Discussing the minutiae of comic book collecting.
Discussing the minutiae of comic book collecting.
I’m not quite sure how old I was, somewhere around twelve maybe, when I first discovered Neil Gaiman’s Sandman. TVO used to have this awesome show called Prisoners of Gravity which looked at themes and topics connected with fantasy, sci-fi…
I honestly was working on a great column for this week…and then I honestly ran out of time to finish it (you will see it eventually, it’s another 101 piece much like the Grendel one that ran a while ago).…
Well with convention season in full swing, I thought it was time for a look into the crystal ball and take a look and see what we may have in store for the future. Before we begin, these predictions are…
Welcome back loyal readers, I hope my adventures were enough to keep you satisfied until my regular column returned this week. This week we’re going to do a grab bag and a few reviews. I guess we should start at…
You can check out Day One over here! Day 2 Friday, I leave my day job in Barrie and head to Mississauga for the con…only to find out there has been a snafu with the passes for our podcast. Due…
Hey everyone. I know, I know, there was no column yesterday. Part of that is because in Toronto, it’s Anime North this weekend! Anime North is probably the biggest fan run anime convention in Canada if not North America and…
So this week I decided to do a bit of dreaming. A lot of people like fantasy football or various mythical match ups for UFC fights so why can’t I do the same for comics? Before I begin I would…
Have you seen Iron Man 2 yet? Good chance most of you have. Don’t worry, nothing even remotely spoilerish here but I will say I rather enjoyed it. So given the occasional retro appeal of subject matter that comes and…
Sometimes the giants walk the Earth and remind you of how awesome their might is. Case in point. New comic day, I head to the Blue Beetle as I know a new issue of Buffy is out (due to an…
“Thanks to iPad and @Marvel app, I am now reading comics again after 20 yrs! After 2 days and 50 bucks, finished #Whedon/Cassaday X-Men. “ Grant Imahara from Mythbusters The iPad has arrived. And while it’s not the comic book…
So it’s been a week and if your surfing this website, chances are you’ve seen Kick Ass. BUT For those of you who haven’t, the following review may contain spoilers of the film. If you haven’t read the comic, this…
Ah lovely readers, it’s another week where there is a ton of stuff that I have to comment on so here we go with another Grab Bag addition of Just a Thought. Gene Colan could use a bit of help…
It was revealed earlier this week that Joe Ruby and Ken Spears (best known for Thundarr the Barbarian) and Syd and Marty Krofft are teaming up to bring to light a ton of Jack Kirby ideas to the public. These…
For the most part, I like Mark Millar’s writing. I’m a big fan of his run on The Authority and the first run on The Ultimates. I enjoyed Kick Ass and thought Old Man Logan was great. But I’m not…
Hey it’s toot Brent’s horn week on Just a Thought…urgh maybe I shouldn’t call it that…sounds kind of dirty… and not in my usual fun dirty way. First off, I got a great response from Jennifer Dupuis about my column…
I love my comic shop. Not just because they afford me a lot of leeway in terms of my pull list and not just because they are one of the better shops I’ve ever been to but I love the…
You ever wake up one day and realize how much you like a someone’s work? About a month ago, I happened upon a documentary about Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers called Runnin’ Down a Dream. Great doc by Peter Bogdanovitch.…
First Wave #1 (DC) Written by Brian Azzarello Drawn by Rags Morales I hate when promotion drops the ball on something I’m waiting for especially when it turns out it’s something I end up liking. As I duly noted last…
It’s been a while since I’ve done a full grab bag edition of Just a Thought for a while. Not much goes on comic news wise until convention season hits it’s full stride in the summer. But we did get…