Comic Book Review: Simpsons Comics Confidential published by Matt Groening The Simpsons started as a number of short cartoons shown on The Tracy Ullman show in 1987. A dysfunctional family partially named after creator Matt Groening’s own family, they were popular enough to spin off into their own prime time series in 1989. It was… Continue reading Comic Book Review: Simpsons Comics Confidential
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Movie Review: The Batman Superman Movie: World’s Finest
Movie Review: The Batman Superman Movie: World’s Finest (1997) directed by Toshihiko Masuda In Gotham City, the Joker (Mark Hamill) and Harley Quinn (Arlene Sorkin) steal a jade dragon. Based on fragments left behind, Batman suspects he knows where the Clown Prince of Crime is headed. As it so happens, Bruce Wayne has business in Metropolis;… Continue reading Movie Review: The Batman Superman Movie: World’s Finest
Webtoon Review: Stretch Armstrong and the Flex Fighters
Webtoon Review: Stretch Armstrong and the Flex Fighters In the near future of Charter City, the metropolis has been largely transformed by the innovations of tech billionaire Jonathan Rook. Rook Unlimited supplies the maglev trains, communications devices and security systems the city uses, and even sponsors a top high school. But within the city lurks… Continue reading Webtoon Review: Stretch Armstrong and the Flex Fighters
Comic Book Review: Green Lantern: Legacy
Comic Book Review: Green Lantern: Legacy Author Minh Le, Illustrator Andie Tong Three generations live in the cramped apartment above the Jade Market. Tai Pham is okay with this. He loves his parents and especially his grandmother Kim Tran, who founded this neighborhood store when she and his grandfather came to America from Vietnam. But… Continue reading Comic Book Review: Green Lantern: Legacy
Movie Review: Sgt. Kabukiman N.Y.P.D
Movie Review: Sgt. Kabukiman N.Y.P.D. (1990) directed by Michael Herz Every thousand years, there is a certain celestial conjunction known as “the Dragon Dances Through the Hoop of Jupiter.” If certain events happen at the same time on Earth, the being known as the Evil One will attain immortality and be able to rule the world.… Continue reading Movie Review: Sgt. Kabukiman N.Y.P.D
Magazine Review: The Shadow #60: Prince of Evil | Messenger of Death | Room 1313
Magazine Review: The Shadow #60: Prince of Evil | Messenger of Death | Room 1313 edited by Anthony Tollin There were multiple authors who operated under the house name Maxwell Grant to write the pulp magazine Shadow stories. This volume of Shadow reprints features three of them and is an interesting study in compare and… Continue reading Magazine Review: The Shadow #60: Prince of Evil | Messenger of Death | Room 1313