Lobo co-creator Roger Slifer in critical condition after hit-and-run
Veteran comics writer Roger Slifer is fighting for his life after being struck by a hit-and-run driver in Santa Monica, CA. it’s being reported on Twitter and elsewhere. Best known as the co-creator...
View ArticleMIKE GOLD: Marvel Comics – Anybody Remember These Guys?
Fickle little bastards that we are, most of the hubbub around the American comics world has been revolving around DC’s New 52. Is it any good? Are any any good? Which ones really suck? Which title has...
View ArticleMarc Alan Fishman: Help! I’m A Marvel Zombie!
Seriously, it happened so slowly, I never saw it coming. It’s long been a fact: Marc Alan Fishman is a card carrying member of the DC Nation. But then, something changed. Flashpoint was one...
View ArticleMarc Alan Fishman: The Top 5 Comics I’d Like To See
In an effort anger the Internet – and save me the time of writing too much – I figured this week I’d take a trip into Fantasy Land. Here is a list, simple and to-the-point, of five books I’d love to...
View ArticleMarc Alan Fishman: Fantastically Phoning It In
As I write this, my Bears are presently phoning in a performance so bad I’m opting to write my article instead. The game is on, yes. But, frankly, I’m not even paying attention. I guess I owe my...
View ArticleNetflix Commissions 4 Marvel Series Leading to The Defenders
Marvel’s cinematic Avengers will be joined on the smaller screen by The Defenders, the culmination of four series just commissioned by Netflix. Luke Cage, Daredevil, Jessica Jones, and Iron Fist were...
View ArticleMike Gold: It’s Not Your Father’s Boob Tube Anymore
It just started to snow out here in the Atlantic Northeast. I got the mandatory robo-call from our mayor telling us the world is coming to its end. There’s just enough white stuff on the ground for a...
View ArticleJohn Ostrander: Television – Coming, Going, and Staying
The word is getting out on the end of this TV season and what’s coming for the start of the next. A lot of the shows, hit or miss, are not things that I watch. Some of them are very good shows – or so...
View ArticleREVIEW: How to Train Your Dragon
When your children grow up and leave home, one of the regrets is that until they give you grandchildren, you have little excuse to go see the fun family films that keep rolling out. As a result, I...
View ArticleReview: Marc Alan Fishman’s Snarky Synopsis – Ultimate FF #2
Written by Joshua Hale Fialkov. Art by Tom Grummett, Mario Guevara, Juan Vlaskco, Scott Hanna, Mark Pennington, Jay Leisten and Rachelle Rosenberg. Once I adopted Eric Larsen’s creed of “all issues...
View ArticleMike Gold: Television Is The New Comic Book
As comics and popular culture fans we’ve got a hell of a year ahead of us, and this time it’s in front of our friendly neighborhood teevee sets. As you know, Arrow and Agents of SHIELD were picked up...
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