You can listen to this episode on our Comic Issues channel at Anchor.fm! The day we knew was coming is finally here, after the acquisition of Star Wars by Disney it was only a matter of time until every aspect of the company would be controlled by the mouse; including the comic rights. Announced just
You can listen to this episode on our Movie Issues channel at Anchor.fm! We here at Movie Issues HQ watch a lot of movies, and this year was no exception. So instead of doing a top 10 list, we decided to discuss each movie season and what was worth seeing and what wasn’t. Oh there
I heard the other day that Ridley Scott will soon begin casting for Wool, the movie based on Hugh Howey’s epic post-apocalyptic novel. That was my cue to finally read the book. I’m happy to say the book stands up to a lot of the hype I’ve been hearing. Other than maybe needing a tighter
Cosplay has easily been the biggest growing aspect of geekdom in the last 5 years. Every major convention seems to compete with the past one as every costume seems to be better than the last. The popularity of Cosplay has reached TV, uplifted the geek community, and has given confidence to some people to be
Happy New Years Comic Fans, This year has been an amazing year for comics. On behalf of the Villainous Lair we bring to you in no particular order the ten “best” titles of 2013. These spectacular titles run the gamut from main stream Marvel and DC superhero staples to newer independent titles brought to us
You can listen to this episode on our Comic Issues channel at Anchor.fm! When you get right down to it, every year is a good year to be a geek. But 2013 was an especially good one, both for geeks in general and Comic Issues in particular. Join our heroes and heroine as we wrap
If I was so pretentious as to try and ascribe themes to my random musings – and believe me, I am– then I’d have to say a growing theme in 2013 for me has been giving game violence weight. No, wait! Come back! I’m not going to go all Jack Thompson on you! Let’s be
When I look at all the science-fiction/fantasy books published in 2013, I tend to shake my fist at the bookshelves: there’s not enough hours in the day! I want to read all the books! I barely scratched the surface! Out of all the books I did read that were published in 2013, the following five
Earlier this year it could have been said that the movies of 2013 weren’t great, but after going back and relooking over the films that did come out, it turns out 2013 wasn’t full of terrible films. There were a couple here and there, but overall not terrible movies, just a year full of disappointments more