Comic Book Movies
Outpost 31
Last Halloween, I sewed an Outpost 31 patch on my wintercoat and made believe that I was R.J. MacReady from John Carpenter’s 1982 sci-fi horror masterpiece The Thing. The other guy is my buddy, James, […]
Month: February 2011
Toys
Short-packed: TIA NY and various DC products
by Christopher Troy As we speak, Toy Fair is going down up over in the Javitis Center (home of NYCC!) in NYC. While I’m still trying to compile images and info for the FPNYC blog, […]
Toys
Power Core Combiners Sledge Review
By Loran Possibly the best “feature” of the Power Core Combiners line has not been the unique alt-modes, nifty Minicons, or combination gimmick, but rather its abundance of new characters. So far the only “heritage” […]
Comic Book Movies
The Compleat Al
Today I bought a Laserdisc player off my coworker Javier. When he told me about this I jumped at the chance to buy it. I’ve had a copy of The Compleat Al, the rare “Weird […]
Toys
Pursuit of Cobra Snake Eyes Review
By Loran Snake Eyes is quite possibly the most overused character in G.I. Joe. Over the past 30 years the guy has gotten over fifty figures. It’s not without good reason, though. His image is […]
Comic Book Movies
Psychos In Love
Getting ready to go to a friend’s Valentines Day gathering where we will be watching one of my all time favorite movies Psychos In Love. Check out the trailer, but watcher beware, especially if you […]
Other Topics
X-Men First Class Trailer
The official trailer to the new X-Men movie is here for your viewing pleasure. Let the mocking begin.
Comic Book Movies
8MM Movie Matinee
Monster movie fans rejoice, the next 8MM Movie Matinee event is going to pay tribute to everyone’s favorite big green brute… The Frankenstein Monster. Bucko Trading and Von Erickson Laboratories Present Franken-Fest 2011 A.D. (or… […]
Manga
New Manga Releases: Time To Pop Your Meds
By Mat K. Any one who ever bought manga or anime knows that as far as your wallet is concerned, crack is cheaper. I’m sure you’ve heard the very phrase, it’s been on wallets and […]
Comics and Graphic Novels
UNKIEDEV’s Guide to the Best Available Comic Book Licensors In Town!
By Unkiedev At an undisclosed time in the undisclosed past I had embarked upon an epoch entitled “Comic Book Ideas Lying About on the Launch- Pad of Neglect” or some such. This article was about […]
Comic Book Movies
Conventions
Night Of The Living Barbies
Last week Mattel created quite a buzz with the release of their Barbie dolls based off of the 1980’s television show Dynasty. Honestly I barely remember the show but I’m guessing it has a pretty […]
Anime
K-On! The Manga Review
Here it is. My first manga review. As the title probably gave away it’s for the first volume release of K-On. If you have no idea who or what K-On! is I highly suggest you […]
Anime
The Awesome-ness of Haruhi Suzumiya!
Any Joe Schmoe on the street could tell you without question that Harry Potter is a publishing phenomenon, but if you asked him about The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, he’d look at you like you […]
Comic Book Movies
Superbowling for Dollars
The Super Bowl has come and gone. Who won? Who cares? Not I. What I do care about is all those movie trailer premiers. Now most people run down their list of most and least […]
Marvel Comics
Marvel Universe Series 3 Wave 1 line review
By Chris Troy This is a very unique February for Marvel fans across the US. Comic wise, Marvel’s launching it’s .01 initiative, special $2.99 priced 1-shots that help new readers get caught up to date […]
Toys
Power Core Combiners Steamhammer Review
By Loran It seems that even the most disliked of Transformers lines all seem to get that one wave that people just go ga-ga over when the prototype pictures get revealed. Love the line or […]
Marvel Comics
Iron Man 2 Air Assault Drone Review
By Loran While it’s pretty much the second time they’ve done it so far, I have to say I quite commend the live-action Iron Man movies for using one of my favorite mecha clichés: the […]
Horror
Munsters from Mars
Rumors of The Munsters remake for NBC have been all over the internet for the past couple months. Helming this project is Bryan Fuller, the man who made death cute with shows like Dead Like […]
Comic Book Movies
RIP TURA SATANA
Cult queen Tura Satana passed away Friday night. Tura Satana, the actress whose authoritative presence, exotic looks and buxom frame commanded the attention of viewers of Russ Meyer’s 1965 cult movie “Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!”, […]