August 2010
6 posts
Committed: Guy Delisle's Burma Chronicles
After a couple of months I finally finished reading Guy Delisle’s Burma Chronicles. Usually a fast reader, I could excuse myself because I was reading a few different things at once, but if I’m completely honest I have to admit that I was hoarding it, keeping this strangely mellow, deep book for the late nights to comfort and enrich. Now that it’s over, I feel a bit lost.
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Committed: Batman XXX Movie Review
This week I prove how committed I am to comic books. I am going above and beyond for you and reviewing the Batman porn parody film Batman XXX with the critical eye of a comic book reader.
Not the sexiest incarnation of Batman, this is a pornographic version of the 1960’s TV Batman TV series, not the Christian Bale/Heath Ledger/Gary Oldman/Aaron Eckhart man-totty fest of a Batman movie...
Comic-Con International: BOOM Kids! Muppets Focus...
Roger Langridge and Mark Waid pose for a post-panel photo
Sunday at Comic-Con International in San Diego is traditionally Kids Day, so CBR started the day at a very kid-friendly panel, BOOM Kids! “The Muppet Show” focus featuring the author and artist himself, Roger Langridge.
Mark Waid opened the proceedings by apologizing for the panel’s delayed start, but he had...
Comic-Con International: DC's Event Horizon Panel
DC’s most hardcore fans packed in for their panel at Comic-Con
Senior Story Editor Ian Sattler moderated the Saturday afternoon panel of DC Comics creators at Comic-Con International in San Diego featuring Judd Winnick, Aaron Lopresti, Nick Spencer, Gail Simone, James Robinson, J.T. Krul and J. Michael Straczynski.
The crowd was expecting big things regarding the futuree of the DC ...
Comic-Con International: DC Comic Writers Unite!
James Robinson at the DC Writers Unite! panel
About half an hour before the Thursday morning DC writers panel at Comic-Con International in San Diego began, James Robinson and Gail Simone arrived on stage. Their conversation could just be heard as he looked over the crowd and said to Gail “I didn’t think there’d be anyone here…” How wrong he was. For an...
Committed: SDCC 2010 (2 of 2) - Cosplay, Muppets &...
Last week I wrote about the last few hours at Comic-Con International, and how much artistic love got packed into those last precious hours in San Diego. This week I want to give you the rundown on the crazy day-to-day experience of the convention, and a of the few odd events which made the days so rich.
The best way to start a working Comic-Con has to be with a mellow little party on the...
