Category Archives: Comic Books

Watchmen Prequels

DC Women Kicking Ass – DC Comics announces Watchmen Prequels.

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So That’s Why Cyclops’ Death in X-Men III Sucked

Not only did they kill him off at the beginning of the movie, they didn’t even show it onscreen. Wolverine saying that Jean Grey may have killed Cyclops is the first hint you get dude’s even dead. Pretty crummy way … Continue reading

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Review: Captain America

Saw Captain America. Loved it. Captain America is better than Thor. It may even be better than Iron Man, though that could be me liking Captain America better because I just saw it. Cap definitely has the better villain. The … Continue reading

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If you loved Marvel Comics as a kid go read Jim Shooter’s insider history

Reinforcements arrive. And NO GREEN BACKGROUNDS! (ASIDE: Funny thing about Stan. I’m not saying he doesn’t love the comics, because he does—but in his heart of hearts, what he really wanted was a successful syndicated strip or a successful “real” … Continue reading

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Review: Green Lantern

We took the kids to see Cars 2. They decided they’d rather see the Jim Carrey movie Mr. Popper’s Penguins. We took them to Cars 2 again on July 4th. They still didn’t want to see it. This time they … Continue reading

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The Connoisseur

My wife is a connoisseur of ice. She has favorite restaurants around town because she likes the ice they put in their soft drinks. She especially likes air-puffed ice because it’s crunchy, but not too hard.

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Bad but not surprising news, Green Lantern fans

The reviews ain’t good. I didn’t have high hopes for the movie. I’m not a GL fan anyway. I like my comic book heroes to have drinking problems or dead father issues so they’re struggling against something besides Lex Luthor’s … Continue reading

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X-Men First Class: Bryan Singer is Back, Baby

Bryan Singer – probably still best known for The Usual Suspects – has been the key to the X-Men movies. Singer directed X-Men and X-Men 2, which were outstanding. He was supposed to direct the third movie, but negotiations broke … Continue reading

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Go See Thor

If you ever liked Thor go see the movie, preferably in the most modern theater you can find so you can enjoy the AV. Thor fixtures like the rainbow bridge, the gatekeeper, and Aasgard are brought to life. Anthony Hopkins … Continue reading

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Anime and Autism Spectrum

Why do so many people on the autism spectrum like Japanese anime?

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Job Opportunities for Marvel Fans

Join SHIELD.

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Monday’s XKCD comic explained with YouTube videos

Yesterday’s XKCD comic strip: Batman: Land of 1,000 Dances: Katamari Damacy: Hey Hey Hey Goodbye: See also XKCD Explained and Marmaduke Explained.

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What if superheroes were hipsters?

Medium LOLs. I’m linking it because of my weakness for comic book stuff.

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Sabretooth Takes Broadway

Since I only know Liev Schreiber as Sabretooth from X-Men Origins: Wolverine I was surprised to see him in this NY Times theater piece. And with Black Widow on his lap. So yeah apparently he’s a Tony award-winning stage actor. … Continue reading

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Pants-only Costume? Smart Move, Hulk.

Cracked – The 5 Most Impractical Aspects of Superhero Costumes. If you plan on fighting crime while sporting a pair of boobs, you can find whatever you need at the same fetish shop that outfits half the Matrix. We can’t … Continue reading

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Now I Know Why Some People Didn’t Like X-Men Origins: Wolverine

I mentioned that I had heard bad things about X-Men Origins: Wolverine. Yet when I finally saw the movie I liked it. Adam explained to me why some people didn’t like it. They had read the various comic books, and … Continue reading

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X-Men Origins: Wolverine

I heard bad reviews and never saw it in the theater. Finally watched it on TiVo Memorial Day. Maybe it’s the Memorial Day warm fuzzies – I have warm fuzzies for movies I see at Saturday matinees, too – but … Continue reading

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Iron Man 2 and Walt Disney

Rex Hammock pegs the tie-in between Tony Stark’s future-loving dad and Walt Disney’s vision of the world of tomorrow.

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Reports: Iron Man 3 villain will be Mandarin

Says IMDB.

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6 Word Iron Man 2 Review

Even better than the first movie.

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