I grew up when VCRs were just becoming common in people’s homes and video rental stores were springing up in every neighborhood. Popular movies still circulated in theaters multiple times over the years. It was a time when it was not common to see movies more than once. Novel and comic adaptations of movies we... Continue Reading →
Top of the Pile – Week of April 18 2018
Here we are again, a little later than normal because I was out of town. For this installment of top of the pile I had to make some hard choices to limit the list to three. Of course the big book of the week, Action Comics 1000, made the cut, now let’s see what else... Continue Reading →
Marvel Graphic Novel #1
Over the last couple of weeks Marvel has released several True Believer comics reprinting key Thanos stories, such as his first appearance in Iron Man 55 and the first issue of the Infinity Gauntlet mini series. Thanos has come to be of Marvel comics most popular characters. On April 26th the Avengers: Infinity War will... Continue Reading →
Top of the Pile – Week of April 11 2018
This is the second installment of my top of the pile column. Last week there was some really good books and I touch on them at the end. This week I've got a new DC book, a new comic from Brian Wood and some more Thanos goodness. The Flash #44 - Perfect Storm Finale Writer... Continue Reading →
Top of the Pile – Week of April 4th 2018
I thought I might do something a little different and write about some of the comics I am looking forward to reading this week from the new release pile. Let’s get started with the first issue… The Jetsons #6 (6 of 6) Writer - Jimmy Palmiotti Artist - Pier Brito Colorist - Paul Mounts Letterer... Continue Reading →