Wonder Woman is a cultural icon. She’s a part of DC’s trinity of famous heroes (Batman and Superman being the other two). However, while she’s easily recognizable, even avid comic fans may not know much about her history. That’s why I was very excited to find Tim Hanley’s Wonder Woman Unbound available via Amazon (how fitting!). Hanley’s book explores the origins of William Moulton Marston’s famous heroine, as well as her depiction throughout the history of her comics and television shows. The first third of […]
“Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens.”
Until earlier this month, I never read The Hobbit or the Lord of the Rings series. Additionally, I have not seen all of the movies. There is a lot to love in Fellowship. Readers of The Hobbit will appreciate visiting Bilbo, Gandalf, Elrond, and the Shire again. (If you are like me, you will also continue to hate those meddlesome Sackville-Bagginses. What a greedy, hot mess they are!) The world that Tolkien created is so real and fun that spending time there feels like a […]
The Best Part of this Pirate Comic was the Aaaaaarrrrrt
I wanted to love Stokes’ and Herman’s Galveston. I am a die-hard Texan, so a Texas-set graphic novel based on the real life meeting of legendary Alamo defender Jim Bowie and pirate Jean LaFitte seemed like a definite winner. Unfortunately, the story just didn’t work for me. The wise-cracking, sassy characters seemed pretty one dimensional (or Jack Sparrow-y), weird misspellings took me out of the book (“Commanches” and “Comanches”, its vs. it’s), and not a lot seemed to happen in the story. Additionally, in real […]
What are we doing?
This is a review of all three volumes of Alex + Ada. You can buy all three for about $34 USD. The review is spoiler free for all three volumes, beyond basic details of volume one. Alex + Ada is a quiet story about friendship, sacrifice, and sexy sex robots. I’ve read a thousand comics, and this series immediately moved to the top of my list. Alex is a single guy in the near future. He has an ok job and a strong, small circle […]
“Well, are you alive or are you dead?”
In my last review, I mentioned that sometimes I avoid big pop culture touchstones for no readily apparent reason. Just like I had never read Harry Potter until this summer, I had never read The Hobbit. One of my very good friends has been talking Tolkein for a month, so I decided to take the Middle-Earth plunge. Just as I enjoyed Harry Potter for the amazing world that the author built, I enjoyed The Hobbit because of the amazing world that Tolkein built. For those […]
Mugglicious Definition Make Them Wizards Crazy
In a semi-intentional act of cultural heresy*, I have largely avoided the Harry Potter craze. I have never read any of the books, visited The Wizarding World of Harry Potter, taken online quizzes to see which house I would be in, or watched all of the movies. I am, by all accounts, a muggle. But, since I was able to pick up the book for free, I decided it was time to see what all the buzz was about. I am happy to report that […]
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