SDCC Day 3: Marvel’s Phase 2… kicking ass ‘1-inch at a time’!

Since I was so critical – or quiet, rather – about Marvel all weekend, leave it up to the company’s Iron Man 3 panel to turn that son ‘a bitch right upside down. Lots of dates were announced and a shit-ton of surprises. Yeah, no Hulk movie announcement. No Guardians of the Galaxy footage. And …

SDCC Day 1: DC Sophmore Slump? #0 Chance.

Gooooood morning (now afternoon -- horrendous wi-fi, folks) Comic Connnnnnnnnnnn! After a wild night where Wu-Tang Clan’s RZA-hosted a rooftop riot of resident evils, your pastor found himself on the floor of an unexpected hotel room; this fortuitous 3.75-hour carpet-face-cringed doze may just have been enough to deliver the Friday horror of Hall H. No …

The Weekly Worship: The other ‘Spider’ man returns!

This is exactly what the UFC needs. While the company has obviously monopolized the rest of the fight industry with thrice-monthly shows, unprecedented merchandising, and a spectacular global audience, the fight fed hasn’t garnered much water-cooler talk since Ben Henderson’s “upset” over Frankie Edgar back in February. And even that battle couldn’t share bunks with the …

Shazam!, Spider-MEN, and our Fri Con Sched’, man.

DC Comics has done a wonderful job in the past 10 months keeping pace with their web-tastic friends over in New York. Certainly, what a difference a year makes. One immediate glaring difference are the few books that cost $3.99. All of DC's extra-cost floppies include a back-up story. Action Comics, Batman, All-Star Western, and Justice …