2017 NEEDS 007 [Special Editorial]: On Loss, and Holidays, and James Bond.

News flash, fellow geeks...the year 2016 has been really, REALLY shitty. I'd started this year writing about the loss of two great actors, and now I'll be ending this year writing about more personal losses (and hopefully that'll be that). On Thanksgiving of this year, my older cousin, who'd helped watch and raise me when …

BEST ‘INDIE’ COMICS of 2015 [Clergywide Top 5]: Sunshine & Bullets.

We continue our Best Comics of the Year coverage with Part Deux, this time covering all of the funnybooks not published under DC or Marvel. So, yeah man-- that means Dark Horse, IDW, Valiant, BOOM!, Oni Press, Vertigo, Archie, Black Mask, and, of course, the King of Independent Publishing, Image Comics. Sure, one would argue …

SPECTRE [Spy vs. Spy Review]: Fourth Time’s the Charm (?)

SPECTRE is the latest James Bond film, the fourth featuring leading man Daniel Craig, and while it opens with a great opening scene, it is undercut by several curious character decisions, and an editing process that oddly drains its multitude of action scenes of any energy... The film starts promisingly enough, with Bond off on his …

JAMES BOND / DEADPOOL / NOVA / KLAUS / HERCULES [Reviews]: The name’s…

Did anyone else completely lose their shit when, earlier this year, it was announced that Dynamite Comics had acquired the rights to the literary James Bond and were producing a number of original series, beginning with Warren Ellis's VARGR? Or was it just me? I can never tell with you guys. Yes, James Bond returns …

THE SONY PICTURES HACK [Expose]: One Geek’s True ‘Civil War’.

In 1988, Martin Scorsese released the controversial film The Last Temptation Of Christ. As a result of the release of what was perceived as an attack on Christian ideals and beliefs, several theaters were attacked with stink bombs, and molotov cocktails, with at least thirteen filmgoers injured. Several members of a French group led by …