Whenever I find myself losing the faith I find it is best to recharge my batteries by attending a Comic Convention. Being around fellow fans energizes me and reminds me why I love Comics. Recently people have been bemoaning the gloom and doom that is the modern con. A common refrain is that Comics are being pushed out of cons and that the...
Author - Michael Espinos
Another week has streaked by and there is so much good stuff out there to read. I am looking catching up on my reading while snuggling up and staying warm. The march of October excitement continues and there is so much new stuff that it exciting. Don’t forget that the fall TV line up ahs brought us so many comic based shows that it is...
I have been a Star Wars fan for as long as I can remember. I grew up watching the VHS tapes until I wore them out. I even watched the Ewok movie and there was a rumor of a cousin of a friend who had the Christmas Special on tape that I pursued for years. I read most of the EU and lament its passing. All of that being said, I am so excited for Star...
We are still knee deep into the October madness but I wanted to take a look at what All-New, All-Different means and what it should represent. I read most of my Pull List this week in the first two days because I have had a sick kid and I have to say that Marvel Comics keeps using the words All-New, All-Different without really...
This week I am going to be running things down a little differently. I have been talking for a while how excited I was for all the new comics coming out this month and now they are finally here. Instead of doing an in-depth look at three books like I usually do I will be do the highlights of what came out. First up All-New, All-Different Point...
I recently got a chance to speak with Michael Witwer, author of Empire of Imagination: Gary Gygax and the Birth of Dungeons & Dragons at the Chicago Wizard World Comic-Con. He gave us some info on the book, gaming, zombies and all sorts of other nerdy stuff. His book takes a look at the life of Gary Gygax, creator of Dungeons &...
This week I take a look at what is going on in this in between phase as we wait for the much anticipated fall lineup of comics. DC Comics has put out a lot of annuals lately and Marvel Comics seems to be in a holding pattern as Secret Wars winds down. I also wanted to ask a question of those who read this, which DC Comics storyline is...
This week was a quiet week in comics and I wanted to take a look at some of the work that you wont find on your local comic shop shelves. The work of artists and writers that are trying to create their dream and need the readers help to do it. When someone chooses to self publish they have many reasons but the most important reason is that...
I recently had a major accomplishment with my daughter, she is almost 3, we were working on identifying letters and numbers. I have been using an old NES game to teach her letters and numbers and she thinks it is amazing because she can play the game by herself. After we were done my wife asked her to identify letters and numbers to show...
I apologize in advance that this week may be a little short. Life has been crazy with the start of the school year and all the progress I made in my stack of shame has been wiped out by the last two weeks. This week I wanted to look at three new ladies that have their own book. Danger Girl, Plutonia and Mockingbird are all new books with...