Saw an advance preview of Inception Tuesday night.

What a headfuck! BIG THUMBS UP! Really hella well done.

The BF & I reached our 12 anniversary together last week, so we made a date for tonight to go someplace nice & different. After debating where to go, we finally decided to wander into the North End to seek tasty sustenance. We got off at Park Street and ambled over to the North End, checking out the Greenway - we haven't been over that way in a ( Read more... )

WOO! My interview with Dan Clowes made it into The Weekly Dig AND you can see it online!!! http://www.weeklydig.com/arts-entertainment/201004/daniel-clowes - in print, I got 2/3rds of a page ( Read more... )

Another 250 word review. This is the review of Planetary volume 4 in hardcover that was supposed to come out weeks ago is out NOW in the 4/21/2010-4/28/2010 Weekly Dig.

Monday night, I once again dragged rmd out for a free preview, this time of the movie adaptation of the DC Comics series The Losers.

It was OK. I was no where near as jazzed afterward as I was for Kick-Ass. The plot was kinda meh. Five guys get burned by the CIA (sort of) and are offered a chance to not only get back to America (from South America ( Read more... )

Kick-Ass actually KICKED ASS!

"Definitely eponymous!" - rmd

I got a pair of passes to see a sneak preview and dragged rmd with me. We were both hella impressed ( Read more... )

Wrote another review for The Weekly Dig, this time for Planetary volume 4, currently only available in hardcover ( Read more... )

When last I posted, it was Wednesday night/Thursday morning and there was much whinging.

( Then it got better... )

Hey comics readers!

Are there any comic trades (or complete GNs) coming out in the next 2 months that you think I should review? They can be YA or adult, doesn't matter. I'd prefer they NOT be standard superhero fare, but alternative superhero-related stuff is not out of the question if it's good.

Lookin' for ideas of what to review for The ( Read more... )

This week's The Weekly Dig has another review by yours truly. I talked about the Ignition City collected trade by Warren Ellis (originally published as 5 or 6 issues by Avatar Press).

He calls it "Deadwood meets Buck Rogers." I liked it a lot.