The Deluge

Posting will slow down even more for a little while I’m afraid. My laptop was caught in a flood.
Yeah, I hate dorms. Never lived in one, but I hate them. My girlfriend does live in one, and we woke up Sunday morning to find water almost up to our ankles covering the entire floor of [...]

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Certain Franchises Never Die (God Love ‘Em)

I was understandably geeked when I discovered that there would be a new Zorro comic this year, and written by Matt Wagner, no less. (That it’s by Dynamite, the same company who’ve been releasing the current Lone Ranger comics, which I’ve heard are pretty good, is a plus.) So, naturally, when the first issue came [...]

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It Was Good To Have a Sidekick

So awhile ago I happily discussed The Next Issue Project, wherein many modern-day writers and artists would essentially continue defunct old series from the golden age of comics, using characters that are now in the public domain. A great idea indeed. Then, more recently, I geeked out over the fact that it was, supposedly, about [...]

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R.I.P.

Of course it’s always painful when one of your favorite writers dies–especially one who you read voraciously in your youth. What else is there to say?
R.I.P. Steve Gerber
I suppose I should have paid more attention to goings on, as I didn’t even know that he was sick. But goddamn. I wish I had read his [...]

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Hail Hydra!

Sorry about the long, long, long, long, long, looooong absence. School. Bleh. I’ll continue to post when I can, but it won’t be as often as I’d like.
Moving on, it’s funny that my three favorite current comic titles are all a) ongoing series featuring perennial C-list characters, and b) written by a team of two [...]

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