Demonic # 1 by (Skybound/Image) There has been a real influx of demon-driven books, even from unsuspecting creative teams. Last week we saw Kill or Be Killed with the crime noir team of Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips put a demon twist on a traditional crime story. Citizen Jack by Sam Humphries also gives us […]
Synopsis: What do a porn star, ex-soldier, Islamic extremist, quasi-mute and handsome bi-sexual have in common? Shared demon dreams, of course. Five strangers – all visiting the same therapist – have the same dream every night: they find themselves in an old castle, being stalked by a pale-faced demon. Their therapist does some research and […]
We are having some work done on the new house. It’s nothing major, but whenever I get an update on the renovation timeline from our contractors, I hear Tom Hanks and Shelley Long laughing and whispering “two weeks” in my ear. In the meantime, all five of us (and the two dogs) are holed up […]
With my week off from the column last week, I was able to pick up Nailbiter Volume One: There Will Be Blood by Joshua Williamson and Mike Henderson. I jumped into the series with issue #23 and it was by far one of the best single issues of a comic I had read all year, […]
We are relocating again, from one Residence Inn to another Residence Inn located closer to our new home. Turns out the one hour and fifteen minute commute isn’t ideal with toddlers, a baby and two dogs. It’s so tricky, in fact, that we are giving up a two-bedroom hotel suite for a studio just to avoid the […]
I was a man. But they took that from me. I ran with The Sawyer Gang. Chet & Amos Sawyer were brothers, and they were particularly savage creatures. In the grand scheme of their gang, I found myself somewhere in the middle. “The money crew,” as they called it. Our main targets were banks and […]
Synopsis: Sarah has a simple dream: work hard and make it to the silver screen. After all, who wants to work at Big Taters – a less classy version of Hooters – forever? She will do whatever she can to make her dream come true. What’s wrong with that? Thoughts: Everything. Everything is wrong with […]
You have an unnaturally high tolerance for this stuff,” C told me as we drank wine on our patio. The kids were in bed and we were enjoying one of our last evenings in our backyard. We’d sold the house, quickly, and bought another even quicker. We were moving across town to become a “Bates […]
One of these things is not like the other; or, Two Endings and a Funeral? Quick Ratings: Crossed: Badlands #100 (Avatar) Ratings: 0.5 out of 5 (the final pinup made me laugh.) Crossed: + 100 #17 (Avatar) Ratings: 0 out 5 Disney Kingdoms: The Haunted Mansion #5 (Marvel) Ratings: 3.5 out of 5 I do […]
Synopsis: Ghosts! Ghosts everywhere! At the turn of the 20th century, Edith Cushing (CUSHING!) is wooed by an English baronet, gets married and moves to his not-at-all ominous mansion, nicknamed “Crimson Peak”. There is a nefarious plot between the baronet and his insane sister in regards to Edith. And then, of course, there are the […]