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Comic Chat (Y: The Last Man)

It’s been a long time coming, but I finally had time to write up a quick post about the Vertigo series, Y: The Last Man. I started reading it a while back and mentioned it in The People Have Spoken. I finished it and I have to say that it has been one of my …

November 2, 2009 – 12:00 am | By matt | Posted in Photoblog, art, books, comic books / graphic novels, web sites | Tagged aligncenter, Ampersand, attachment, Brian K. Vaughan, caption, capuchin monkey, comic store, comic stores, comics, copy, haven, implore, man, Midtown, Pia Guerra, planet, post, prime time television, professional service, series, service, societal roles, store, time, ultimate extinction, Vertigo, vertigo series, width, y chromosome, y the last man, Yorick, Yorick Brown | Comments (0)

Comic Chat (Marvel 1602)

In a previous post, Comic Chat (Identity Crisis | Superman: Speeding Bullets), I discussed the DC Comics Elseworlds imprint. Marvel Comics released a few similar concept titles, of which Marvel 1602 is one of my favorites. In this 8 issue series, several of the key 1960’s Marvel characters are developed in the Elizabethan era, approximately …

August 19, 2009 – 12:00 am | By matt | Posted in art, books, comic books / graphic novels, philosophy, politics, religion | Tagged added bonus, caption, Comic Chat, concept, cover, DC Comics, era, image, Marvel, marvel 1602 8, marvel characters, marvel comics, marvel universe, mysterious force, Photoblog, post, scratch board, scratchboard, series, something, speeding bullets, story, world | Comments (2)

Faved Flicks (Cosmos: A Personal Voyage)

If you’ve followed along, you’ll already know that I dig physics in all forms. I have found no better introduction to astrophysics than this 13 episode series, Cosmos: A Personal Voyage. It was written by Carl Sagan, Ann Druyan, and Steven Soter, and hosted fantastically by Carl Sagan himself. This series was filmed in the …

August 14, 2009 – 12:00 am | By matt | Posted in art, books, movies, music, philosophy, politics, religion, web sites | Tagged aligncenter, alignleft, alignnone, Ann Druyan, attachment, caption, Carl Sagan, character, Cosmos, dig, episode, Hugo Weaving, hulu, image, introduction, Jesus Christ, library, matrix films, Personal, personal journey, personal voyage, Photoblog, physics, series, series cosmos, smith character, speech pattern, Steven Soter, time, Voyage, width | Comments (0)

Comic Chat (Identity Crisis | Superman: Speeding Bullets)

As a kid my uncle Steve took me to see the Superman movies. I remember this day like it was yesterday. I’d seen superheroes on magazine stands at our local grocery store, the toy aisle at Wal-Mart, and advertising various products on television, but this was my first real introduction to what a superhero really …

August 13, 2009 – 12:00 am | By matt | Posted in art, books, comic books / graphic novels, movies, story, web sites | Tagged aligncenter, alignright, attachment, book, Bruce Wayne, caption, Charlie Brown, Christopher Reed, Christopher Reeve, DC Comics, DC Elseworlds, DC Universe, film, film version, grocery, grocery store clerk, image, introduction, issue, Jeremy, Kansas, local grocery store, magazine, magazine rack, Martha, Photoblog, rack, series, Speeding, speeding bullets, Steve, store, superhero, Superman, superman character, superman comics, Thomas, time, ton of bricks, toy aisle, wal mart, Wayne, width | Comments (3)