Wonder Woman Sweepstakes; Nathan Fillion Interview

The Wonder Woman direct-to-video movie is due out March 3, so to promote it, there’s a new sweepstakes. Grand prize is being drawn into the Wonder Woman comic, plus the original art showing you. You could also win a PlayStation or a copy of the DVD. Warner Home Video has also released an interview with Nathan Fillion, the voice of Steve Trevor. He seems much more comfortable with the geek content and approach than some of the previous subjects. That’s […]

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Why Posting Has Been Light Lately

KC and I just got home from the hospital, where he’s been since Wednesday. They think he had a mini-stroke, which would explain his vertigo and dizziness (even more than usual). Here he is getting his brain scanned, one of the many tests they ran. (The dots are electrodes.) He said it was like watching the best Pink Floyd laser light show. He’s fine now but still resting up. Just in time for me to feel like I’m coming down […]

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Catching Up on Leverage

The problem, for me, with good stuff is that I put it off until I have time to enjoy it. (Mediocre stuff, that’s easy to buzz through without having to pay full attention.) Soon, I’m several weeks/issues/episodes behind. On the plus side, that means I can give myself a mini-marathon. That’s how I found myself watching four episodes of Leverage and looking forward to more. The Stork Job A couple is trying to adopt a baby in Serbia, only to […]

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Reviewers Can’t Win

I know, reviewing’s not that hard. You read or watch something, and then you say what you thought, being careful to include the basics — the premise, the creators, any special features that set it apart, the context of its place in genre or history if relevant — as well as explaining your points with enough clarity and examples that someone can figure out A) whether or not they share your tastes and B) whether or not they’d like it […]

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Pluto: Urasawa x Tezuka Volume 1

Guest review by Ed Sizemore Gesicht is a robot and a detective for Europol. He’s been assigned to investigate three bizarre murders. The first is Mont Blanc, an internationally beloved Swiss robot, who was brutally slain while helping to control a forest fire. A few days later, North No. 2, a formidable military robot turned butler, is also destroyed. Then there is the murder of the human Bernard Lanke, a robot rights activist. Evidence at each crime scene connects the […]

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Tokyopop in Trouble: More Cancellations, Including Aria

Well, that answers that question. I’m having a hard time finding Aria volume 4 because Tokyopop has given up on the series, along with others. Commenter Sebastian pointed out that Diamond’s latest cancellation list includes a number of just-solicited books. DEC084265 ARIA GN VOL 05 4 DEC084271 CAUSE OF MY TEACHER GN 4 JAN094444 DEMON FLOWERS GN VOL 05 4 JAN094443 DEMON SACRED GN VOL 01 4 SEP084286 DOT HACK SIGN MANGA NOVEL SPECIAL ED 4 JAN094447 ELEMENTAL GELADE GN […]

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What’s Up With Tokyopop? New Book Unavailable

I like the Aria series, but I no longer preorder manga from any retailer. I want to be able to browse, and usually manga, since they’re in book format, are pretty easy to find. That wasn’t the case here. Aria volume 4 came out at the beginning of December. I had some credit with a mail-order retailer, so I asked them to send it to me, along with several other graphic novels, at the beginning of January. I just got […]

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