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Kevin McVicker’s Comics Corner: issue #20: Henry & Glenn Forever & Ever

It is amazing how often in this column on comics that I’m able to meld in my other interests: typically either movies or yelling at millennials on the internet. But for this issue, I get to include a whole new passion of mine, music, as I talk about the collected edition of the comic series…

April 13, 2016 in Columns, Comics, Comics Corner.

Nerd History (w/ Tom Elmore): The Origin and Evolution of the Batman/Superman Team-Ups

Batman V. Superman: Dawn of Justice marks the first time that these two iconic characters have appeared together in a live action film or television production. However, it is far from the first the first appearance of the ultimate superhero dream team.

April 11, 2016 in Comics, Nerd History.

Nerd History (w/ Tom Elmore): The Fleischer Brothers’ Enduring Influence on the Man of Steel

Often overlooked in the hoopla over the upcoming film Batman vs. Superman: Dawn of Justice, is the fact that 2016 marks the 75th anniversary of one of the most important milestones in the Man of Steel’s history, the debut of his first animated film, Superman (a.k.a The Mad Scientist) produced by Max Fleischer’s animation studio…

March 8, 2016 in Comics, Nerd History, Retro.

Kevin McVicker’s Comics Corner: issue #18: 5 Must-Read Deadpool Comics (for noobs!)

With the dramatic and record-shattering successful first weekend of the Deadpool movie there are going to be a lot of fans jumping on board wanting to read all about Marvel‘s favorite Merc With a Mouth. That’s wonderful! There are so, so many excellent Deadpool stories in the comics, and I for one am hoping that…

February 24, 2016 in Columns, Comics, Comics Corner.

Kevin McVicker’s Comics Corner: issue #17: The Year Ahead In Comics

Happy New Year and welcome to the first “Comics Corner” of 2016. Much like every other year, 2016 is full of great promise in comics. While a great deal of the publishing news is still under wraps, a few of the highlights and promises of the year-to-come in comics are already known. Let’s take a…

January 13, 2016 in Columns, Comics, Comics Corner.

#STARWARSMONTH – Comics Corner: issue #16: ‘Marvel’s Star Wars’

  In 2009 Disney bought Marvel. In 2012 Disney bought Star Wars. And from those two purchases Dark Horse lost their comic book publishing rights to Star Wars Comics at the end of 2014 and Marvel launched its new Star Wars line of comics in January of 2015. While it is a sad day seeing…

December 10, 2015 in #StarWarsMonth, Columns, Comics, Comics Corner.

Kevin McVicker’s Comics Corner: issue #15: Warren Ellis ‘Must-Reads’

Anyone who knows me knows that I believe Warren Ellis is the greatest comic book writer today, and is potentially one of the greatest of all time. I’m not alone in my belief on this subject, but to those of you who may be new to comics and want to properly waste your time and…

November 8, 2015 in Columns, Comics, Comics Corner.

Kevin McVicker’s Comics Corner: issue #14: MORE Great Comics for Non-Comic-Readers

Back in January of this year, I wrote an article encouraging people who don’t like the traditional superhero genre of comics to get into a series with a list of comic books that are anything but superhero related. And so again, with this in mind I’m going to do another run down of some series,…

October 9, 2015 in Columns, Comics, Comics Corner.

Kevin McVicker’s Comics Corner: issue #13: ‘Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency’ (IDW Publishing)

When I was young, I guess maybe ten or twelve, my dad gave my brother a collection of cassette tapes that were bootleg books-on-tape. In that case were such classic sci-fi novels as The Foundation, Prelude to the Foundation, The Kabayashi Maru, and a few others also about Star Trek or masonry. But the preeminent…

September 7, 2015 in Comics, Comics Corner.

The Top 10 Worst Comic Book Movies of All Time (Other Than 2015’s Fantastic Four)

Given the recent mega-flop of 2015’s Fantastic Four movie, below I present the OTHER Top-10 worst comic book based films ever produced. It was a difficult list to whittle down, but I think you’ll agree that everything on this list deserves to be here. There are other awful comic films, but generally when people hate…

August 13, 2015 in Comics, Movies, Opinion.

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