About two and a half years ago -- Jesus, I've been at this for that long? -- I was working on my Sandman reviews and I kept running into the same issue: constant short stories interrupting the flow of the main narrative. They weren't bad short stories, necessarily, and I understand why the series did… Continue reading Sandman, Take Note – Hellboy: The Complete Short Stories, Volume One
A few years ago, I had an idea to do reviews of all of the Marvel movies. I still have drafts of quite a few of them, but around the time I saw the first Infinity War movie, I realized something important: I'm not that into the MCU. I mean, I like it fine, the… Continue reading Weapons are Weapons – Iron Man
I think we all knew it would end here, didn't we? Hell's inhabitants have lingered in the background as puppet masters throughout Hellboy's adventures, and with how fond Mignola is of demons and monsters, I frankly would have been disappointed if we didn't have at least one decent tour around the place. And decent tour… Continue reading Well, Here We Are. We Made It. – Hellboy in Hell
Righty-O, let's put the "unction" back in "dysfunctional!" That wasn't supposed to be deep, by the way, it was supposed to be nonsense, but I just looked it up, and apparently "unction" is a real word. It's an archaic term for an oil used to cleanse and heal. How oddly thematic. Anyway, welcome back to… Continue reading ALL THE MAGICAL GAY! – The Umbrella Academy, Season Two, Episode Four
Hoo boy, this is going to be a long one. I should be up front and admit that I'm not going to get around to all of it. This book is massive, and it's dense on top of that. I'd be here all week if I tried to address every moment I felt deserved attention,… Continue reading Fun in Jolly Old England – Hellboy, Book Three
Guess who figured out how to auto-trace bitmap images? I definitely didn't work that out after completing 75% of the drawings for this review, that's for sure... We continue our reviews of season two of The Umbrella Academy, hopefully with greater velocity from now on, as things start to escalate. The kids are moving closer… Continue reading This Fish, I Like Him – The Umbrella Academy, Season Two, Episode Two
Dallas? The Kennedy assassination? 1960s faux-idyllic pastels and warm colors? Secret societies? A bizarre cult? Psychics? Conspiracies? The end of the world as we know it? Milk? Why yes, that please. All of it. I want. (Look, you can't fault me for having a type.) As it turns out, the milkman is less important than… Continue reading The Milkman Cometh – The Umbrella Academy, Season Two, Episode One
I have a fondness for monsters — the fanged, scaled, hairy, be-tentacled sort. They make our world a more interesting place, give us some respite from the darker things out there that aren’t as up front about what they really are. You know what to expect from a scary-looking monster. And when they prove you… Continue reading I’ll Meet You at the Crossroads – Hellboy, Book One
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood Season Five Episode Seven: Eternal Leave - ** Spoilers: Yes. Audience Assumptions: None Part One: Bits and Pieces I’d like to offer a clip of dialogue from the dub to start. For context, Olivier and Alex Armstrong, along with the Kurtises and some Briggs soldiers have confronted one of the heads… Continue reading 3P Reviews: Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Season Five, Episode Seven (Episode Fifty-Seven)
A few years back, I was in an introductory filmmaking program. This was not crucial to my degree (which is in rocks), but it was fun, and if we finished up with our projects for the day with time to spare, the instructors would show us films they thought demonstrated parts of the craft uncommonly… Continue reading Lessons in Adaptation: Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
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