A Fanboy’s Take: Superman Returns
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 & 2,
INFO: Bravo’s Ultimate Super Heroes, Villains & Vixens
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
Try Something Different: 4/20/05
Support Independent Comics! Independent comics (and manga) being released today, 4/20/05, courtesy of ComicList. Not all of these titles will actually arrive in all stores. If your LCBS offers a pre-ordering service, be sure to take advantage of it. What are you reading? AC COMICS Best Of The West #49, $6.95 A. D. VISION Maburaho
ménage à trois: 4/13/05
[One Marvel, one DC, both published the previous Wednesday, plus a random indie from whenever I feel like it, each reviewed quickie-style: 1 Minute=bad, 10 Minutes=good. Connections, if any at all, may be forced purely for the experience.] As several current story arcs come to their drawn-out conclusions over the next couple of months, I’ll
Retailer Spotlight: Richmond Comix
A few weeks back, we took a trip south to visit my mother in Virginia, and I decided to hit Diamond’s Comic Shop Locator to see what the four-color world was like outside of New York City. Punching in the zip code of her suburban Richmond town, I was surprised to see only three shops
ménage à trois: 4/6/05
[One Marvel, one DC, both published the previous Wednesday, plus a random indie from whenever I feel like it, each reviewed quickie-style: 1 Minute=bad, 10 Minutes=good. Connections, if any at all, may be forced purely for the experience.] At this point, distracted by the passage of time, the filing of a pile of back issues
Our First Pet
Isaac has figured out why we’ve been looking at houses the past month or two, and has now started making plans. He’s looking forward to “big boy school” which means five months of “When do I start big boy school?” At first he was into the idea of having his own room, but last night
Adopt A Comic: Elk’s Run #1 UPDATE
Comics…you can’t give the damn things away! Seriously, though, entries for one of the two FREE copies of Elk’s Run #1 (sold out, BTW, for all you collector-types) have been less than overwhelming. And it’s not for lack of traffic because the original announcement itself has been viewed more than 100 times, not to mention
PSA: Comic Books, Porn Stars & Kids?
What do comic books and porn stars have in common? I mean, besides an overlapping fanbase of sexually frustrated momma’s boys? At the Big Apple Con last weekend, I had to do an about-face or two while strolling the aisles with my 4-year old son so as to avoid a scantily-clad “model” selling soft-core pictures
The Important Things
This guy I work with says, “I’ve really mellowed out the past month or so.” We’re preparing for a massive move over the weekend, almost everyone on my floor is shifting places, and he’s calming himself down as he tells me and a co-worker about the storage facility where we can send the overflow of