In the summer of 1989 I was sitting in my room, with pad and a pen, writing out what I had hoped would be the greatest piece of G.I. Joe fiction ever.  After two paragraphs I got bored. So unfortunately that book was never written.  Now I don’t have to worry about trying to write a...

Earlier this week it was announced that Warner Brothers was proceeding with pre-pre-production on a new Buffy the Vampire Slayer film WITHOUT Joss Whedon. Given my love of the tv series and current comic series, my reaction of “Urgh!” is probably pretty predictable at this point. While...

So after our podcast this week, a listener wrote to me talking about how he was thinking about why the Iron Man comic hasn’t really translated into huge sales, given the enormous success of the movies. Ian Warren writes: The comic itself was further ostracizing. The movie “Iron Man”...

Another week and a ton of comic stuff to go over from the last time I did a grab bag column. For those of you who haven’t read one of my grab bags, I basically pick a few things and rant them. Ed Norton out as the Hulk Honestly, I’m a bit surprised how this went down. I’ve...

Welcome back loyal readers, I hope my adventures were enough to keep you satisfied until my regular column returned this week.  This week we’re going to do a grab bag and a few reviews.  I guess we should start at some sad news first. It seems the story of Steve Perry is ending rather...

You ever wake up one day and realize how much you like a someone’s work? About a month ago, I happened upon a documentary about Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers called Runnin’ Down a Dream. Great doc by Peter Bogdanovitch. Having nothing else to watch, I tuned in and it started...