There is no question for me – I prefer DC over Marvel. That being said in terms of live action movies DC has a huge problem. There have been many critiques of what DC is doing wrong and Marvel is doing right – but this animated movie, The Death of Superman, is not only a
Welcome, Uncle Monday of the Brotherhood of the Teeth, to the otherworldly domain of Mistress Erzulie Fréda Dahomey, our fair and flirtatious deity of love and glamor…. The second book in the new Sandman Universe started this week, full of magic, deities, and dreams, like any good Sandman book should. This one also has voodoo,
Nothing is stranger to man than his own image. For a slight change of pace this week, I’ll be reviewing a sci-fi classic. And by “classic” I don’t mean a Ray Bradbury novel from the 1950’s, or an Isaac Asimov short story from the 1940’s. I mean a 1921 play by Czech writer Karel Čapek, R.U.R, a
I almost said something snarky about how we only had to wait four years for more Sandman stories, when the last wait was seventeen years, but I didn’t feel like being snide when I’m so happy we get to jump back into Neil Gaiman’s world. Read on for a review of The Dreaming #1.
When elephants fight, the grass suffers. The treaty that Binti created in the first novella of this trilogy is now over. The tensions between the Khoush and the Meduse erupted into violence again, this time on planet Earth, and her tribe is caught in the middle. Binti hasn’t even had time to process all the
All the IDW Transformers books have hit their last three issues. I was going to say something profound and meaningful, or maudlin, but ugh, let’s not do that for another couple issues at least. (If ever.) See below for reviews of Lost Light #23, Optimus Prime #23, and Unicron #4.
I’ve been meaning to jump into a few more DC books, and also catch up with what Mairghread Scott’s been doing lately, so Batgirl was a pretty convenient way to do both. See below for a review of the Batgirl Annual #2.
Vacation is over, so it’s time to get back to work and tackle the growing list of new books, starting with some of the latest releases. …or I could go with the book Charlie N. Holmberg released last May, The Plastic Magician. I’ve been waiting for this one, since it’s been a couple of years since
The Hugo Award ceremony is this Sunday, August 19! Click the jump for an updated list of the finalists, including links to reviews, where you can find the stories (for free or for purchase) and my guesses for who might win the award.