Welcome To My Queue: JAWS, GRIMM S.1, ONCE UPON A TIME S.1, LOCKOUT and More!
I'll be furiously watching and writing this weekend as I continue to play catch-up. After the jump check out reviews for a bunch of great and a few not so great releases. Fire up your queues and...
View ArticleThe Comic Drawer: AT THE MOUNTAINS OF MADNESS
I don’t know much when it comes to literature by H.P. Lovecraft. Sure, I know a little about it with the whole Cthulhu and Necronomicon stuff, but that is more from popular culture that references the...
View ArticleWTF FRIDAY: Here's An Upsetting Video To Start Your Weekend With
I'm tired and have very little energy left so let's just agree that this video is a nice stopping point to end our week on shall we? I'd like to tell you that it's enjoyable but it isn't. In fact,...
View ArticleWHAT DO YOU GET WHEN YOU COMBINE Some 'Half-Life' Crossbow Action With the...
It's Monday and I don't know about you but I could always start my work week off with a nice heaping spoonful of rage and chaos. And thank goodness there's a video that embodies all the goriness and...
View ArticleSearch Results BOOK REPORT: Book News For The Week of August 26th, 2012
Rowling-Patchett Event J. K. Rowling will be making her only US visit on October 16th in New York to promote her new adult book, The Casual Vacancy, in conversation with author Ann Patchett. The...
View ArticlePUT A SLEEPER HOLD ON YOUR BEER With This Luchador Bottle Opener
There is nothing more awesome in life than handing your friends a novelty bottle opener and watching their face as they reconsider your coolness (this happens right?). In fact, I'm pretty sure that...
View ArticleDamning with Faint Praise: HONDO
This 1953 Western is 86% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes, where 74% of the audience report liking it. It’s a bit too old to have a Metacritic score, but it’s relevant today because it’s been digitally...
View ArticleWHEN SCIENCE AND CYPRESS HILL MEET You Get Insane In the Chromatophores...
This is a squid getting jiggy with it Okay, so this here is a science experiment conducted by some really high scientists who obviously spent an entire night in the lab, smoking some chronic, and...
View ArticleJimmy Cliff's Glorious REBIRTH
It's been a really good year for album releases by music legends. There have been great albums turned out by the usually reliable: Neil Young and Crazy Horse, Americana, Patti Smith, Bhangra, Air, La...
View ArticleIF YOU ARE ABOUT TO ENTER COLLEGE, Here's A Few Words of Wisdom
Not to be confused for reality Hello college freshman who are filled with anticipation, I just want to welcome you to a new stage of life where a good chunk of you will experience the wonders of...
View ArticleThe Pull List: THE FLASH #12, BATMAN INCORPORATED #3, THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN...
Check out what I checked out this week. Whether the comics are inspiring or disappointing, I read them all. Welcome to The Pull List. And, as always...Spoilers ahead! The Amazing Spider-Man #692 (Pick...
View ArticleHELP SAVE KARL KESEL'S COMIC COLLECTION From Being Sold To Pay For Healthcare...
If you came of age in the late 80s/90s and read any comics at all, then the name Karl Kesel means something to you. The writer/inker demi-god (at least in my perspective) was delicious staple food...
View ArticleDVD/BD NEWS; BBC America Announces COPPER
COPPER BBC AMERICA’S FIRST ORIGINAL DRAMA BECOMES THE CHANNEL’S HIGHEST RATED SERIES PREMIERE EVER COMING TO BLU-RAY AND DVD OCTOBER 30 “**** COPPER shines bright” – New York Daily News “BBC AMERICA's...
View ArticleCOMIC NEWS: MADEFIRE Announces Three New Titles; Ben Abernathy Joins As Editor
Madefire Heats Up iPads With Launch of Weekly Digital Comics; DC Digital Editor Joins Storytelling Team Weekly Release of All New Motion Books Fires Up With Three All New Titles and Four New Episodes;...
View ArticlePLAY WITH MY CROTCH: The Etch-A-Sketch Belt Buckle Makes It Easy To Interact...
I wish I had this belt buckle back when I was in the heyday of my clubbing years because it would have made my pick-up line to gentlemen a bit less awkward (the line: "Wanna Touch It?"). Alas, I'm no...
View ArticleZACK ATTACK! "Save The Frogs"
The 1990s were a very interesting time for television, when the boundaries of content were tested and the role of the protagonist was redefined as never before. As part of a semi-regular feature here...
View ArticleBILL WEARING SOCKS: A Video Tribute to Bill Murray And His Many Iconic...
As video thank you cards go, this one is far less upsetting than most that I have seen. In fact, I do believe that artist Niege Borges has created one of the cutest and least stalkerish "Hey I Love...
View ArticleTo Reboot or Not to Reboot — Judging the DCnU One Year Later
Change is a constant in comic books. Costumes, codenames, writers, artists, even mission statements—they’re all subject to change as the industry marches on. But in September 2011, DC Comics did...
View ArticleECSTATIC BACON LOVER GOES NUTS For Burger King's Bacon Sundae
I don't know whether or not this woman was paid by BK to sit in various restaurants and have an orgasm over their disgusting concoction of ice cream and bacon, but if she is, bravo Burger King. And if...
View ArticleJupiter Tango
With the recent hubbub over NASA’s Curiosity roving and zapping the landscape of Mars, I thought it was high time to give a shout-out to the red planet’s neglected outer neighbor, Jupiter. Frankly,...
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