My 21st read for 2016 was another graphic novel, this time from Marvel’s Max line. The book focuses on a character well known in both the comic book and cinematic universes: Nick Fury. However this story presents a slightly different view in a slightly different ‘universe;’ here there is no SHIELD (Fury works with the… Continue reading Fury: My War Gone By
I’ve been reading comic books pretty much my whole life (with a break in my 20s and 30s that lasted about twenty years). I got my first bunch of books at about age five from my grandparents, a random assortment of comics including Archie, Richie Rich, and Scoobie-doo. I read those books over and over… Continue reading Make mine Image
For my pop-culture blog this week I’m going to point you to another blog: http://tickledtk.com/2015/02/five-unread-comic-books-begging-to-be-read-fandom5/ And her blog entry is about 5 great new (or relatively new) comic books to check out. I’ll try to move beyond comic books in my blogging entries soon but right now there are lots of good ones on my… Continue reading More recommended reading
This week I read the final parts of Spider-verse – the big Marvel event for Spider-Man for 2014-15 coming off of the last big Spider-Man event which was the whole Superior Spider-Man event. As I have written before, Spider-Man has long been my favorite character and I really enjoyed both Superior Spider-Man and Spider-verse as… Continue reading Reading Marvel
It’s a great time to be a Spider-Man fan. Marvel is wrapping up an excellent story line called Spider-verse that has introduced dozens of great new characters from across the ‘multi-verse’ who will hopefully play a role in the ongoing saga of this central Marvel comics character. At the same time Marvel and Sony just… Continue reading Spider-Man
So I planned to write this week’s pop-culture blog post on the movie The Interview. I watched this movie earlier this week and found it hilarious and ridiculous. I have watched Seth Rogan and James Franco since Freaks and Geeks all the way through This is the End and I find their brand of humor… Continue reading Movies and podcasts
Since I am working on this blog post as the 2015 Oscar nominations are being announced this morning, I have movies on my mind and I have to say this feels like a great time to be a nerd at the movies. Superheroes are everywhere. Guardians of the Galaxy is nominated for two Academy Awards… Continue reading Oscar nominations
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