There are a lot of great comics out there, guys, but there's always room for more. Dr. Who, Heroes, Artemis Fowl... what are some great properties that could make great comic books?

Everything But Imaginary #212: When Will THIS Comic Get Made?

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There are an awful lot of books being turned into comic books lately... is that a good thing? Should there maybe be... more?

Everything But Imaginary #211: Putting the "Book" Back in "Comic Book"

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Book 1 charmed me. Book 2 intrigued me. Book 3 utterly hooked me. In the third installment of J.K. Rowling’s gargantuan series about a the boy who lived, Harry Potter learns that a killer with ties to his parents has escaped from Azkaban prison, and he’s taken aim at Harry himself. What’s worse, Hagrid finds himself in trouble with the ministry of ( Read more... )

Continuing my re-reading of the Harry Potter series, this is the book where I really started to fall in love with the series, because this is your first chance to feel that this was not simply another series of children’s books, but a true epic, carefully constructed and planned out as a single story. In Harry’s second year at Hogwarts, someone ( Read more... )

It’s been some time, friends, and once again the ol’ Think About It Central mailbag is full to bursting with those desperate, pleading missives from our Legion of Frantic Fans, hoping for a few choice nuggets of my wisdom to help them get along in their daily life. Clearly, I have no choice but to acquiesce. Let’s see what our first reader has to ( Read more... )

I’ve decided to launch into a rereading of all the Harry Potter books in anticipation of the seventh and final book, coming out this summer. As such, I’m not going to write this as a typical review, but instead look at them as a fan reflecting and looking for new tidbits I may have missed before - so be warned, there may be spoilers in here for all ( Read more... )

The best thing about traveling by plane? Plenty of time to read. Here are reviews of three books I read during my recent trip to Pittsburgh:

Infinite Crisis by Greg Cox
Mugglenet.com's What Will Happen in Harry Potter 7 by Ben Schoen, Emerson Spartz, Andy Gordon, Gretchen Stull & Jamie Lawrence
The Kingdom Keepers by Ridley Pearson

In case you weren’t paying attention, the universe ended yesterday. Well, to be more accurate, the end of the universe was scheduled for July 21 of this year. That’s the day that, after ten years of voracious reading, sweating, hoping and geeking out, the world’s biggest literary cash cow will reach its final chapter with the release of Harry ( Read more... )

Ah, Harry Potter. The Little Wizard that could. He's already conquered the literary world and the world of film. He's not doing bad in the world of toys, officially licensed pencil cases or candy that you can't actually eat because they put more of the bad flavors into the box than the good flavors. And now he's gone one step further. He's ( Read more... )

October 31, 2005
THE MOVIES OF NOVEMBER: Holiday Films Part OneHey, guys! Welcome to the new home of Blake’s Monthly Movie Pre-Cap! Longtime readers will remember my monthly column where I talk about the upcoming film releases for that month, complete with my snarky comments about why I think they’re brilliant or why I think they’ll suck. Well, ( Read more... )