On the historic Christian calendar, today is Shrove Tuesday. The word “shrive” means “confess,” and so Shrove Tuesday is supposed to be an especially appropriate day for Christians to examine themselves and confess their sins,…
Comic Book Review: Darth Vader #1 (February 11, 2015; Marvel)
- February 12, 2015
- Tagged as: darth vader, star wars
As the more-machine-now-than-man himself once said, “Impressive. Most impressive.” The first issue of Marvel’s Sith Lord-centric miniseries—written by veteran British comics scribe Kieron Gillen, drawn by X-Men stalwart Salvador Larroca, and colored by Edgar Delgado—is one…
Not One Member, But Many: Diversity in Superhero Comics and the Church (Comics News)
- February 6, 2015
- Tagged as: dc comics, marvel
Two major announcements from DC Comics and Marvel enter the arena. Only one will leave! Well, maybe both can stay. It does seem dueling news stories from comics’ Big Two seem to be the new…
The Man Without Fear is coming to Netflix, and Marvel has released his teaser trailer: What do you think? I confess (ha, see what I did there?) that I’ve never been very interested in Daredevil; unfortunately,…
The recent flurry of casting announcements from CBS’ impending Supergirl series—Melissa Benoist as the Maid of Might herself, and Mehcad Brooks as Jimmy Olsen—made me realize it’s been a while since I checked in with…
Marvel Studios* (see below) continues its string of strong, intriguing teaser trailers with this morning’s first glimpse of the reimagined Fantastic Four. Marvel has mastered the selection of dramatic, visually arresting images to pique viewers’ interest. (That shot…
January 14, 2015 was certainly a day long anticipated as Star Wars in comic book form returned to Marvel, who held the franchise’s comic book license for nine years and 109 issues (1977-86). But will…
Last year, Marvel Studios proved, with Guardians of the Galaxy, that it can bring comic book characters and concepts that seem weird or silly even by that genre’s already super-stretched standards to the silver screen…
TARDIS Talk: “Last Christmas” (December 25, 2014)
- December 31, 2014
- Tagged as: Christmas, Doctor Who, TARDIS Talk
“Last Christmas” is the most ambitious Christmas special Doctor Who has given us. What other adjective adequately describes a holiday entertainment that asks viewers to both disavow belief in Santa Claus and confront their own…
Advent Antiphons in a Sci-Fi Key: December 23 – Emmanuel
- December 23, 2014
- Tagged as: 2001, Advent, arthur c clarke, Christian Year, prayer
Arguably the most iconic “birth scene” in science fiction is the appearance of the Star Child in the closing moments of 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968). Astronaut Dave Bowman is whisked through a kaleidoscopic, psychedelic…