don’t like to post here too often about comic book stuff, and the one site I’ve been hanging out in doesn’t have a whole lot of [...]

19-Nov-04

Happy Birthday, Salomé!

If our friends Danny and Xia are like a CBS sitcom, as he suggests, then I’m thinking Salomé and I are like the Jeffersons.
Louise Jefferson is a warm-hearted person. Her personality is completely opposite from that of her husband George, who is quick-tempered and opinionated. She is levelheaded where George is pig-headed, which [...]

Review: Iron Man #1

19-Nov-04

Issues with Marvel’s questionable relaunches aside, I admit to being…intrigued. I wasn’t going to buy it at all but, seeing how Marvel didn’t release a single title of interest to me this week, I figured I’d take a gamble.
It’s no secret that Warren Ellis is a good writer, and I’ve thoroughly enjoyed his run on [...]

17-Nov-04

Pumpkin Seeds: Kitchen Sink Edition
1. David Twohy, director of The Chronicles of Riddick, told Now Playing Magazine that further installments of the proposed Riddick trilogy of films will depend in part on the performance of the upcoming Riddick director’s-cut DVD, which hits stores next week. The first Chronicles of Riddick film didn’t fare well at [...]