A few weeks ago, I suggested the idea of a Geek Guide to Everything, a sort of A-Z of geek interests that a young and inexperienced fan of cult fiction could use to pick up information on the things they were likely to hear about from folks with similar interests. The idea was not fondly […]

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Way back at the beginning of my time on this site, I waxed rhapsodic about ‘The Elongated Man’, but I think it’s been long enough that it’s worth repeating: The old ‘Elongated Man’ backup strips in the Silver Age ‘Flash’ comic, which have been collected in DC’s ‘Showcase Presents’ series of big black-and-white trade paperbacks, […]

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I’ll admit, I haven’t been playing nearly as many boardgames as I’d like these days; after storing up an entire wardrobe full of games for a rainy day, we’ve been in a situation for about two or three years where someone’s always working nights and/or weekends. Plus the little one is only now getting to […]

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The crowd was loud, and in orcish fashion, it was constantly teetering on the edge of a riot. Every orc jostled another orc in the tight quarters of the rocky defile, and every orc so jostled shoved and pushed right back. Even Dorral did his share of pushing and shoving; any orc who didn’t push […]

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When I said that to my wife a bit ago, she looked at me and said, “I have no idea what you mean by that.” I’m kind of assuming you feel the same way, so I’ll explain. A traditional ‘alternate universe’ story, which is something that just about every sci-fi/fantasy series gets to from time […]

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I will freely admit, it has been a long, long time since John Byrne has been the kind of potent creative force he was back in the late 70s/early 80s. I don’t know how much of that is him being out of step with current comics trends, and how much of it is him starting […]

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So here’s a question I’ve been pondering for a while now: If you were to find someone in the early stages of geekery…a “proto-geek”, if you will, with an interest in cult fiction but no knowledge of it to speak of, what would you feel like they’d need to know to develop a useful cultural […]

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When I wrote last week’s post, about how it it’s okay to form opinions on things you haven’t seen yet, and even to not change those opinions in the face of opposition from people who have seen those things, many people pointed out the perilous downside to this. Which is that, just as we have […]

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I still haven’t seen ‘Revolution’. Honestly, I don’t even know if it’s been picked up for a second season, or whether it’s going to be another one of those post-‘Lost’ series that the networks poured money into hoping to catch lightning in a bottle a second time only to see it die a quick and […]

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ROM’s been in the news lately; Hasbro filed once again for the trademark on the property, prompting speculation that we may be in for a revival of the character. Personally, I don’t care so much about seeing future adventures as I do about getting reprints; if Marvel does get the rights back, the smart thing […]

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With the purchase of Lucasfilm by Disney (which I discussed last week, of course) the Internet has gone pretty damn crazy about the possibilities of the already-announced Episode VII. Some people are even looking past that to VIII and IX, since those are virtually a given in the post-Lucas, post-Lord of the Rings cinematic landscape. […]

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For those of you who have only just discovered the Internet today, perhaps after emerging from a years-long coma, Disney bought Lucasfilm a few weeks ago. And unsurprisingly for a company that just spent four billion dollars to pick up what amounts to two worthwhile intellectual properties and the rights to ‘Willow’, they’ve said that […]

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You know, it may be hard to believe, but I don’t always want to talk about feminism in the geek community. I don’t seek out fights with angry misogynists. I’d be perfectly happy to talk about Episode VII, and why I’m looking forward to it even though I have a sneaking suspicion it’s going to […]

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Once, long long ago, Judd Winick was viewed as one of the up-and-coming young talents in the independent comics field. His first major success, the autobiographical comic ‘Pedro and Me’, was seen as touching and funny and heartwarming all at the same time, and the art was charmingly cartoonish. He followed it up with an […]

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The 2012 presidential campaign is coming down to its last few days, for those of you who have just recovered from an eighteen-month coma and have immediately decided to check out this website (and why wouldn’t you?) And for some reason, it’s actually kind of close. Not as close as many in the mass media […]

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