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Ultimate Spider-Man #1-#3 (Nov.-Dec. 2011). Brian Michael Bendis, writer. Sara Pichelli, artist. “Should it be like this?” In Part 1, I argued that we need to get to know Miles Morales as we would get…
Featuring Matt Anderson and Ben De Bono
Looks like Frank Castle–Marvel Comics’ kevlar-clad, skull-emblazoned, gun-toting vigilante hero, the Punisher–will soon be wreaking vengeance on the small screen. Fox has ordered a “put pilot” (meaning the network promises to air the pilot episode; failing to…
What has Queen’s epic rock hit Bohemian Rhapsody been missing all these years? William Shatner, that’s what. http://youtu.be/1XpfTjLSPVk It’s a little bit Monty Python, a little bit Kubrick’s 2001, and even a little bit Star…
What is Geek Grab Bag? It’s a collection of odds and ends found throughout the week from the Internet. Send in your submissions to be featured in future issues of the column to max.pfeffer@yahoo.com. This…
Remember that scene in The Dark Knight where a well-meaning but misguided group of Batman impersonators try to give the real Caped Crusader an assist? Recent news reports suggest such a scene may not be…
Three years ago, I met Ben Bishop at New York Comic Con; an aspiring, self-published, graphic novelist from Portland Maine. Flipping through his 300 page book, Nathan the Caveman, a graphic novel published in 2008,…
Ultimate Spider-Man #1-#3 (Nov.-Dec. 2011). Brian Michael Bendis, writer. Sara Pichelli, artist. I first met Spider-Man not in comic books, but on the TV screen. It wasn’t the 1960s cartoon with the catchy song; no,…
(Photo courtesy of Sarah Pfeffer) Comic Con: The Avengers Saturday, October 15th, 2011: Day two of our New York Comic Con experience. Sarah and I, along with our friend, Ronnie, decided to wait in line…
I admit: Real Steel was not on my movie-going radar. “A movie based on ‘Rock ‘em, Sock ‘em Robots?’” I thought. “What’s next, a movie based on ‘Battleship?’” (Little did I know…) As it turns…
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