Monthly Archives: June 2008

Final Crisis

Final Crisis by Grant Morrison is the current crossover series from DC. Morrison is a great writer and each page of the book is action packed. Darkseid is back to taking over the world, and starts by executing the Martian Manhunter. After that things start getting real weird. The new female Question is […]

UAV 4, Jet Jockeys 0

At the very last minute I decided to bump this strip up and remove the one originally intended for today because it really didn’t tell you anything. It’ll be in the next book though. The gist of it was RC has been able to fly past the guys several nights in a row […]

I’m Going To See “The Clone Wars” Ziro Times

It’s hard to call George Lucas a racist or a bigot becuase I get the impression he really has no idea what he’s doing. Remember those interviews a few years ago with Michael Jackson where you really started to believe that he had NO IDEA that he was, in fact, a pedophile? I feel the […]

Announcement: Hellboy II

On November 11th Universal Home Entertainment will release Hellboy II: The Golden Army on DVD & Blu-Ray Disc. Directed by Guillermo del Toro and starring Ron Pearlman, Selma Blair, and Doug Jones reprise their roles from the groundbreaking first Hellboy film. After an ancient truce existing between humankind and the invisible realm […]

Still on Honeymoon: Baltimore Comic-Con Remains Great

I will effort to do a more in-depth con report when I get back from the honeymoon. But honestly, the con can be summed up quite simply. It’s nice to see friends. And that’s what Baltimore Comic-Con is about for me. I had not made it to Baltimore since 2003, and yet when I ran […]

The Incredible Hulk Coaster

If you’ve ever seen a picture of Universal Orlando’s Islands of Adventure Theme Park, you’ve seen The Incredible Hulk Coaster. It’s Big. It’s Tall. It’s…. Green. Very Green. Incredibly Green. Course, what do you expect from The Incredible Hulk Coaster? I used to love The Incredible Hulk… I […]

cool frogs on ice

the cool tree frog is a block of ice right now, which i thought was crazy, but HerpNet.net - the iowa reptiles and amphibians website flatly states,
“They overwinter under shelters of bark, leaves, rocks or logs. These frogs prevent ice crystal from forming in their organs by changing glycerol into glucose and circulating through […]

RIP Raymond Macherot

Raymond Macherot is dead. He was the creator of the inimitable Chaminou et le Khrompire, one of my favourite comics of all time. Read my piece about it on the Forbidden Planet blog, and enjoy this little hommage by Flore Balthazar.
(art © Flore Balthazar)

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