Ian DeLaurentis
Oh My God, They Killed Cap…!!!
Why?
Why kill Captain America? What did he ever do to you? He fought Nazis. He fought terrorists. He led the Avengers. And most importantly - he stood for something in the Marvel Universe. And now he's dead. Or at least as dead as one can get in a world where Bucky and Captain Marvel - the two most dead heroes ever - are among the living...
Frank Miller’s “300” Movie Marches into Battle
So I saw "300" last night...
While I was waiting for the movie to start I remembered that I'd only read the original series as monthly comics back when they were first coming out and I never re-read the hardcover. The more I thought about it, the more I realized that I didn't recall a whole lot about the story...
Marvel’s Misguided Storyteller?
The always interesting weekly gossip column "Lying in the Gutters" had an item today that addressed something that's been bugging me lately - Marvel's continuity, or lack thereof.
Take a look:
Gossip reaches me that Marvel have created their own "get out of jail free" card for whatever continuity issues or interminable plot dead ends they find themselves in the future...
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Batman Adventures: School Days
I was nowhere near Arizona yesterday. Honest.
According to an Associated Press story:
Three schools in the north Phoenix suburb of Cave Creek were on lockdown for about 45 minutes Wednesday morning after a student at Desert Arroyo Middle School reported seeing a person dressed as Batman run across campus, jump a fence and disappear into the desert, Scottsdale police Sgt...
Ten Best Comics for Non-Comics Readers
Over the last couple weeks I've had several different people ask me to recommend a list of "suggested reading" for friends of theirs who wanted to get into comics. The question of "what comics to give people who don't read comics" is one of my personal soapbox issues...