Flipping Point: The Coin Is Scarred Side Up
While there will be plenty of PR spinning about DC's big news as a great jumping on point for new readers and all that other doublespeak, let's look at the other side of the coin.
Continue ReadingWho is the biggest villain in comics today?
Share this link on Facebook!TweetThe recently revamped by Matt Fraction MANDARIN? The revitalized under Paul Cornell LEX LUTHOR? Or … this guy?
Continue ReadingDR WHO: “a pile of good things and bad things”
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet This afternoon marks the end of season 31 of DOCTOR WHO, or season 1 of the Eleventh Doctor (Matt Smith) if you are watching it on the BBC. Bookmark this column for a few weeks if you are watching on BBC America or elsewhere around the world. No spoilers (sweetie) for [...]
Continue ReadingJocks and nerds mix so well together
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet As you may know, in recent years, the Padres are scheduled to be on the road during Comic-Con, to alleviate congestion down by the Convention Center and probably so studios can rent out Petco Park for promotional events, like the 300 screening a few years ago. However, as it turns out, the [...]
Continue ReadingLost: And in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet “Once there was a way, to get back homeward, Once there was a way, to get back home Sleep pretty darling do not cry, and I will sing a lullaby. Golden slumbers fill your eyes, smiles awake you when you rise Sleep pretty darling do not cry, and I will sing a lullaby.” – Golden [...]
Continue ReadingLost — And then there was one
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet One episode to go. Let’s discuss “What They Died For” after the jump. spoilers ahoy.
Continue ReadingLost: Mother and Child Reunion
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet We’re sure there will be plenty of debate about “Across the Sea.” Let’s just get to it.
Continue ReadingLost: The Candidate
You fine readers of Heidi's blog can't tell, but this column is being written on vacation in Western Canada. So, for once, the helper monkey is watching hours after everyone on the net (including the Beat) has been posting and tweeting about tonight's episode. After the jump... Meet The Candidates (and I don't mean Robert Redford or Phil Mickelson).
Continue ReadingJONAH HEX: the trailer
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet The summer of comic book movies continues as the trailer for JONAH HEX hits the internet. I guess it might not be that bad, even though Megan Fox appears to be a candidate for one of my friends’ “Worst Southern Accent in a Movie” list. Maybe you should be better off taking your [...]
Continue ReadingLost: The Last Recruit
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet I guess tonight’s episode proves you can’t trust anyone, can you? Discuss away.
Continue ReadingThe Matt Smith Dr. Who era begins (now in US)
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet UPDATE: Episode One airs tonight in the US on BBC America. It is preceded by a clip/preview show with Matt Smith and Karen Gillan. Episode three aired today in the UK. All we will say is “toyetic.” Reminder: Season One/Season 31 of Dr. Who (exec producer Steven Moffat says don’t call it Season [...]
Continue ReadingHooray! More Cul de Sac cartoons
Share this link on Facebook!TweetFresh from Richard Thompson’s blog, news that there are four more animated shorts based on the amazingly-super comic strip Cul de Sac.
Continue ReadingLost: Boom goes the dynamite
Share this link on Facebook!TweetDiscuss last night’s Lost episode, “Everybody Loves Hugo”, here. More analysis Thursday.
Continue ReadingLost: “Happily Ever After”
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet Well, not at all what most of us expected, I would hazard a guess to say. Let’s discuss after the break, shall we.
Continue ReadingPlay Ball ~!
Share this link on Facebook!TweetHooray. It’s Opening Day (we’ll ignore the 4+ hour slugfest on TV last night). Spring is really here.
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