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Tag Archives: The New 52
Batman 103: Morrison and Snyder
Right now, it’s a pretty good time to be a Batman fan. The Christopher Nolan movies were easily the three best superhero films ever made, and the comics are providing material for future adaptations with two runs by the most … Continue reading
Posted in DC Comics, List
Tagged Batman, Comic Books 101, Grant Morrison, Neil Gaiman, Scott Snyder, The New 52
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Round-Up 2013 August 13 2013 Edition
The Atlantic considers the rise and fall of the Mid-Atlantic accent popularized by Kathryn Hepburn and Cary Grant. So how did the accent die? Thanks in part to these sharp-tongued headliners like Bogart, Americans began to see themselves better reflected … Continue reading
Posted in DC Comics, Doctor Who, Film, List, Literature
Tagged Cary Grant, Indiana Jones, Kurt Vonnegut, Metsfilter, South Park, The Godfather, The New 52
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August 7 2013 Round-Up
This may be how Americans view the other kind of Football. George Clooney may have been right in his observation that anyone in the film industry shouldn’t refer to Waterworld as a historic flop. It’s always odd when a term becomes a metaphor, … Continue reading
Posted in Comics Industry, DC Comics, Eesti, Film, Funny, Literature, Music, Television
Tagged Bob Dylan, box office flop, Community, Latvia, Metsfilter, The New 52
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Recommended June 5 2013
Neil Gaiman suggests that the next Doctor should be an unknown. I like to see The Doctor as The Doctor, and an actor who doesn’t bring baggage is a grand sort of thing. A star waiting to happen. So I … Continue reading
Posted in DC Comics, Doctor Who, Marvel Comics
Tagged Age of Ultron, current-events, Metsfilter, Neil Gaiman, Paul Jenkins, South Park, The New 52, Tom Brevoort
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Advanced Comic Books
Earlier, I wondered where someone interested in comic books should start, since it’s difficult for a new reader to just go to a random store, and start with the first comic that draws their eye. It’s probable that whatever book … Continue reading
Posted in Comics Industry, DC Comics, Marvel Comics, Spider-Man
Tagged Batman, Comic Books 101, Retcons, The New 52, Ultimate Marvel, X-Men
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2013 Comics in 2013….March Progress Report Part 2
The Flash #6-18, 0, Annual 1 Reads a bit like a bronze-age comic, especially with the initial emphasis on self-contained single issue stories, as Barry Allen’s problems start resembling those of Silver Age Marvel heroes. Those early issues do tie … Continue reading
Making Stephen Wacker’s Life Miserable
On a CBR thread, Xistel asked how we would improve the Spider-Man comics. My response was “If I was in charge, I might change the schedule of Amazing Spider-Man from twice a month to weekly (or weekly except for when there’s an issue … Continue reading
What Would Spidey Do? 