Kevin Feige is the madman/genius that made Marvel’s Cinematic Universe/Phase 1/Avengers franchise from the Marvel Comics to the theatrical screens. He provided his advice to Warner Bros regarding their efforts for a similar/parallel Justice League film series. “I’m sure they have smart people over there who have a plan and know what they’re doing. Man …
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Apr 07
How do the physicists afford the apartment?
From the Facebook page of ComicsPriceGuide.com While the two physicists are smart enough to pay all of their bills on time and not with credit cards, Penny clearly has problems with money and does not pay her bills with the same regularity as Sheldon and Leonard. Her apartment, while in the same building, is not …
Mar 29
Marvel Comics launches robot Avengers title
I find this concept to be horrifically boring and like one of those old concepts they refuse to acknowledge they did multiple times already. “Springing out of the increasingly razor-thin crawlspace between the organic and synthetic worlds comes ‘Avengers A.I.’,” said Axel Alonso, Editor In Chief, Marvel Entertainment. “When one of the Marvel Universe’s preeminent …
Nov 14
the last Irregular Webcomic
The link to the very last regular installment of Irregular Webcomic, at least as far as the actual strip, is here. After No. 3182, the 2011-10-13 strip, which pretty much ends or ties up the various narratives to the extent that David Morgan-Mar is willing to do so, comes a slew of guest strips and …
Aug 20
How massive can a Superman repository be?
The Comics Reporter has a page or exhibition for a newspaper strip collection for our Man of Steel: http://www.comicsreporter.com/index.php/go_look_massive_superman_newspaper_strip_repository/ I am unclear which as I have not read it yet.
Jun 26
Megatron versus the Windsor police?
Despite this being an event in Canada it is indicative about our own country’s legal policies regarding toys realistically resembling firearms. WINDSOR, Ont. — A 25-year-old Windsor man who allegedly pointed a handgun at his neighbours was arrested on Wednesday after police officers surrounded his west end residence. The three-hour standoff forced the lockdown of …
Jan 08
Did you know that Jack Kirby created the comic adapting 2001 A Space Odyssey?
I did. I used to own a few issues, specifically the ones featuring “Mister Machine”, later to be brand-identified as Machine Man. In any case, here are two articles plus some original art: 2001 A Space Odyssey Comic Book, Jack Kirby, Arthur C. Clarke This stuff was apparently right up the King’s alley. No real …
Jan 08
Chris Yost interview right before the Kang release
Read with fascination Robot 6 interview with Chris Yost. Mr. Yost’s grasp of Marvel lore is quite impressive. Note how he explains the Hawkeye dynamic. you generally need one of the big three… (in order for it to be “‘really the Avengers’”) but honestly… In my mind, Hawkeye’s the fourth of the big three. To …
Dec 08
Which do you think are the most significant Super-Heroes and are the number of the most important only seven?
Adherents has had a website dedicated to exploring the respective religions of various fictional characters for some time now and whenever I wander over there (which is very rarely) I find it fascinating. One of their side pages is The Significant Seven: History’s Most Important Superheroes. It is, for the most part, an excerpt from …
Nov 25
the Darker Seid of Life
By all means we at Monitor Duty should have written dozens of histories and recaps and essays about DC Comics’ vile Kirby demon, the evil New God Darkseid. By now there should be hundreds of references and odes of love. If kicked we might see it happen in the future, but I do not care …
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