Quoting Patrick Nielsen Hayden at Making Light:
"The good news: Even unblinking, homunculus-like Republican presidential candidates, asked for their favorite novel, cite works of modern SF!
"The bad news: Mitt Romney’s professed “favorite novel” is Battlefield Earth."
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MIKE GOLD: Satan’s Retro-Review
One of the charms of being into comics is the joy of stumbling across an unexpected find. It could be a new comic that came in under the radar (in ...
MICHAEL DAVIS: David
When I was a kid around 12 years old I met another kid around the same age while at the library. This was a big deal because I was black ...
MINDY NEWELL: Great Books! And 1 Movie!
So what are you reading?
Fellow ComicMixer Bob Greenberger recently talked about To Kill A Mockingbird a couple days ago as he prepares to teach his class. To Kill A Mockingbird is, ...
JOHN OSTRANDER: 101 Mistakes
Almost every mistake I’ve ever made as a writer comes down to what I call a “Writing 101” mistake. I’ve been writing for a living for umpty-bum years at this ...
MARC ALAN FISHMAN: Justice League Light Vs. Justice League Dark
This past week, I read both Justice League #5 and Justice League Dark #5. To say they are worlds apart is a bit on-the-nose, but suffice to say... it’s the ...
MARTHA THOMASES: George Lucas, Black History, and African-American Comics
In the hopes of beating the Black History Month rush, I went to see Red Tails last weekend. George Lucas had been making the interview rounds and he discussed how difficult ...
Dennis O’Neil – Sick, Sick, Sick
Our pal Denny O'Neil usually occupies this space at this date and time. Sadly, he's under the weather, which sucks because the weather was 60 degrees and mostly sunny in ...
REVIEW: “Wally Wood: Strange Worlds of Science Fiction”, by Glenn Hauman
[[[Wally Wood: Strange Worlds of Science Fiction]]]
Vanguard Publishing, Trade paperback, 224 pages. $24.95
Introduction by J. David Spurlock
A friend ...
REVIEWS: “Annie Hall” and “Manhattan”, by Robert Greenberger
20th Century Home Entertainment continues to explore their library, releasing Blu-ray editions of popular and important films. Recently, two of ...
REVIEW: “In Time”, by Robert Greenberger
Andrew Niccol is an English teacher’s dream, presenting visually compelling dystopia in movies that feature pretty people in dire straits. ...
REVIEW: “Bloom County: The Complete Library, Volume One: 1980-1982″ by Berkley Breathed, by Andrew Wheeler
The erstwhile "Berke" Breathed, who at some point in the last two decades learned what a "berk" was in British ...
MARC ALAN FISHMAN: Justice League Light Vs. Justice League Dark, by Marc Alan Fishman
This past week, I read both Justice League #5 and Justice League Dark #5. To say they are worlds apart ...
Primeval Volume Three, by Robert Greenberger
Thank goodness the wicked Helen did not bring about the end of mankind and civilization as we knew it. This ...
Busting, by Robert Greenberger
Back in the early days of cable, movies were rerun endlessly so if you liked one, you could burn their ...
To Kill a Mockingbird, by Robert Greenberger
Few 20th century novels have been as warmly regarded as Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird. Currently a perennial work ...
Transformers: Dark of the Moon, by Robert Greenberger
There is absolutely nowhere near enough story to sustain the 2:30 running time of Transformers: Dark of the Moon. This ...
Star Trek: The Next Generation – The Next Level, by Robert Greenberger
Star Trek: The Next Generation had to do a lot to convince fans of Gene Roddenberry’s trendsetting original series that ...
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He doesn't have it listed on his MySpace page: http://www.myspace.com/mittromneyHuckleberry Finn – Mark TwainWhat It Takes – Richard Ben CramerTheodore Rex – Edmund MorrisThe World Is Flat – Thomas Friedman1776 – David McCulloughThe Battle For Peace –Tony Zinni and Tony KoltzThe Business Of Winning – Robert EvangelistaI just think it's refreshing for a candidate to tell the truth, bad book or not about his like of a book. Really, is every candidate's favorite book the Bible?
Yep. That's pretty much what they say.Now if they'd only cop to Mickey Spillane or S. Clay Wilson…
Wow, LJ is way off his game! Turning your back on an angry opponent when they haven't been immobilized, disabled or otherwise secured seems like a real rookie mistake. LJ didn't even check to see if this rapist was armed! Either LJ is too tired and hungry to think straight, or he's got a subconscious death wish.On the positive side, this episode brings in a new, powerful, female character.The art and the writing remain strong, even if the main character seems to have done something exceedingly stupid for somebody in the Hero Trade.
LONE JUSTICE actually thought he was better than this lowly would-be rapist. His mistake, this time, was in not taking the guy seriously. If you are keeping score, his mistakes are piling up.