John Cho is hitting the press junkets for Harold and Kumar II: the Wrath of NPH, but of course thoughts will turn to that Other Movie he’s going, oh yeah: STAR TREK. Our new Sulu told Access Hollywood that our Fu is stronger:
I kind of became became a Star Trek fan because it was [...]
Category Archives: commentaries
Please, We Wear Uniforms, Not Costumes
April 11, 2008 – 3:37 pm
We’re DOOOOMED!
April 7, 2008 – 1:33 pm
Matt Fraction and Ed Brubaker leave the Immortal Iron Fist in the hands of Duane Swierczynski.
Now, on one hand, this shouldn’t be that big of a threat to the guy buying comics. Brubaker and Fraction get right to it when asked about what it was that made Danny Rand’s adventures such a big hit and [...]
“Ugly Boys Store”
March 28, 2008 – 4:33 pm
The above phrase should have been taken down in a statement to the police on why I had to strange a woman who came into the store with her young daughter and son. You think this kind of thing wouldn’t happen; I’m fairly obviously a female behind the counter of a comic shop and so [...]
You’ve Come a Long Way, Baby
March 25, 2008 – 8:55 am
Is it just me or are the Daughters of the Dragon really cool?
And not in a ‘Any minute they might make out!’ kind of way. But in an action-adventure, kung-fu way, the kind of story that makes me wrack my brain for another example of Local Girl Does Good without particularly extravagant super-powers. Take Misty [...]
There Oughta Be a Law - Mini-Series Closure
February 14, 2008 – 12:14 am
Now, I’ll get to New Avengers in a minute, but one last thing about the New Avengers Annual. And Silent War. And X-Men: Emperor Vulcan. And I’m sure another mini-series or two that I’ve forgotten because it was really easy to when THEY DON’T END.
Silent War ended with Luna goes ot Black [...]
Credibility
January 25, 2008 – 3:10 pm
Stop it.
Stop it!
STOP!
Yikes! Did Tigra spit in Bendis’ coffee?
Now, as a service to his writing and for the sake of not making it look like a personal vendetta, here is the link to Marvel Comics’ website with the tag Women. They have a full list of other female superheroes that the Hood [...]
A Quick Chat
January 23, 2008 – 2:07 pm
Okay, this’ll be quick since I’m on a lunch break here at the ol’ comic shop as Santa Barbara gets a deluge of rain (by the by, thanks customers for braving the weather for your funny books!), but I just read Amazing Spider-Man #548 where something cool happened.
Spider-Man talked to a cabbie.
One of my favorite [...]
Whisper Words of Wisdom: Letter B
January 19, 2008 – 8:57 am
Somedays, the ol’ blog-o-net makes me want to toss my laptop from a very high cliff. Somedays, I’m trying to enjoy my funny books at the store and find myself politely nodding this this week’s blog-o-versy over what terrible thing DC is doing or how Joe Quesada slapped you like Zsa Zsa Gabor on a [...]
For Better or for Worse
January 16, 2008 – 1:25 am
When I first started working at Metro, I had this strange obession with Incredible Hulk back issues. Mostly, it was due to a good friend of mine turning me on to how utterly awesome the Peter David run was, but I think a lot of it had to do with the thrill of your first [...]
Fandignance - Harry Potter
Okay, so bear with me on this one. I’m actually not into Harry Potter in the slightest (I’m one of those jerks who shouts they read it first when it was called THE BOOKS OF MAGIC!), but their fandom is absolutely amazng. The people who adore these books have produced some of the [...]