I’ve tried a lot of comic readers for iPhone and have been unhappy with what I’ve seen. Largely, my dissatisfaction with those apps grows from a poorly imagined transition from print comic to PDA. Much of what I’ve seen fails to consider the differences in medium and the specifics challenges of a digital handheld device. […]
Is DC just not trying anymore? Between this and the Blackest Night ad they released, it seems like they really aren’t trying to keep things under wraps anymore. Guess we know who Batman will be. Or is it just a way to throw us off? I mean, Nightwing is on the cover for issue #1. […]
Thanks to Comic Book Resources, preview art for Batman and Robin, coming this June from DC Comics. Written by Grant Morrison, art by Frank Quitely. Good news if you liked All Star Superman. Bad news if you’re…you know…me.
Holy crapola! Back in the late 70’s, Toei produced a Spiderman series that literally had nothing to do with the American Spider-Man, other than a similar costume and the same name. It was about Takuya Yamashiro, who was a motorcycle racer that became Spiderman after seeing a UFO falling to Earth called the “Marveller”. Takuya’s […]
The very last game I was supposed to be in was a session of Dread: The Last Hurrah. I’d been looking forward to Dread since the moment I had registered for it on the Warhorn site many weeks ago. The problem was that it was in the last slot of the last day of the […]
So…all the hints they’ve been giving about Blackest Night, they’ve still managed to avoid giving any MAJOR spoilers away. Well, until DC Direct put out an ad about the Blackest Night action figures coming out this September. This is old news, but it doesn’t seem like everyone has seen this. Big spoilers after the jump […]
I would be remiss if I didn’t mention the spectacular food prepared for us all weekend by the fine ladies of the Kitchen Kill Krewe (not their official designation, but shouldn’t it be?). Food was hot, tasty, and inexpensive. Seriously, all con food should be as good and affordable. There were several standout items on […]
After Saturday’s morning games wrapped up, Fear the Boot provided a live podcast. This is the element I felt was missing from last year’s convention, thus a very welcome addition this year. It was great to see the guys all bantering amongst each other. Additionally, they made the audience the fifth host providing a microphone […]
Sleep deprivation had absolutely no impact on the Battletech players running their game at the table across from our Savage Ghostbusters game. Yet another Chris Hussey game (YACHG), it was packed with twelve players. Hussey had ’em pumped. So much so that that at the beginning of each round, they all shouted: “Fear the Wind, […]
Day 2 of the con got off to what I would characterize as a rather groggy start. Many of the con-goers went to see a midnight showing of Watchmen at the conclusion of Day 1’s activities. You’ve never seen so many sleep deprived gamers! As much as I wanted to, I chose not to go […]