This week on tumblr: x2k – Week of 2/16/13 The Internet is a large and confusing place. Don’t believe me? Just check out Ron Weasley. He knows how confusing it is. Don’t worry. I’m here to shuffle through the madness…
Books/Novels/Comics
Orson Scott Card and Superman
So there has been news that fiction writer Orson Scott Card has signed on to write a story for a series of Superman digital comics. My first thought about this isn’t very substantial. Just something along the lines of not…
He’s an Animal, Man!
“Let me tell you about the weirdest dream I ever had… This was a few years ago, When I’d only been Animal Man for a little while… I met my maker, literally. He was this skinny intense, Scottish guy who…
Pride and Prejudice and Comics
… Oh My! In March of this year, the publisher, Quirk Classics, released a new edition of the Jane Austen novel, Pride and Prejudice. Big deal right? It’s a book outside of copyright, and gets reprinted all the time. You…
I watched the Watchmen
This past Friday the world got to experience not only the film Watchmen, but part of the Watchmen experience. I was just lucky enough to see the opening show at our theater. Even though my wife and I were going…
Watching the Watchmaker
It is currently Thursday, March 5th and it is all I can do not to sit and twitch in my chair with anticipation for the film adaptation of Watchmen this Friday. However, even with this twisted knot of anxiety for…
10 ways to be a douche…
10 ways to be a douche when a new movie comes out based on a book/novel/comic. 10. Ask in YouTube comments for the name of the song in the latest trailer. By they way, does anyone know the song that…
I’ll have the calamari
This was a response I had written over at comicbookmovies.com in reference to the news that the new Watchmen movie will not have the original squid finish. What I think irked me most is the usual fanboy retort of “If…