Comic Book Resources Columnists Go Elsewhere

In April of this year, the long-running (founded 1995) industry site Comic Book Resources changed ownership. Founder Jonah Weiland sold the site to a media website company. At the time, no significant changes were announced. Now, though, there are signs of a new vision for the site, which was known in the past for its notable columnists, which have included Warren Ellis, Steven Grant, and Gail Simone. First came word that Augie De Blieck, Jr., after completing 1000 columns (!) […]

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Private Beach

I knew, going in, that Private Beach would be, at most a curiosity at this point. Even with the promised new series conclusion, very little can live up to being rediscovered 15 years later. I’m not the person I was when I first read it, back in 2001, either, and now, we’ve had a lot more of these kinds of works, from The X-Files to various charmed young women and weirdness magnets. The idea of a slice-of-life portrayal in a […]

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Ten Count Volume 1

Ten Count, by Rihito Takarai and published by SuBLime, is the kind of yaoi manga I like — the kind with a plot beyond “let’s watch two cute guys make out”. In this case, it’s even based on a topic I’m immensely curious about. Shirotani is the assistant to a company president. He’s germ-phobic, to the extent of wearing gloves in daily life, and a compulsive hand-washer. He meets Kurose by accident. That’s fortuitous, because Kurose is a psychiatric counselor […]

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Lego DC Comics Super Heroes: Justice League: Gotham City Breakout

The latest in the line of cute, goofy comedy superhero adventures was perfect viewing for a lazy Sunday afternoon. Lego DC Comics Super Heroes: Justice League: Gotham City Breakout splits up the teams in a creative way. To celebrate Batman’s anniversary of becoming a hero, Nightwing and Batgirl take him on a vacation to see a former mentor, Madame Mantis. Of course, they stumble on a secret plot with a number of battles with other criminals involved. Meanwhile, back in […]

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Food Wars: Shokugeki no Soma Volume 13

I was about to give up on this series — I only read it for the food, and there are only so many times I can watch a cook-off — when this volume did something different that reignited my interest. But first, Food Wars volume 13 has to finish off the competition from the previous book, in which we find out whether Soma’s everyday cooking will make him the final champion of a tournament that began seven books ago. After […]

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Hoopla Brings Digital Borrowing to Libraries

This is a sponsored post. I have received compensation and a review account for this post. I was recently introduced to hoopla, a digital media service available through a number of libraries in North America that allows you to instantly “borrow” digital movies, music, books, audiobooks, and comics using your library card. My local library system unfortunately doesn’t participate, but after getting a chance to try the service, I will definitely encourage them to. They have apps for iOS and […]

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Justice League Action Cartoon Planned for Cartoon Network

Warner Bros. Animation is creating Justice League Action for Cartoon Network. Kevin Conroy will be the voice of Batman, as he should be, with Mark Hamill playing the Joker, James Woods as Lex Luthor, and Diedrich Bader (who played Batman in The Brave and the Bold, a similar team-up series) as Booster Gold. Here’s a highlight reel promoting the show: Episodes will be 11 minutes each, with two running together in a half-hour slot. Based on that trailer, the series […]

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Comix: Beyond the Comic Book Pages

Comix: Beyond the Comic Book Pages is a documentary on DVD that feels as though it fell through a time warp. From the Comic Sans lettering used on the menu to coverage of topics just about anyone the least bit interested in the medium is already aware of, I was surprised to learn the DVD was released this month, because it feels as though the movie was made at least a decade ago. (Probably both of those statements are true. […]

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