The ninth Nightside book follows the same general formula, only here Taylor faces down The Walking Man, an unstoppable gunslinger who represents the Wrath of God coming to wipe out the new Authorities in The Nightside. What gives it that extra goose is the resolutions, and what the implications are for the rest of the series. Sadly, it has a lack of Onyx/Biohazard and Denis Leary. CBR #29 – You Tell Him I’m Coming And Hell’s Coming With Me, You Hear?
Careful What You Wish For
In my last review of book 4 in this series I suggested that it was impossible for all the major characters to hold up so long, often in such wildly impossible scenarios and that surely at least one of them should have died. Well…I guess I should play the lottery or something because it appears that if I ask for something, I get it. In this book, no major character was safe any longer; the stakes were much higher and it was clear that all […]
Yelling F–k The Police Loses Some of Its Swagger If You’re Wearing a Monocle and Top Hat
Marshall Karp, my least favorite Patterfamilias Collaborator, brings us another dull adventure in the life of NYPD Red, the elite task force of the NYPD in place solely to cater to the superwealthy and their crimes. That crunching sound is my molars grinding to dust from class-dichotomy rage. As narrated by the cop equivalent of Duckie from Pretty in Pink — only just the douchebag pining qualities. CBR #28 – Yelling Fuck The Police Loses Some Of Its Swagger If You’re Wearing a Monocle and […]
All The News That’s Print to Give You Fits
The further adventures of John Taylor and the Nightside. Book 8 is a bit of a let down, as Taylor runs through another wacky cavalcade of characters, threatening and throwing pepper. Only this time, they pair him with a half-demon meant to monkeywrench his burgeoning relationship with Shotgun Suzie. CBR #27 – All The News That’s Print to Give You Fits
Just don’t put Tyler Lautner in the movie, Mr. Fincher
I read Matz and Jacamons The Killer and was mesmerized by that stylish French-Noir-in-a-comic, so it was a no brainer to pick up Cyclops. In the foreword, Matz cites Starship Troopers and Blade Runner as influences, stating “I like the way these two movies smoothly throw us into a world apparently different than ours, but not that much of you take a closer look. They then use that world to deliver a message about ourselves and the world in which we live today.” Mission accomplished, sir. […]
By the Pricking of my Thumbs
Let me shout it from the rooftops! I LOVE MACBETH! Macbeth is my absolute favorite thing to teach all year…and my enthusiasm for the play must be catching because usually it’s my students’ favorite thing to read too. Clocking in as Shakespeare’s shortest play, there’s a heck of a lot going on it in. Rumor has it that King James I had a very short attention span (was prone to falling asleep at the theater) and loved the occult, therefore Shakespeare tried to write for […]
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