Someone at Marvel is clearly determined to find this character a series that sticks.  This is in spite of substantial evidence to the contrary that it may be a lost cause.  To that end, let’s recap the recent history of the character’s publications: In 2006, after years out of circulation, the character got a high […]

On one hand, this series continues to showcase plenty of cool ideas and images that make it well worth reading.  Harry Daghlian’s transformation from man to irradiated skeleton.  Enrico Fermi winding up on the business end of Albert Einstein’s chainsaw.  JFK as a paranoid anti-communist coke fiend.  The war of the Infinite Oppenheimers.  Between the […]

So the word on the street this week is that the latest issue of Matt Fraction and Chip Zdarsky’s “Sex Criminals” is worth picking up now as opposed to waiting for the trade.  The short version is that the two were planning on doing a “musical” sequence in this issue set to “Fat Bottom Girls” […]

For this title, having its latest storyline revolve around an “evil school for mutants” is certainly more crazy than fighting Wolverine’s brother in the Savage Land, but less so than having the school face off against FRANKENSTEIN’S MURDER CIRCUS.  So we’ve reached a nice middle ground of insanity here.  The important thing is that with […]

There was an article in the Business section of the L.A. Times today speculating on the future of “Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.” in the wake of the ratings slide it has experienced since its premiere.  Every episode since then has earned progressively lower ratings, though the fact that this most recent one is said to tie […]

When I reviewed “The Last of Us:  American Dreams,” my main gripe was that it felt pretty slight with the story not having too much relevance to the game itself.  I also said that I was hoping/expecting the comic to tell the story behind Ellie’s final monologue to Joel, about how she found out she […]

The last time I talked about Scott Snyder’s “Batman,” I said that I was expecting nothing but the best from this latest Joker-centric storyline.  Did I get that?  No.  For all of its hype and the flash of its storytelling, this is still a story that covers a lot of familiar ground with Batman and […]

Carrying on from last month, vol. 14 of “Eden!  It’s an Endless World” is now available for pre-order on Amazon.  I’ve got my copy and even if you don’t get your comics from them, I’d say now’s the time to pre-order yours. As for stuff relevant to this month’s solicitations, there’s some curious management going […]

DC Comics is… MOVING!  To the East Coast!  That was the big news that broke two weeks ago, though I can’t imagine that the announcement itself is going to have too much impact on the comics they publish.  At least, that’s until we find out which staff members and editorial persons will actually be making […]

The initial trailers for this latest Marvel movie didn’t really do a whole lot to get me excited about it.  Lots of flash, some new characters, a few old ones, and no real indication about just what the story was going to be about.  “Yup.  It’s a ‘Thor’ movie all right,” was the impression they […]