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Tag Archives: Heroes
In Which, I Fix Skyline’s Ending
Saw Skyline. It’s a fun movie with some very cool aliens and great action. Sadly, it’s ending is stupid. Or rather, it’s non-ending. I get that everything is about franchises and sequels at this point, but there’s a difference between leaving room for a sequel and refusing to end your story at a satisfying point. [...]
Posted in Blog Also tagged Alien Spaceship, Alien Warrior, Aliens, Bad Guys, Chase, City Streets, Franchises, Human Brain, Human Consciousness, Human Survivors, Hybrid, Hybrids, Pregnant Wife, Protagonists, Ragtag Group, Sequel, Sequels, Skyline, Spoiler 19 Comments
Beasts of Burden (a comic you SHOULD buy)
It’s all too easy for me to bemoan the choices of the modern comic book publishers, but sometimes, it’s easy to find something to recommend. Something so original, so interesting, so well executed that it deserves every bit of exposure it can get. And since I’m a semi-public figure with a modicum of cultural influence, [...]
Posted in Blog Also tagged Animal Adventures, Balancing Act, Beasts Of Burden, Benji, Body Language, Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Comic Book Publishers, Comic Publishers, Conceit, Darkhorse Comics, Demon, Emotions, Expressions, Frogs, Glint, Intrigue, Mini Series, Modicum, Weirdness Leave a comment
Fixing Comics (some friendly suggestions)
Hi-dee-ho, superfriends. Here’s a list of things I’d like to throw out there to the powers-that-be in the comic book publishing world. It’s a list of challenges. Does anyone care what this humble novelologist has to say about the comic book world? Probably not. But it’s something I had on my mind and just thought [...]
Posted in Blog, Comic Books Also tagged Assholes, Change Of Pace, Cheap Gimmick, Comic Book Fan, Comic Book Publishing, Comic Book World, Comic Books, Dee, Few Minutes, Good Guys, Hero, Manifesto, Marvel Universe, Noble Ideals, Punisher, Stranger, Universes, Witness, Wolverine Leave a comment
Get Real (or Don’t)