Is that a poncho?

04Jun09

“Yes, it is!”
My friend, comic writer and shop owner Brandon Wilt, just got a story he illustrated published in WHEN DRIVE-INS ATTACK #3. I just bought my copy from indyplanet.com using a run-over college paycheck of a whopping six dollars (yeah, I know, big stuff), but you can also show your support for local indy [...]

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Tags: bent wookee comix ftw, indyplanet.com, what does the k stand for in k. brandon wilt anyway?, when drive-ins attack #3

Curse you, barbed wire!

04Jun09

It’s funny because it’s true. Chain-link fences are honestly the only things you can’t overcome or interact with appropriately in that game. The rest of Empire City is, as they say, your fucking oyster.
My PlayStation 3 review of Infamous (or inFamous, whatever) will be online probably early next week … when new E3 coverage ends. [...]

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Tags: infamous, penny arcade

Furballs of Alaska, watch out!

24May09

I took some time out of my day to finish catching up with Marvel’s PATSY WALKER: HELLCAT limited series—one of the cutest comics I have ever read without wanting to douse myself in pink and set something on fire. Err, that came out wrong.
This was my first encounter with Hellcat, and Kathryn Immonen’s writing introduced [...]

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Tags: david lafuente garcia, frank the rabbit creeps me out, kathryn immonen, marvel, patsy walker: hellcat

Free Comic Book Day ‘09

06May09

Comic shops tend to have a limit on how many free books you can take home on Free Comic Book Day. At Joy’s Japanimation, it’s six—and you can learn a lot about people by what comics they choose. On my first FCBD, you could tell I was unfamiliar with comic territory. I ended up with [...]

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Tags: avengers, cyberforce/hunter-killer, love & rockets sampler, mercy sparx: under new management, resurrection #0, worlds of aspen #4

Three claws, you’re out, bub

02May09

He’s the best at what he does, and what he does best isn’t very good.
Even before its May 1 release, X-Men Origins: Wolverine had already gained an unfavorable reputation similar to Brett Ratner’s unpopular X-Men 3: The Last Stand. Accompanied by various ill omens, the movie leaked onto the internet and left many fans with [...]

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Tags: gavin hood, hugh jackman, liev schreiber, ryan reynolds, taylor kitsch, x-men origins: wolverine