Review: Batman & Robin #1
OnCover of Batman and Robin, Vol. 1: Batman Reborn [Purchase Comic] While I’m a comics geek, I’m typically one of those folks who likes to wait for the trade. No ads, and you get to read everything all in a chunk; instant…
Real Bad Things (HBO’s “True Blood” Season One On DVD)
On[Purchase DVD] Each episode hits the ground running, taking up the action at the exact point where the previous episode left off. Neither character, nor viewer, is allowed even a moment to orient themself, or to find a safe perch, psychically speaking….
Gravity's Rainbow, 200-350pp., Matt's Take
OnYay, we’re back on with this! Ben said he was gonna post an essay he’d been working on, but I guess he got waylaid by work or something, so he didn’t. But the fact remains that he TOTALLY SOLD ME OUT in…
Comic Review: Zot!
OnCover via Amazon [Purchase Book] I’m not sure where comic-critical reception is on Scott McCloud, creator of Understanding Comics, Reinventing Comics and Making Comics, but I’ve gotta say that I liked, well, at least the first two of those (still haven’t read…
Katzenjammer!
OnI JUST came across an awesome new song. Or, rather, new to me — it originally came out in Norway in 2008, I guess, but never came out in the US (and hopefully that is fixing to change). It’s called “Demon Kitty…
An Unpopular Proposal
OnWalking downtown, I noticed that gas prices are on the rise again — a few days ago they were around $2.63 a gallon, and now they’re around $2.75. (I’m sure our European readers are weeping in sympathy for us.) While they’re still…
Interview: Harry Partridge
OnHarry Partridge is the writer, artist, animator, composer, voice actor and just about everything else behind Happy Harry Toons.
An Open Letter to Lady Gaga
OnImage via Wikipedia I’ve just finished watching the new Lady Gaga video, “Paparazzi,” and I am sort of nonplussed about all of the attention she has been getting from all of the blogs, especially Perez Hilton (who I am NOT a fan…
Gravity’s Rainbow, 150-200pp., Matt’s Take
OnAnd with this one, we go into what is, for me, brand new territory. The Leni Pökler flashback (more on that in a bit) is about where I lost the plot (pardon the pun) and ended up putting it down and reading…