This week we not only hit the comic store for our Five Cool Things, but we stick around to meet the staff. Issues the Series is the web feature about Life in A Comic Shop and we hang out with two of the stars, plus comics’ brief shining moment at The Oscars, why funny books aren’t funny and set aside a good three hours now for WATCHMEN.
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Dennis O’Neil – Sick, Sick, Sick
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MIKE GOLD: Stupid Logo Tricks
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[[[Wally Wood: Strange Worlds of Science Fiction]]]
Vanguard Publishing, Trade paperback, 224 pages. $24.95
Introduction by J. David Spurlock
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Andrew Niccol is an English teacher’s dream, presenting visually compelling dystopia in movies that feature pretty people in dire straits. ...
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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
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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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