Actor Ron Silver has passed away at the age of 62 after a two-year battle with esophageal cancer. Ron had many dramatic roles, but my favorite was always his playing the bad guy (as Ron Silver, an actor who was also the head of N.A.S.A.) on Ben Stiller’s aborted TV Series “Heat Vision and Jack.”…
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Musings on the Comics Code Authority
As I said a few days ago, I’ve been making my way through the “Showcase presents: House of Mystery” book. A few of the stories lose something when rendered in black and white, such as those dependent upon color to make their point. But that’s a nitpick. One thing that struck me as odd was…
Hey, look! It’s J’onn J’onzz waving to us!
Google Mars now lets you look at the Red Planet. This sounds awesome. I’ll give it a try as soon as I up my new Qwest DSL to a tolerable speed. (I’ve apparently been enrolled at the “beats (barely) dial-up” level.
Fanzing.com is back up
For a long time, Fanzing.com was not functioning properly due to the recent shifting around of the sites. Tonight, I re-coded the page template and it is now functioning. Improvements to come, certainly, but for now at least you can do all the basics like browsing the archives and reading back-issues.
Showcase: House of Mystery
I’ve been making my way through all of the Trade Paperbacks that I stocked up on when Jimmy Jams closed. (For you newcomers: My local comic shop closed in September of last year and I haven’t bought any new comics since then.) I was reading through the second volume of The House of Mystery and…
Hitler was pro-squid
Hitler finds out about the changed ending to the Watchmen. Content warning: this video has a lot of profanity, which is why I’m linking it instead of embedding it. My favorite parts:
Watchmen: First thoughts review
I’m sure I can put together a lengthier, more thoughtful review when I’ve had time to reflect on it, but this is my initial take after leaving the theater: The special effects are great… …and that about says it all when it comes to Hollywood’s adaptation of a book that is mostly conversations. Spoilers ahead;…
Tune in “tomorrow”?
Just so there’s no misunderstanding: I ended the podcast with the Batman announcer saying “tune in tomorrow”, but it will be a day or two before the next podcast. I still haven’t resolved the microphone problem. Plus, I’m going to a midnight showing of Watchmen, and I’ll be posting my review after that. Probably a…
Podcast 1: Batman Movies, part 1
Our first podcast, sponsored by TooManyLongboxes.com. Erik Burnham and I discuss the Batman movies from the serials to the Adam West era. This was an experiment and the sound is a bit mediocre. My apologies to Erik that this took over a month to edit and post. The next one, needless to say, will be…
To celebrate the Batman movies podcast…
Enjoy the Top 23 Pitfalls of Owning a Real Batmobile.