Warming up to Wall-E

I was not pleased to be pestered by my husband at 6:00pm on a Friday evening to go watch a Kid’s movie with my three nephews, and entire family in tow.
“But it’s Pixar!” he pleaded, not realizing my lack of caring.
I told him fine – if we could sneak into a double feature and I [...]

Out of the Ashes

I’m back. Took a mini-vacation during the spring and summer term break, cause I really needed it. Spent a lot of that time compiling super geeky fan-vids. I would link to them, but I’m too embarrassed. I’d rather leave them to the seeming anonymity of random youtubers. I’ll give you a few hints though – [...]

Any News is Bad News

You’ll have to pardon me – my level of tolerance and wit is WAY WAY down as I face the many curve-balls life has been throwing lately. My bank account balance being the most amusing one I can think of off the top of my head.
Perhaps it is a symptom of being too well-informed, but [...]

Jar of Fools

What’s with graphic novels and magicians/escapists anyway? This is the third comic book (or novel about comic books) that I’ve read in the past few months dealing with escape artists.
Am I missing something?
But I digress, what I’m here to do is review Jar of Fools written and drawn by Jason Lutes.
There is a test that [...]

The Hulk’s Incredible OR The Incredible Hulk

I watched The Incredible Hulk last night – with the expectation that I never envisioned Edward Norton as Bruce Banner (but to be honest, I don’t do much envisioning of Bruce Banner period) and also understanding that Iron Man was good, but not my personal favorite comic book movie. Basically – the expectations were low-ish, [...]

Chicken with Plums

Chicken with Plums is the red-headed step child of Persepolis – a 2006 release written, drawn and inked by Marjane Satrapi.

My first assumption without reading another review to determine what the public at large thinks – is that most people will start out saying “This isn’t nearly as good as Persepolis.”
Well sure – but this [...]

35-Count Bush Impeachment Resolution

**UPDATE: If you are interested, you can find all 35 articles here.
I’ve made a special point to write a letter of support to Dennis Kucinich, as well as the Congresspersons and Senators of my state urging them to support this effort.
You can do that here – but you’ll have to lie a little about your [...]

Love and The Apocalypse

It’s a Saturday two-fer.

In the Small by writer/artist Michael Hague is gorgeously conceived with delicious color and picturesque panels. The concept and plot are amazing too – a sudden and bizarre “flash” changes the entire world population into pint-sized versions of themselves. This seemingly eradicates a good chunk of humanity – those who are trapped [...]

Of Maus and Men

I’ve been promising this bad boy for awhile now, and then other, more pressing/interesting books crossed my path. But now I’m feeling anxious about having NOT said anything in regards to this book – or rather, books. The version I read collected Books I and II.

Maus, I figured, could wait…because it’s a freaking Pulitzer Prize winning [...]

Elk’s Run

The latest comic book/graphic novel I perused from the shelves of my local library branch – “Elk’s Run” is penned by Joshua Hale Fialkov, with art by Noel Tuazon and colors by Scott A. Keating.

The tale follows a group of Vietnam Vets who build their own safe haven from the rest of the world and [...]