March 2012
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There are some people you like immediately, some whom you think you might learn...
– Douglas Adams (via amandaonwriting)
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We live in a society exquisitely dependent on science and technology, in which...
– Carl Sagan (via priceless-and-quiet)
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You know what charm is: a way of getting the answer yes without having asked any...
– The Fall, Albert Camus (via philphys)
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Review: Batman #7 →
There’s a vast difference between historical revision and the dreaded retcon. Batman #7 is illustrative of the former, rather than the latter.
My review for PopMatters: “Batman #7 is a Demarcation Line”
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Interview: Brian Wood & Kristian Donaldson, The... →
How do you ensure the high-quality comics production? On the cusp of his new project, The Massive, Brian Wood confesses to me in a PopMatters exclusive interview that the answer often is friendship.
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Review: Blue Estate #10 →
Blue Estate #10 is filled with screwball comedy, a salacious parody of Victoria and David Beckham, two stoners, a sexually gifted girlfriend, an inept private detective, the LAPD, and the actual Hoff! My review is online.
Narrative Threads of Blue Estate #10: You’re Not Buying ‘Off The Rack’
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Review: Amazing Spider-Man #681 →
Amazing Spider-Man is a title that can be both comfort food and good eating, but of late it has languished in a mental food category of neither being wholly satisfying nor remarkably good for us. With Amazing Spider-Man #681 we are even spoon fed a set-up or interlude before the next big Spider-Man event.
Read my full review for PopMatters: Food for Thought: The Empty Calories of Amazing...
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On The Road trailer - directed by Walter Salles, based on the novel by Jack Kerouac.
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Review: Xenoholics #5 →
In the case of Image’s alien abduction comedy-action series Xenoholics, the answers are out there. Somewhere. But like the pop artifacts it is inspired by, the questions are more important.
Read my full review: Xenoholics Pose the Questions of Philosophy and the X-Files
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I am a mysteriously slow writer. I say “mysteriously” because there is no...
– Joseph Heller (via planb-becomeapirate)
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