"The Good Old Days Weren't Always As "Good" or "Old" As They Seem" Dept.:A lot of comics fans and people with a sense of history when it comes to popular culture look at the 1950's Federal Hearings as run by Senator Estes Kefavuer as being a large-sized waste of time. Movies like THE NOTORIOUS BETTIE PAGE, or much of what's been written about ( Read more... )

Patriotism swells in the heart of PapaJoeMambo...

"LongBox Playhouse Presents - The Canadian Whites" Dept.:


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"Women We Love" Dept.:While I've got y'all squishy for Lynda Barry, I found this bit of Ron Mann's classic 1980's documentary about comics, COMIC BOOK CONFIDENTIAL, that someone had ripped up to YouTube. Granted, it's not as cool as any of Lynda's 6 or 7 appearances on The David Letterman Show, but it gives you a good sense of where she's coming ( Read more... )

"Meanwhile - Over at FOOM_MMMS" Dept.:



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"Comic Nerdery: Riddle Me This - DC Comics Fans!" Dept.:

I remember Star Sapphire - one of the original Supervillainesses-That-is-the- Hero's-Love-Interest-With-A-Twist. I liked her - especially in the old Secret Society of Supervillains comic where she and Gorilla Grodd, Sinestro, Solomon Grundy and a few other villains would regularly get ( Read more... )

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"Spider-Man Was ALWAYS Cool Dept.:

Spoilers Ahoy!!!!!!


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Jane's gonna *hate* this.

"It's With A Heavy Heart That I Regret To Inform You" Dept.:


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No really I do...

"It's like Hollywood, but Not as Coked Up and a Little More Heterosexual" Dept.:

Don't get me started on Amitabh Bachchan, man... EMPEROR OF THE UNIVERSE.


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"Longbox Playhouse Proudly Presents" Dept.:


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