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2013

Friday Five – Oh Shit Moments

Posted By on March 29, 2013 at 2:34 pm
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Sometimes you’re sitting there, watching a tv show or movie, and something happens that makes you jump out of your seat and go “Oh shit son! Shit done just got real!” This week I list my favorite such moments where someone did not literally say “Oh Shit”.

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Tuesday Preview: Image Comics’ Savage Skullkickers #1

Posted By on March 26, 2013 at 4:42 pm
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Since I enjoyed their last cover homage in Uncanny Skullkickers, for this week’s Tuesday Preview, I bring you Image Comics’ Savage Skullkickers #1. Actually, it’s Skullkickers #20, welcome to comic book math. You know how things like this go.

See the full preview after the jump.

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Friday Five – Guilty Pleasure Movies

Posted By on March 22, 2013 at 3:01 pm
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I generally like to think of myself as having a very refined palate when it comes to movies, being able to spot the crappy ones from a mile away. But sometimes, I just can’t help but to love a polished turd of a film.

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2013

Tuesday Preview – Boom Studios’ Adventure Time #14

Posted By on March 19, 2013 at 5:18 pm
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Man, everyone sure seems to be enjoying these Adventure Time previews. Well, if that’s what everyone wants, who am I to withhold it from them? So this week I bring you a preview of the new issue of Adventure Time #14 from Boom Studios. In the final issue of the current story arc, Finn and Jake are trapped inside a digital world. . . Who can rescue the heroes?

See the full preview after the jump!

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2013

Friday Five – Movies You’ve Embarrassingly Never Seen

Posted By on March 15, 2013 at 3:06 pm
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There are tons of movies out there. No matter how hard you try, there’s no way to watch them all and compromises need to be made. But sometimes there are films that pretty much everyone in your life agrees are good and you should see, but you just never get around to them and are embarrassed that you never get to join in all the conversations about them. Those conversations usually end with “How have you never seen Movie X?”

There aren’t so many singular movies I haven’t seen that are embarrassing, except maybe cinematic classics like Citizen Kane or It’s a Wonderful Life. It’s more groups or genres of movies that I’ve missed out on. The below list is in no real particular order.

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2013

Take It Or Leave It – March 13, 2013

Posted By on March 15, 2013 at 12:22 pm
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I previewed this book yesterday for the Tuesday Preview, and now here’s my full review for Image Comics’ Trigger Girl 6 #1

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Tuesday Preview: Image Comics’ TriggerGirl 6 #1

Posted By on March 12, 2013 at 8:47 pm
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For this week’s Tuesday Preview we bring you Image Comic’s TriggerGirl 6 #1, by Jimmy Palmiotti (who has been killing it over in DC’s Ame-Comi Girls). Who is the deadly assassin Triggergirl 6 and why was she sent out on a mission to kill the president of the United States? Who is behind her creation and what is their end game? All these questions are answered as this unforgettable epic is collected for the first time, with bonus sketch pages featuring the art of award-winning illustrator Phil Noto.

See the full preview after the jump!

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Friday Five – Things That Make You Cry, Volume 1

Posted By on March 8, 2013 at 3:08 pm
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Lie down, try not to cry, cry a lot.

I went under the assumption of two ground rules: The “Jurassic Bark” episode of Futurama and The Iron Giant are both assumed, as if you don’t cry during both of those, you are a soulless demon of a person. Also, these days I’m kinda broken in that pretty much any time an orchestra swells, I’ll break down weeping. I used to be a hard emotionless person, but my ex girlfriend taught me how to feel, much like Laurie Laughlin did to Jerry on Seinfeld. Unfortunately, I haven’t been scared straight yet by George, being as I am pretty much George, so I just have to deal with it.

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Take It Or Leave It – March 6, 2013

Posted By on March 8, 2013 at 2:54 pm
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This week on Take It Or Leave It, I examine Avengers #7, a table setting piece in Hickman’s overall plan to destroy the Avengers.

Since it went over so well last time we previewed it, for this week’s preview, I present Issue 3 of Boom Studio’s Adventure Time spin off, Fiona & Cake, written and drawn by Adventure Time storyboard artist Natasha Allegri.

See the full preview after the jump!