Archive for January, 2012

HAUNTED CITY (Comic book review)

This book was a submission, and it’s hard to get a good flavor for a single issue of a comic–particularly when you’re sent only issue #2.  But from what I gather, in #1 I missed the exposition of the concept: NYCPD Tom Whalen got shot in the head and now is protecting New York from [...]

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BEAR CAVALRY-Maple Trails

Solid indie rock. What does this remind you of? I hear a little bit of Bloc Party in here, but not in a derivative kinda way… I dig it. https://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Fplaylists%2F834197 Maple Trails EP by Bear Cavalry

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WAAAAAAAANT!

COMIC BOOK NEWS AND HILARITY

They have totally changed the opening to the Walking Dead. Now, hit the break for lots more foolishness, including the latest on the “real” Batman movie, the status of the Deadpool flick, Green Arrow’s TV show, new Garth Ennis work, and the latest on The Walking Dead.

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JOE THE BARBARIAN: The Greatest Comics of All Time

In just 8 issues, Joe the Barbarian became one of my favorite comics of all time.  In it, Grant Morrison and Sean Murphy weave fantasy and reality in a book about a boy who transports to a dream world—or does he?  This is a fairly standard concept–it’s been done famously by Wizard of Oz and [...]

BBBBAAAATMMMAAAAANNN!

It doesn’t get much more awesome than this….

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