Category Archives: Comics

Off To Comic Com!

Posted on Tuesday, July 22, 2008 by Keith

We’re off to Comic Con tomorrow. Pictures and a full report will be forthcoming!

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Whimpers And Bangs In The Dark

Posted on Sunday, July 20, 2008 by Keith

Elvira and I saw The Dark Knight on Friday and we’re both really impressed. If Batman Begins was the film that Batman’s Mythology deserved, a crystalline compilation of everything great about the character with the excess fat of seventy years … Continue reading →

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It’s All Very Technical

Posted on Tuesday, July 15, 2008 by Keith

I usually refrain from discussing work or job-related things on the blog, but I have to share the good news: having been unemployed for less than a month, I have a new job! Starting August 4, I will be head … Continue reading →

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A Gaggle of Short Movie Reviews

Posted on Monday, June 16, 2008 by Keith

The Incredible Hulk was better than I thought it would be and much better than Ang Lee’s Hulk. It ties into the mythology of the Marvel Universe well, setting up ideas like the Super Soldier program, eluding to Captain America … Continue reading →

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Everywhere, Signs

Posted on Monday, June 2, 2008 by Keith

Over at Crooked Timber, they’re compiling a list of the 101 movies to definitely not see before you die. Someone mentioned Signs, which is my number 2 must-not-watch-ever-again film.* What with M. Knight Shyamalan’s latest turd about to drop in … Continue reading →

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BSG: Telling It From The Mountain

Posted on Monday, May 5, 2008 by Keith

So, I was reading Pandagon yesterday when I discovered that some really weird folk think Battlestar Galactica is secretly a Mormon recruitment tool[1]. Their evidence? The show makes use of religious imagery and mythology. Which is pretty week as arguments … Continue reading →

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Just A Reminder

Posted on Sunday, March 30, 2008 by Keith

All-Star Superman #10 is out now and it’s awesome in every sense of the word. This is the Superman story that should be made into a film or three, not some romantic melodrama. And it should star Bruce Campbell. All-Star … Continue reading →

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Only John, Dancing

Posted on Thursday, February 28, 2008 by Keith

I found this via Tycho at Penny Arcade and it’s… astonishing. Who would have thought that if you removed Garfield from the Garfield comics, they would actually be funny? It ranges from the bleak and existential to schizoid absurdity, veering … Continue reading →

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Kucinich, Meanwhile, Is a Big Fan of Elfquest

Posted on Tuesday, December 11, 2007 by Keith

Is it really any surprise that Ron Paul’s favorite superhero is Batman? Every politician thinks of themselves as a crusading billionaire, out to save the world by any means necessary. But it’s especially telling that Paul, no big fan of … Continue reading →

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Birds, Planes, Etc.

Posted on Monday, December 10, 2007 by Keith

This weekend, I picked up the hardback edition of All-Star Superman, collecting the first 6 issues and, speaking as a tenured comic book nerd and a hypercritical lit geek, it’s the best dam superhero comic I’ve read in years, maybe … Continue reading →

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