Stuff We Like This Week: August 14 Edition
Aug 14
In an effort to combat our occasional…okay, okay, near-constant negativity, we give you a regular feature full of nothing but love — Stuff We Like This Week. Appearing every Friday, SWLTW will recap the things that have set our little nerdly hearts aflame within the past seven days.
Letters From Marvel
Aug 13As a follow-up to yesterday’s post on Mark Gruenwald, here’s a few pics of the package I received from Marvel Comics back in 1992 to thank me for writing a letter to Quasar.
The envelope in which it arrived, featuring an awesome Spidey address label.
Remembering Mark Gruenwald
Aug 12Tom Brevoort has a great blog post up in memory of Mark Gruenwald and Mike Wieringo, two terrific comic book talents who passed away on this day. Tom shares a terrific piece Mark wrote for Marvel Age in which he shared 168 observations about himself and life.
I miss Ringo every time I see his artwork; he had already executed legendary runs on Flash and Fantastic Four, and it aches to think of the legendary runs-to-come that we’ll never get to see. Plus, he seemed like an awesome guy and so I mourn for those who knew him well and miss him.
Whether directly or indirectly, Mark Gruenwald played a small role in the early growth of my comics fandom, so I miss him even more.
Stuff We Like This Week: August 7 Edition
Aug 07
In an effort to combat our occasional…okay, okay, near-constant negativity, we give you a regular feature full of nothing but love — Stuff We Like This Week. Appearing every Friday, SWLTW will recap the things that have set our little nerdly hearts aflame within the past seven days.
Starship Porn
Aug 06
One of the many small reasons I loved the new Star Trek movie was that it upheld a grand Trek tradition: Starship porn.
Pretty much every Trek movie (and definitely all the good ones) have featured lusty FX shots of the Enterprise. Whether the ship is standing still in drydock or cruising the Mutara Nebula, it always looks so damn…HOT. The camera lovingly caresses its nacelles, lingers longingly over its saucer, and frequently takes her from behind as she jumps into warp speed.
The best starship porn is accompanied by memorable music. Pretty much all the big guns of film score composition have had their spaceship porn moment. From Giacchino to Goldsmith, here’s a few of my favorites.
