THE BOYS – DEAR BECKY / BLACK LABEL – BIRDS OF PREY [Comics Reviews]: The Boys/Birds Are Back In Town!

The Boys are back in town (sorry...I had to. I'm going mad with isolation...)! Writer Garth Ennis and artists Darick Robertson (doing covers) and the incomparable Russ Braun return to the satirical, perverse, hilarious, seedy, ultra-violent world of Billy Butcher, Wee Hughie, and the rest of the Boys, in The Boys: Dear Becky. And they …

I SUPPORT BLACK SUPERHEROES [Belser-Verse, Part 1]: With Great Power…

...must come proper representation! Hello, Ladies and Gentlemen. The Belser is here and hoping this message meets you all in good spirits. This past week has been an unprecedented set of circumstances in the history of our country. A black man named George Floyd was murdered by four policemen in Minneapolis, Minnesota on May 25th …

AVENGERS / MARAUDERS / VENOM / SPIDER-MAN / BIRDS OF PREY – SIRENS OF JUSTICE [Comics Reviews]: About Dang Time!

The Herculean task of scripting an Avengers run after Jonathan Hickman befell poor Jason Aaron. At first I was happy with the team he brought in. I like Robbie Reyes and Blade and “Thingee”. I even dug the Vampire arc until the end. I scratched my head as to why Superion wasn’t an Avenger but …

THE BIBLE OF ‘BOND, JAMES BOND’ [BelserVerse, Part 5]: Bring On The Bad Guys.

Previously in Part 4... We had a nice discussion about the beauties that frequent James Bond's adventures. Now, we'll talk about the larger-than-life villains that have tried to snuff Mr. Bond out permanently... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DoQwKe0lggw For the  Bond novels, Ian Fleming knew that, without threatening villains, James Bond looks a lot less heroic.  This tradition of …