Vader, ya dig?
Jan 29This has apparently been floating around a while, but I just saw it, and man is it funny.
More Trek Season Four
Jan 28I’m excited by this news–IDW will be publishing more Star Trek Year Four comics. I read a few of the early issues, before deciding to wait for the trade, and it’s good stuff. Solid classic Trek with surprisingly good art.
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Trek08: "Charlie X"
Jan 25“Charlie X” is an hour of Star Trek that is at turns disconcerting, self-indulgent, creepy, unsettling, uneven, and affecting.
And yet…SHATNER.
New Guardians of the Galaxy Series…but…but…
Jan 24Indulge me for a moment, if you will, as I engage in a brief bit of classic bitchy fanboy complaining.
Marvel has announced that one of the ongoing titles spinning off their latest Annihilation extravaganza will be a new Guardians of the Galaxy series.
That’s fine, I guess…but hey, what about the OLD Guardians of the Galaxy?
When We Was Fab
Jan 22I’ve recently initiated a project by which I start with “A†and move through my collection of miniseries and one-shots, reading all those I haven’t read in a while and evaluating whether or not I need to keep them or toss them in the eBay pile.
Last night I finished a four-issue prestige format miniseries from Marvel, The Adventures of Captain America, written by Fabian Nicieza and drawn (mostly) by Kevin Maguire. It came out in 1991, I believe to celebrate Cap’s 50th anniversary, and it retells Cap’s origin before spinning out into his first adventure.
First off, it’s a pretty kick-ass comic.
Second, it’s almost a perfect template for the ideal Captain America movie. It’s period, set in 1940-41, so it has an Indiana Jones kinda feel, and it’s got an epic scope built atop personal moments and character relationships.
Third, and finally, it has made me realize just how underrated Fabian Nicieza is as a writer.
