Geek Doc Triple Feature: The Rock-afire Explosion (2008), Special When Lit...
I don’t remember how, when or why, but The Rock-afire Explosion–an animatronic animal band from a southern chain of kids restaurants in the 80s with a strong fan following online–came to my attention...
View ArticleLoveless Trade Post: All Three Volumes
After reading all 13 volumes of Brian Azzarello’s Vertigo book 100 Bullets, I decided to snag the second volume of his western series Loveless that I was missing and give the whole thing a read...
View ArticleVertigo Trade Post: Northlanders Volume 1 & Faker
Northlanders Volume 1: Sven The Returned (Vertigo/DC) Written by Brian Wood, drawn by Davide Gianfelice Collects Norhtlanders #1-8 It’s been a while since I’ve read a Brian Wood comic. There’s no real...
View ArticleAmbitious Reading List III
Long before I finished Please Kill Me, I was working on creating my next Ambitious Reading List. As I said at the end of that review, I’m a big fan of this much-smaller version of my larger to-read...
View ArticleMy 12 Favorite Trade Reading Experiences Of 2012
I write about a lot of trades on this site, about two a week if I’m on my game. But, I actually read a lot more than that. So, this particular list is the 12 books or runs that I enjoyed the most...
View ArticleWe Want Action: Django Unchained (2012) & Gangster Squad (2013)
I’m a big fan of Quentin Tarantino’s films. I certainly don’t like all of his movies equally — Jackie Brown and Death Proof don’t really do it for me — but I rank the rest of them in the Awesome...
View ArticleCasting Internets
My Pocket is overflowing with stories I want to read, so I figured I’d spend New Year’s Eve cleaning things out and creating one last Casting Internets post for the year. One of my all-time favorite...
View ArticleNot-So-Quick Movie Review: 54 (1998)
They say that pop culture has a tendency to roll back over on itself every 20 years or so. What’s old becomes new again not only because the people who were kids 20 years prior have now grown up,...
View ArticleJack Kirby Trade Post: In The Days Of The Mob
Jack Kirby: In The Days Of The Mob (DC) Written & drawn by Jack Kirby Collects In The Days Of The Mob #1 & material for #2 I was a few weeks behind in celebrating Jack Kirby’s birthday, but I...
View ArticleAmbitious Summer Reading List 2015
The other day I was cleaning out the garage and came across a few boxes of unread books that I was able to combine, but only if I pulled a few out. I figured that was as good a reason as any to try my...
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