Relocating the Marvel Universe — Part 16 — Minnesota
On to the Land of 10,000 Lakes — Minnesota … MINNESOTA LAKE VESUVIUS (The Vault) With the advent of new laws that make the use […]
January 2009
The Black Diamond: Get in the Car … and Go!
I really wanted to like “The Black Diamond: Get in the Car .. and Go” The concept is killer: In the future, the U.S. government […]
Lessons on Teen Wolf
Sunday was a strange day for me. My youngster and I spent hours watching “Teen Wolf” in all its incarnations. Well, we watched everything available in […]
The Committee on Underwear for Spider-Woman
Attached are the minutes of a recent meeting of the Panel on Underwear for Super Heroines (PUSH). CHAIRMAN: I’d like to call this emergency meeting […]
Relocating the Marvel Universe — Part 15 — North Dakota
Welcome to blustery, wintry and frigid … NORTH DAKOTA FARGO (Valkyrie, Aragorn) Thanks to Thor’s region-wide influence, one of his associates, Valkyrie, has stationed herself […]
Even the president can be a snake in the grass
With the inauguration of Barack Obama today as the 44th president of the United States, I was thinking about how comics book stories often treat […]
Church Sketches V — Of angels and the underdwellers
Welcome to Church Sketches V, the latest in my collection of doodles I do during church! Here’s what we have in today’s batch: AT TOP […]
Afternoon creeps from ‘A Haunting’
With COTB’s bizarro work schedule, we’re often at home in the early afternoon. If you work a similar shift, or have called off sick recently, […]
Relocating the Marvel Universe — Part 14 — Montana
One thing I’m really enjoying with this little project is that I’ve been digging through all of my Marvel Universe books — new and old […]
Give us gold! Give us ‘Gold Monkey!’
One of my all-time favorite TV shows is Tales of the Gold Monkey. I don’t say this out of nostalgia because, quite frankly, I could […]
Who’s afraid of L. Ron Hubbard?
Looking back over 2008, I’m actually surprised how many books I read through the year. Not a ton compared to some, but enough to surprise […]
Relocating the Marvel Universe — Part 13 — Idaho
Okay, let’s admit it, you aren’t expecting much for the place famous for its potatoes. Well, guess what? You’re expectations are exactly correct! Here’s what […]
PREVIEWS January 2009
In case you haven’t checked it out yet, be sure to dig up the January 2009 issue of PREVIEWS magazine, which contains my article on […]
My Castles in Air
It’s not often that I read poetry. It’s all too silly for me. Even Shakespeare makes me roll my eyes. I just want a story, […]
Relocating the Marvel Universe — Part 12 — Alaska
ALASKA ANCHORAGE (Moon Knight, Cyclops) Moon Knight has set up shop in Anchorage, where he operates under the guidance of his god, Khonshu, who directs […]