Alas, those seemingly inaccessible hard drives, once accessible, were a bust. Mostly whale footage and videos of Special Features Producer Ivon Bartok's trip to Dominica. On the bright side, I was reminded that there are a couple of other more promising hard drives in my storage locker. Now it's just a matter of finding them.…
February 14, 2018: Best Comic Book Covers of the Week!
Some of my favorites... Amazing Spiderman Annual #42 (cover art by Alex Ross) Cold War #1 (cover art by Hayden Sherman) Darth Vader #11 (cover art by Giuseppe Camuncoli) Shade the Changing Girl/Wonder Woman Special # (cover art by Frank Quitely) Planet of the Apes: Ursus #2 (cover art by Paolo Rivera) So, what are…
February 12, 2018: Food for thought and assorted goodies!
Kicking off today's blog entry with a link to a terrific article that appeared on Gateworld.net yesterday: "How would you feel if a theater ushered you out of your seat with 30 minutes of the movie still left? Would you come back?" Syfy Owes Fans A Bigger Commitment "If a serialized show is on the…
February 11, 2018: Stargate Playback, Previs and Animatics!
Well, this is pretty cool! Puddle Jumper diagnostic playback. Atlantis "Rising" opening shot - previs. Taking Flight previs. Antarctic Outpost Reveal - animatic. Heads Up! animatic.
February 10, 2018: The Stargate Concept Art of James Robbins!
So the other day, I came across an old hard drive containing a slew of Stargate-related visuals: concept art, designs, previs. It's actually about 0.5% of the library of BTS pics and vids sitting in my storage unit, much of it somewhat inaccessible due to the fact that the technology is incredibly old and lacking…
February 7, 2018: Best Comic Book Covers of the Week!
After watching Logan last night, I'm all about the comics today. Incidentally, I usually hate kids in movies, but this character - like Kick-Ass's Hit-Girl was an exception. A gleefully murderous exception. Anyway, onto my picks... Clue (cover art by Nelson Daniel) Love the fact that the color palette here offers a quick character reference…
January 31, 2018: Best Comic Book Covers of the Week!
In what's become a weekly Wednesday tradition, here are my favorites... Elephantmen #80 (cover art by Boo Crook) Brings all the feels, no? The Flash Annual #1 (cover art by Hi-Fi, Howard Porter) I became a fan of the Flash during Mark Waid's magnificent run on the series, so this intriguing cover pushes all the…
January 29, 2018: Hit me with your comic book recommendations!
I've been reading comic books, on and off, for most of my life. I would go months, sometimes years without reading and then, one day, stop by my local comic shop, pick up every title on the stands and start reading - and keep reading the ones that kept my interest, dropping the ones that…
January 24, 2018: Best Comic Book Covers of the Week!
Holy smokes! What a terrific week for comic book covers! Here are my favorites... Battle Angel Alita: Mars Chronicle (cover art by Yukito Kishiro) The contrast of innocence and incendiary is pretty powerful here. The two young girls react to the destruction: bewilderment, sorrow, acceptance. The Amazing Spiderman #794 (cover art by Alex Ross) I'm…
January 17, 2018: Best Comic Book Covers of the Week!
My favorites... Giant vol. 2 Cover art by Mikael Ice Cream Man #1 Cover art by Frazer Irving, Martin Morazzo, Chris O'Halloran Punchline #4 Cover art by Matthew Weldon Strangers in Paradise XXV #1 Cover art by Terry Moore Super Sons #12 Cover art by Giuseppe Camuncoli, Jorge Jimenez, Adriano Lucas, Alejandro Sanchez
January 11, 2018: Six More Of 2017’s Best Books!
Since someone asked, here are a few of the great books I read in 2017 that just narrowly missed making my Best Of 2017 list... Marlena by Julie Buntin Everything about fifteen-year-old Cat’s new town in rural Michigan is lonely and off-kilter, until she meets her neighbor, the manic, beautiful, pill-popping Marlena. Cat, inexperienced and…
January 10, 2018: Best Comic Book Covers of the Week!
My favorites... Allies #8 (cover art by Denis Popov) I'm a sucker for sci-fi and this cover is all kinds of intriguing in its premise of discovery. We are on the inside looking out of...what? A stasis pod, a ship, some sort of future medical iso unit? Who are we? WHAT are we? Coyotes #3…
January 3, 2018: Best Comic Book Covers of the Week!
These were my favorites... Arctica, vol. 4: Revelations (cover art by Manchu) This one has a bit of a Stargate vibe. What do you think? Black Panther Adventures (cover art by ?) These Black Panther covers have been consistently great. Wish they were equally good at giving credit where credit is due. Vortex #3 (cover…
December 31, 2017: The Top 30 Books of 2017!
2017 was a banner reading year for me. I read anywhere and everywhere: on set, in bed, at red lights. All told, I blazed through a staggering 265 titles on the year covering a wide variety of genres (science fiction, fantasy, horror, mystery, thrillers, crime, non-fiction, and general fiction). Over half of those were 2017…
December 27, 2017: Best Comic Book Covers of the Week!
My favorites... Spiderman #793 (cover by Alex Ross) Black Panther: Long Live the King #2 (cover art by André Lima Araújo) Captain Marvel #127 (cover art by Phil Noto) Doomsday Clock #2 (cover art by Brad Anderson and Gary Frank) Fantomah #4 (cover art by Djibril Morissette-Phan) Gasolina #4 (cover art by Mat Lopes and…