Author: thehutch

  • My wife, the detective

    Some of you may not know about the recent controversy over James Frey’s book “A Million Little Pieces.” It’s supposedly a dramatized account of his history of drug abuse and alcoholism and his stay at a Minnesota drug treatment facility (obviously meant to be Hazelden).

  • Okay…maybe it CAN work as a live action movie

    Transformers Movie Test Footage Is this real or not? UPDATE: No. But it looks cool anyway.

  • Oh, it’s on

    Narnia sequel is on That’s right. It’s on. Despite what Mr. Marsh says.

  • Ultimate showdown

    This is a fun song (but disturbing) with PG-13 animation about the ultimate showdown between everyone in pop culture.

  • I say, Carruthers, “Witchblade” #79 is a smashing treat!

    If your exclusive hunting lodge needs a fine cherrywood storage system for the protection of members’ comic books, then Stan Pike’s Comic Book Storage Cabinets is for you. At $200 per one-foot drawer, one will want to discriminate as to which fine comics get stored. (Actually, you won’t want FINE, you’ll want to restrict it…

  • Kirkman: You probably suck

    Robert Kirkman’s advice on breaking into comics is harsh, funny and very true: YOU PROBABLY SUCK.

  • Farewell to Randy Lander

    Randy Lander has stepped down from comic reviewing at the Fourth Rail. As someone who made a similar decision three years ago, I totally understand where he’s coming from and wish him the best. (Hat tip: Augie De Blieck Jr.’s Pipeline column)

  • Always a great phrase to read:

    “I agree with Michael Hutchison.” Sweet! That was in the comments section below mine in a discussion of an early review of V For Vendetta.

  • Required reading from the Battlestar Galactica guy

    I’m sure many of you are Battlestar Galactica fans, but I’ve never watched the show so I don’t talk about it here. Sorry about that. Maybe this will make up for it: Ron Moore, creator of Battlestar Galactica, gives his top five sci-fi books. I’ve only read “Stranger In A Strange Land” and I hated…

  • Vote for Scott Rogers!

    Scott Rogers of Shooting Star Comics has made it past the first round of Sony’s Silent Hill Poster Contest and he needs your votes! Just click on that link and then hit the button above his poster. Thanks for your support!