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Phil Jimenez Comes to Madison

Speaking this Thursday, October 23, on “Comics and LGBTQ Identity” is Phil Jimenez. It’s the Keynote for LGBTQ History Month at the University of Wisconsin – Madison. Phil is a comic artist and writer who’s worked on such titles as Wonder Woman, Teen Titans, The Amazing Spider-Man, and X-Men. Come hear him “on his creative process, his favorite drawings, and the influence his identities have had on his artwork” from 6-8 PM at room L140 in the Conrad A. Elvehjem […]

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Sleepy Hollow Season 1
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Sleepy Hollow: The Book, The Comic, The DVD

I’ve been looking forward to the return of Sleepy Hollow. It’s a terrific adventure show with something for everyone. I haven’t wanted to start Season 2, though, until I finished up Season 1. Ichabod Crane (Tom Mison) is killed in 1781 during the Revolutionary War by a Hessian mercenary, but since his wife (Katia Winter) is a witch, he rises from the dead in modern-day Sleepy Hollow, New York. Unfortunately, his killer has become the demonic Headless Horseman, so Ichabod […]

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Princess Ugg Volume 1
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Princess Ugg Volume 1

The first collection of Princess Ugg is due out at the end of November, and the timing is well-chosen, since I’m thankful this new series by Ted Naifeh exists. As I said in my review of the first two issues, this series is “a social satire, a fresh take on what it really means to be a princess.” Volume 1 collects the first four issues, in which we meet and come to admire the barbarian Princess Ülga. She’s come to […]

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Batman: The Brave and the Bold Season 2 on Blu-ray
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Batman: The Brave and the Bold Season Two on Blu-ray

Following up on last year’s release of Season One on Blu-ray, Warner Archive has released the followup, Batman: The Brave and the Bold Season Two. I’ve already listed the 26 episodes contained here on two discs. There are no extras, just clear animation and sound. The set opens with something of a departure from the usual take on Batman. He’s not operating out of Gotham City at night on his own. Instead, he and a bunch of other heroes and […]

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A New Era in Streaming as CBS and HBO Announce Direct-to-Consumer Plans

Finally! Two channels have announced their own direct-to-consumer access sales. In a world of “cord cutters” (people who are fed up with ever-increasing cable costs and so stop subscribing) and “cord nevers” (younger customers who don’t see the need to subscribe to a cable or satellite TV service at all), networks are finally realizing that protecting the cable/dish monopoly in TV provision isn’t in their best interest. First, HBO announced that 2015 would bring a stand-alone internet streaming service. Richard […]

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Famous Last Words

I thought the premise of this YA thriller by Katie Alender — a serial killer is recreating famous scenes from movies for his deaths — would be intriguing, but I found too much of it assembled from overly familiar bits. Plus, I was disappointed to find that Famous Last Words was also a ghost story, with spirits helping solve the mystery. I’m ok with real-life villains, but I don’t believe in ghosts, and mixing the two seemed to do both […]

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Boomerang relaunch promo
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Boomerang Changes Focus, Adds Ads

I used to think of Boomerang as the animation nostalgia channel, with its focus on older, archival programming. However, now it’s changing its focus, with a new direction in the US coming next year and expanded international presence. From the press release: Turner Broadcasting announced today that its second flagship kids brand, Boomerang, is being re-launched as a global all-animation, youth-targeted network, repositioned with a line-up of timeless and contemporary cartoons programmed for family co-viewing…. Drawing upon the vast resources […]

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