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Julius Schwartz, R.I.P.
He was the man who created the comic book Silver Age almost single-handed. He’s responsible for the Silver Age Flash, Green Lantern, Justice League of America and more of DC’s greatest characters than you can shake a dozen sticks at. He also worked as an editor of science fiction before switching to comics. And now…
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There’s a Dr. Who Cartoon??????
Why has no one told me this? A Dr. Who animated cartoon show! Who do I have to sleep with to see this?
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Just to irritate a certain contributor…
I’m stealing this from Josh, who posted this on his weblog but not here (yet), because I really want to irritate Eric Spratling. It’s an argument from a commentator at the UK Telegraph that Lord of the Rings is one of our greatest works of art ever. Eric isn’t exactly a fan of Peter Jackson’s…
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Just a follow-up on Mars stuff below
When I was passing along the links to articles about Mars exploration, I meant to include Dr. Buzz Aldrin’s “cyclers” proposal. All I knew about Buzz Aldrin was that he was the second man on the moon and he was once on the Simpsons. I didn’t know that he was a doctor, a designer, a…
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ROTK DVD comes out much earlier
ROTK DVD in May The Return of the King DVD will be out in May, since there is no reason to hold it until fall to hype the next installment. The extended version will be out in September, not November…but that’s still quite a wait. (I’m sure it can’t be moved up because they’re still…
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Fifteen franchises for Marvel?
I’m getting old. I still remember when Marvel movies meant the most god-awful straight-to-video crap (Captain America, The Punisher with Dolph Lundgren, the never-shown Fantastic Four). Then X-Men finally turned things around, followed by Spider-Man and, in some respects, Hulk. Now the word is that Marvel wants to have 15 ongoing movie franchises! Meanwhile, DC…
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Funniest thing in ages
While I dig around for some comic book news, entertain yourselves with The 213 Things Skippy is No Longer Allowed to Do in the U.S. Army
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For Comic fans in Merry Ol’
Just passing along word of the UK Web Comix Thing 2004 that is being held on March 20th.
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An appropriate interview
Now, this is smart. We’re exploring Mars. We’re talking about going to Mars. We’re debating what to do with the space program. And finally, someone thinks to do An Interview With Sci-Fi Legend Ray Bradbury. Brilliant! Bradbury laments that we have let 30 years go by just making orbital runs in the shuttle instead of…
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OT: Cuban engineering geniuses
It’s been ages since I posted something truly off-topic, and this story is just too cool to leave alone. Last year, there was the sad but marvelous story of a group of desperate Cubans trying to make it to America in a floating truck. Unfortunately, the Coast Guard had to return them to Cuba, and…
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