*From here on out I might be including spoilers. Reader beware. In our last episode Alpha Dad Reed Strucker struck a deal with Sentinel Services (mutant hunters) to betray the identities of the member of the Mutant Underground (and the location of their secret headquarters) in exchange for the safety of his family. Because a […]
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TV Review: The Gifted S1 E2- rX
December 23, 2017*From here on out I might be including spoilers. Reader beware. Episode 2 launches with a flashback of the Strucker family out doing family things and father Reed fails to be a truly good person by partially protecting a mutant child and her father. At this point daughter Lauren probably already has her powers. Reed […]
Buffy: The High School Years: Parental Parasite by Kel McDonald, art by Yishan Li Dark Horse Comics, 2017 ISBN: 9781506703046 Available: print, Kindle, and comiXology ebook Into every generation, a slayer is born: one girl in all the world, a chosen one. So begins the story of Buffy, Angel, Giles, Willow, and Xander chasing down a […]
TV Review: iZombie season 1
December 17, 2017Liv Moore (*rimshot*) was an overachiever headed straight for a prestigious career as a heart surgeon and a wonderful life as the wife of perfect, sweet heart throb Major Lilywhite. (Yup, enjoy the puns, folks.) And then, after being encouraged to loosen up, Liv attends a party that ends in a zombie mini-pocalypse. Liv is […]
TV Review: The Gifted S1E1- EXposed
December 10, 2017Spawned by the popularity of super hero shows, Fox gives up The Gifted, a post X-men tale of mutants trying to survive in a world very literally out to get them. The X-men series has always outright tackled themes of racism, violence against minorities, and systematic prejudice. Important note: While Marvel shows (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., […]
TV Review: Riverdale Season One
December 9, 2017OMG, this is the come-from-nowhere must see drama of the year. Based on the Archie comic, a pretty expansive collection of comics that runs the gamut from cute and wholesome (Lil Archie) to violent and gory (Afterlife with Archie), Riverdale is a vivid, moody take on the source material. Told from the view of Jughead […]
Book Review: Calexit #1 by Matteo Pizzolo, art by Amancay Nahuelpan
December 5, 2017Calexit #1 by Matteo Pizzolo, art by Amancay Nahuelpan Black Mask Studios, 2017 ASIN: B07146NKY6 Available: Kindle ebook and comiXology Calexit #1, a new comic series from indie publishing house Black Mask Studios, presents a frightening world not far off from the current political climate. A fascist, autocratic president takes control of the United States, […]
Afterlife with Archie volume 1: Escape from Riverdale by Roberto Auirre-Sacasa and Francesco Francovilla Archie Comics, 2014 ISBN: 9781619889088 Available: New, used & digital Oh, Riverdale. The iconic small town USA, perpetually stuck in the 1950s, where a boy struggles with such heady things as which girl to invite to a movie Friday night. Archie-with-zombies could have been a […]
Book Review: Pretty Deadly
September 11, 2017Pretty Deadly, Volume 1: The Shrike by Kelly Sue Deconnick, art by Emma Rios Image Comics, 2014 ISBN: 9781607069621 Available: Paperback, Kindle & comixology ebook The story begins with the skeletal Bunny and Butterfly introducing us to an unusual little girl named Sissy the Vulture Girl, and her guardian, old man Fox. Sissy and Fox travel […]
Book Review: Paper Girls by Brian K. Vaughn, art by Cliff Chiang
September 7, 2017Paper Girls, Volume 1 (Issues #1-5) by Brian K. Vaughn, art by Cliff Chiang Image Comics, 2015 ISBN: 9781632156747 Available: Library binding, paperback, Kindle edition and comiXology ebook Paper Girls begins with a strange dream that Erin, the new papergirl, is having, just before she has to awaken for her route. We discover that that date is […]