Comics: Nemesis #1 Review by Optimus Douche
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NEMESIS finally helped me crack the Millar Conundrum; that puzzling ability he has to polarize the comic book community into almost equal sized camps of blind-rage and gushing-adoration for his work. Millar is essentially the Michael Bay of comic writers. And I don’t mean that as an insult. He …
Comics: Olympus Vol. 1, Reviewed by Tim Hershey
Olympus vol. 1, by Nathan Edmondson & Christian Ward, Image Comics
I chose Olympus because of my interest in Mythology. I heard good things about it, and knew the story was based around Castor and Pollux, and their “bounty-hunter” careers. I had no idea how Edmondson wrote or how Ward drew, so it was completely brand new …
Weekly Web-Up: Amazing Spider-Man # 626
Greetings to all our fellow Tards out there! It’s time for the latest installment of the “Weekly Web-Up” with JD and Master Filmmaker Mark Mackner! Read on, True Believers!
Mark:
The Gauntlet continues! Last week saw the release of that instant-classic Rhino vs. Rhino story, and now we have this standalone story. …
The Blind Side of the Oscars
Well, in my quest to see all of the top 10 nominations for best picture I watched “The Blind Side”. This was a fun feel good movie, but apparently the Oscars felt bad because Sandra Bullock has never won for Best Actress. She wasn’t horrible, but she wasn’t outstanding.
The Blind Side was a 7.5 out of 10. This movie …
Comic Review: The Anchor
Reviewed by Tim Hershey:
The Anchor vol. 1, by Phil Hester & Brian Churilla, BOOM Studios
OK, I was really excited about this book. The marketing made it sound cool: “God’s Own Leg-Breaker!” I’m ready for pseudo-religious ass-kicking, mixed with some mythology. The promotional images were reminiscent of Mignola’s Hellboy! This was going to be a great read, with great visuals!
Wow. …
Up in the Air Review
So I have been on a mission to watch all of the movies that were on the Oscar’s Best Movies of 2009 Nominees list. So far I have seen 6 out of the 10. In this case I enjoyed the interesting movie that is “Up in the Air.”
In this film we go on a ride of one man’s …
Weekly Web-up: Amazing Spider-Man #625
Amazing Spider-Man 625
Writer: Joe Kelly
Artists: Max Fiumara
Colors: Fabio D’Auria
JD
Hey there Spider-philes, JD and MasterFilmMakerMarkMackner back again for this weeks Web-Up. More Gauntlet going on, this time returning to the Rhino Vs Rhino storyline from a couple issues back. As you’ll recall, unless you’re really bad at recalling things, the Old Rhino (Aleksei Sytsevich) has fallen in love and given …
