Review: New X-Men:Academy X #1-6
When the New Mutants re-appeared on the stands 20 months ago, I was just returning to comics after a 15-year hiatus and welcomed the sight of a familiar face to ease me back into the monthly habit. Joshua Middleton’s beautiful cover art featuring some of the women from the original lineup drew me in, and
Pumpkin Seeds: 11 Shots to the Dome Edition
1. The Incredibles, in a word was, what the hell, INCREDIBLE! Seriously; like “the Oscar goes to…,” Best Picture kind of incredible. “The Oscar goes to…,” Best Director kind of incredible. “The Oscar goes to…,” Best Original Screenplay kind of incredible. It had more emotional depth than most live-action movies, and absolutely blows the doors
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 the box office in
Right-Wing Comics Conspiracy!
For all those who scoff at anything that even remotely suggests so-called “conspiracy theories,” believing they’re all far-fetched fictions made up by paranoid whack-jobs, here’s a little something to chew on: right-wingers looking to inflitrate comic books! At Bill Jemas’ zenith as President of Marvel Comics he commissioned “4/11,” also known as The White Album,
Pumpkin Seeds: The Week that Was Edition
1. No matter your individual schedule, NaNoWriMo marches on, with or without you. Despite Comic Book Wednesday stealing a night of writing from me, I’m still in the mix. In a deep hole, yes, but in the mix. Yesterday’s unexpected day off as the kids’ day care decided to celebrate Veteran’s Day at the last
NaNoWriMo, Dean, Kerry and the WFP
Old man winter has arrived on a mission, kicking in the door and pistol-whipping me into submission. Was it really 70 degrees here on Sunday!?! Yesterday was the start of Week 2 of NaNoWriMo and while I have officially surpassed my output from last year’s prolonged 2.5 month attempt, I’m also 7,663 words in the
Pumpkin Seeds: Final Notes on the Election Edition
1. Bush won 51% of the popular vote, the first majority victory in a presidential election since his father beat Dukakis in 1988. 2. Bush won 31 states to Kerry’s 19. 3. Bush won 11 states with more than 60% of the vote, and another 4 with more than 59% of the vote. 4. Kerry
Pumpkin Seeds: Note From the Editor Editon
1. Anyone that reads this journal and thinks I’m talking specifically to them, or in a more general sense, to anyone in particular, needs to take what they read here with a huge grain of salt. Perhaps a whole tablespoon. This journal is, and always has been, primarily for my own self-interests. It’s my way,
Pumpkin Seeds: Mental Reboot Edition
1. NaNoWriMo Word Count, Day 3: 2,076 (-2,925) 2. Damn election! 3. The novel is happily percolating in my brain, flowing easily whenever I’ve found the time to write, but it’s been 48 hours since I’ve found such time, so I’ll need to spend my lunch hour on it before the well runs dry. And
It’s one thing to believe Kerry is the right choice for President, but it’s a whole ‘nother ballgame to see him as the lesser of two evils and vote for him anyway. Back in 2000, I recognized Bush for the hand puppet that he was/is and was adamantly against the idea that Gore was the