Monthly Archives: August 2016

More Image comics I enjoy

If you love Science Fiction, I highly recommend Image. There’s more to them than The Walking Dead and creator-owned superheroes…I think they’ve scaled back on the latter. Below are my overdue plugs I promised two years ago. Rick Remender (Black Science) … Continue reading

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Two new crossover comics for the Summer of ’16

It’s always exciting to see favorite characters from different owners/licensees get together! Judge Dredd works on numerous levels despite many people forgetting that it’s mostly a British parody of America’s love of violence: Dirty Harry and other unhinged, plays-by-his-own-rules cop. IDW … Continue reading

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RIP Kenny Baker

The little man inside the R2-D2 “suit” passed away today. I think he also played an Ewok in Return whenever the lovable astromech wasn’t around. Besides Star Wars, he was one of the dimensional-hopping thieves in Time Bandits and probably some alien in Flash Gordon.

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The Secret Life of Pets: Rental at best

Universal tries to do something other than another Minions or Despicable Me sequel and it’s a mediocre Toy Story ripoff with animals instead of toys. I guess they were counting on Louis CK and Kevin Hart to carry this stinkburger through. How is it Toy … Continue reading

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A Zamboni® to resurface my desk!

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Inaugural X-Wing game at Rogues Gallery

I participated in what I hope will be one of many X-Wing battles at my comic book store. It was also an opportunity to break in the new gaming mat Matthew and Kawika bought me as a cheer-up gift. I … Continue reading

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RIP Jack Davis

My last delayed Obit, I promise. MAD magazine wouldn’t be the same without Jack. He had a great eye for accuracy and caricature. In many ways, his style brought out the humor and absurdity in what the magazine was parodying. … Continue reading

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“Weird Al” is my co-pilot!

A recently released action figure who comes with two heads; his pre-1999 look and his current look; one interchangeable hand; to hold a microphone instead. I currently have him sitting on my work server to keep it company while I’m … Continue reading

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RIP Jerry Doyle

It’s sad how all the Babylon 5 actors are dying off so quickly. By my count, about half of the principle cast is gone which rules out any real reunion. For a long time Jerry played a favorite, the cynical yet … Continue reading

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Finding Dory: Worth Seeing

It’s not quite Inside/Out but this Pixar sequel is far superior to Monsters U and the orifice gouging Cars 2. I’m still bummed the studio plans to churn out sequels (Toy Story 4 and Incredibles 2) yet they pulled through on Dory. A year has passed … Continue reading

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RIP Garry Marshall

Another posthumous obituary to a person who helped ABC TV dominate in the Seventies with Happy Days, Laverne & Shirley and Mork & Mindy. Of course a younger generation recalls him for directing the awful “modern” My Fair Lady flick Pretty Woman which made Julia Roberts … Continue reading

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Universal comparison

Makes you think how small our world is and how immense the multiverse is theoretically given we can only “see” back about 13 billion years and change.

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Running back on track!

It has been a long-time coming too. Exercise does help me feel better yet it kept being put off while I was recovering. When I returned to work, I took things in baby steps (and still am) by getting to … Continue reading

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RIP Darwyn Cooke

This tremendous talent passed away in May but I didn’t want to ignore Darwyn so he’s my initial obituary entry for catching up while I was out sick. Darwyn had a distinctive style which most people recognize via his masterpiece mini-series The … Continue reading

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This month’s header, DS9 final

No luck finding a picture of the seventh season’s cast that was wide enough for the header but I think I made a good try. Not sure why the hell a space station would need a counselor when they’re orbiting … Continue reading

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