The further adventures of John Taylor and the Nightside. Book 8 is a bit of a let down, as Taylor runs through another wacky cavalcade of characters, threatening and throwing pepper. Only this time, they pair him with a half-demon meant to monkeywrench his burgeoning relationship with Shotgun Suzie. CBR #27 – All The News That’s Print to Give You Fits
Just don’t put Tyler Lautner in the movie, Mr. Fincher
I read Matz and Jacamons The Killer and was mesmerized by that stylish French-Noir-in-a-comic, so it was a no brainer to pick up Cyclops. In the foreword, Matz cites Starship Troopers and Blade Runner as influences, stating “I like the way these two movies smoothly throw us into a world apparently different than ours, but not that much of you take a closer look. They then use that world to deliver a message about ourselves and the world in which we live today.” Mission accomplished, sir. […]
By the Pricking of my Thumbs
Let me shout it from the rooftops! I LOVE MACBETH! Macbeth is my absolute favorite thing to teach all year…and my enthusiasm for the play must be catching because usually it’s my students’ favorite thing to read too. Clocking in as Shakespeare’s shortest play, there’s a heck of a lot going on it in. Rumor has it that King James I had a very short attention span (was prone to falling asleep at the theater) and loved the occult, therefore Shakespeare tried to write for […]
Enlightenment, yogis, Apaches, oh my!
Is internal bliss at the expense of outward oblivion desirable? If we lived in a world reminiscent of that which Keanu Reaves faced in The Matrix, are we better off living in ignorance? And why does it seem that there is a fine line between religious fervor and religious fanaticism? Are they even mutually exclusive? these questions and more are tackled in A Death on Diamond Mountain, the story of several people’s search for enlightenment under the auspices of Tibetan Buddhism. Carney’s background as an […]