I never followed the Star Wars Expanded Universe (now “demoted” to “Legends” status), but I have been following the Disney/Lucasfilm story group’s efforts to create a coherent pre-Episode VII canon, at least in the Marvel…
At dinner a few nights ago, my seven-year-old daughter stopped singing “Let It Go” long enough to ask, “Dad, who’s your favorite Disney princess?” She didn’t think I’d have an answer. But I did. “Princess…
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…
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 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…
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…
The murdering lasts a full year in The Long Halloween. In this classic Batman story, spanning 13 issues, a villain known as the Holiday Killer executes someone once a month, and always on a holiday….
(Why I’m recommending The Walking Dead…but not for the reason you think) With Halloween quickly approaching and the uncanny popularity of The Walking Dead (both the television show and its comic book predecessor), it’s safe…
Ben, Matt, Koby and Reggie review the latest entry in the X-Men franchise
A female Captain Kirk challenges “old assumptions,” within and without of the Star Trek universe. What if Captain Kirk were a woman? I’m not talking about a situation like that in the Original Series’ abysmal…
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