From the monthly archives: April 2005

Adventures in Real Estate

By On April 25, 2005 · 1 Comment · In Uncategorized

What a crazy week. We flip-flopped so much on our housing situation, I felt like John Kerry by Sunday night!

Faced with the likelihood of stretching ourselves unacceptably thin to afford a decent house in Bloomfield, we started working on Plan B, an apartment in a Manhattan neighborhood with a good elementary school. Our logic [...]

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ménage à trois: 4/20/05

By On April 25, 2005 · 1 Comment · In Reviews

[So many comics, so few good ones, only three make the cut each week. Quickie-style reviews, for better, or worse: 1 Minute=bad, 10 Minutes=good. Connections, if any at all, may be forced purely for the experience.]

It figures. A week after I change things up and decide to no longer require representatives of the Big [...]

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A Fanboy’s Take: Superman Returns

By On April 24, 2005 · 3 Comments · In Uncategorized

There was a nice article in Friday’s USA Today revealing to the world its first look at Brandon Routh as Superman. The focus of the article is entirely on the re-visualization of the iconic costume.

Set for release in June 2006, Superman Returns has been said to follow in continuity with Superman 1 [...]

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Review: Top Shelf Roundup

By On April 22, 2005 · Leave a Comment · In Reviews

A month or so ago, Top Shelf Productions was running a great sale on some of their backlist, with an assortment of graphic novels and comix for $1 and $3. [EDIT: The sale is apparently still on, here.] A mixed bag of titles, the vast majority of which I’d never heard of, I [...]

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INFO: Bravo’s Ultimate Super Heroes, Villains & Vixens

By On April 21, 2005 · Leave a Comment · In Pop Culture

BRAVO POWERS UP WITH THREE-PART SPECIAL “ULTIMATE SUPER HEROES, ULTIMATE SUPER VILLAINS, ULTIMATE SUPER VIXENS” BEGINNING MAY 26

NARRATED BY TELEVISION ICON ADAM WEST

Interviews include George Lucas, Steven Spielberg, Harrison Ford, Ben Affleck, Mike Myers, James Earl Jones, Kirsten Dunst, Hugh Jackman, Jessica Alba, Vivica A. Fox, Bryan Singer, Stan Lee, Mark Hamill and [...]

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