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Flesh Eating Monsters and Psychiatrists – A Curse of the Wendigo Review

01/03/2012 3:00 am by Todd Allen

Curse of the Wendigo is a graphic album coming out tomorrow from Dynamite written by Mathieu Missoffe and drawn by Charlie Adlard. Missoffe is a French screenwriter who moonlights in comics (an increasingly American thing to be doing, it would seem). Adlard is probably most familiar to comics audience as the artist on Walking Dead. As you might guess from the phrase “graphic album,” Curse of the Wendigo was originally published in France by Soliel in 2009. Yes, the same Soliel that Marvel was publishing translations of a few years back.

Filed Under: Culture, Dynamite, Reviews

Misfits – (Free) TV You Should Be Watching Online

12/30/2011 4:34 pm by Todd Allen

Misfits – (Free) TV You Should Be Watching Online

Ever heard of a UK import called “Misfits?”

I’ve heard it described as “Heroes, but better.” Actually, I’d say closer to a mash-up of Heroes, Smallville and the Nathan Barley/Snuffbox school of very dark British humor. And yes, it is better than Heroes. Especially Heroes after the first season.

Filed Under: Reviews, Television

Farewell to the DMZ

12/28/2011 5:25 pm by Todd Allen

Today, the final issue (#72) of DMZ shipped. With a quiet epilogue, a series that started as a love letter to New York City ended as a love letter to New York City. This time, a bit more literally as the narrative was driven by excerpts from protagonist Matty Roth’s prison-penned book.

Filed Under: DC, Reviews

Espionage, Not SpyFi: Reviewing The Activity #1

12/27/2011 10:02 pm by Todd Allen

Espionage, Not SpyFi: Reviewing The Activity #1

By Todd Allen There’s a sub-genre of espionage that’s come to be called “Spy-Fi.”  Spy-Fi is the blending of science fiction and spy stories.  It’s primarily a film and television thing, with the mild science fiction aspects of the Bond gadgets and eventually the Bond villains.  On the small screen it was evident in the […]

Filed Under: Culture, Image, Reviews

The X-Men vs. The Avengers: A Review (Yes, I've Read the Whole Thing)

12/08/2011 1:09 am by Todd Allen

The X-Men vs. The Avengers: A Review (Yes, I've Read the Whole Thing)

You may have witnessed some out of control hyperbole about Marvel’s recently announced Avengers Vs. X-Men. My personal favorite, courtesy of Newsarama’s recap:

Pre-taped words from all five writers. “There’s never been an Avengers vs. X-Men super-blowout, so it’s like, we have to do it,” Bendis says.

Never been one? Seems like I own copies of something answering that description…

Filed Under: Comics, History, Marvel, Reviews Tagged With: Avengers, HYPE!, X-Men

T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents #1 – Let's Look at the Relaunch

12/07/2011 9:59 pm by Todd Allen

When DC announced the 52 relaunch, there were a handful of titles I was concerned about: Xombi, Legion of Super-Heroes, Jonah Hex and T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents. As it turns out, the only one I got burned on was the criminally under-appreciated Xombi. Last week, the new volume of T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents came out.

The first question is: “Did the last series count or is this a total reboot?”

Filed Under: Big Two Comics, Comics, DC, Reviews

Iron Man 2.0 Vol. 1: Palmer Addley Is Dead – A Book With Multiple Plot Disorder

12/05/2011 5:30 am by Todd Allen

Iron Man 2.0 Vol. 1: Palmer Addley Is Dead – A Book With Multiple Plot Disorder

I happened across Iron Man 2.0 Vol. 1: Palmer Addley Is Dead at the library and thought I’d give it a go. I’d given the monthly version a look, but it hadn’t held my attention. Sometimes, a comic reads better as a book and I’ve enjoyed Nick Spencer’s T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents and Infinite Vacation.

Filed Under: Big Two Comics, Culture, Graphic Novels, Marvel, Reviews

Grant Morrison's (Original) Avengers – Looking Back at the Steed And Mrs. Peel Re-Issue

12/03/2011 7:00 am by Todd Allen

Grant Morrison's (Original) Avengers – Looking Back at the Steed And Mrs. Peel Re-Issue

By Todd Allen A couple weeks back, BOOM! issued a “visual press release” about Grant Morrison’s and Ian Gibson’s “Steed and Mrs. Peel.”  This caused a bit of a stir as it seems a fair number of Morrison fans weren’t aware of this little gem from the early 90s.  A couple of days ago, I […]

Filed Under: Culture, Reviews

Tales of the Batman: Gene Colan – The Difference Between an Art Book and a Graphic Novel

12/01/2011 10:17 pm by Todd Allen

By Todd Allen Back in August, DC released the “TALES OF BATMAN: GENE COLAN VOL. 1” hardcover book. This book reprints Batman #340, 343-345, 348-351 and Detective Comics #510, 512, 517, 528 and 529. As we see a trend towards naming collections of a title by the creator(s),we come across a little glitch.  When collecting […]

Filed Under: Big Two Comics, Books, Comics, DC, Graphic Novels, Reviews

The Muppets (Movie) Review

11/29/2011 3:58 pm by Todd Allen

The Muppets (Movie) Review

While Twilight-mania lapped it at the box office over the holiday weekend, The Muppets relaunched their film career. “The Muppets” (As opposed to “The Muppet Movie”) is a little bit of a departure from previous Muppets flicks in a number of ways. First off, the classic Muppets were not the main characters of the story. It was a very self-referential film, filled with in-jokes for adults who grew up with the franchise. It had more political overtones than one would expect from the Muppets. It also was a lot of fun.

Filed Under: Movies, Reviews

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