Avatar Korra, We Await Thee!
Wall street journal article: http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2010/07/21/legend-of-korra-the-creators-of-avatar-the-last-airbender-on-the-new-spinoff/
Iron Man 2
I liked Iron Man 2. It was like nerds duking it out in real battlesuits and not in Halo. But I probably need to start by saying: I am also a shameless blockbuster movie fan. Six years of studying literature in academia and I still have no qualms about punting a declared modern classic of [...]
Scott Pilgrim vs The World
I’m not a big fan of Scot Pilgrim (I hate the crappy art so flag me as shallow), but this looks like it might be fun to see:
Water Tribe FTW
The decision to make the trip to APE (Alternative Press Expo) in San Francisco this year was totally spur-of-the-moment, but worked out much better than the soggy, rain-ladden venture we made last year. Plenty of sunshine and a great parking spot made a great start, and I found both a Catbutt City mug as well [...]
Black and White (A Comic? Novel?)
One of my favorite new things to do in the last 2 years at Comic Con is to visit all of the book publisher booths, like Penguin and Del Rey, and pickup full-on copies of all of their most recent sci-fi/fantasy/superhero/horror books that they’re promoting by giving away for free. Seriously, some of the best [...]
Quick Thoughts on Watchmen
Bear in mind, I loved the dystopic, chaotic, anarchistic, angry, four-toned panels of the original comic, so my opinion about a shiny, flashy, high-res, and slow-mo studded movie is bound to be reserved. I didn’t want to walk into another Wanted experience, so I deliberately set my standards low, low, low for the Watchmen movie. [...]