August 2011
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The Sidetracked Podcast Episode 174 - The End? →
Episode 174 Topics Include: - Baltimore Comic Con - What we’ve been watching - Featured Review: 13 Assassins
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Recent Acquisitions: Borders Closing Sale - 8/26
The Borders book store right down the street from my job has been having a Going Out Of Business Sale for the past few weeks. I’ve stopped in a few times since the sale began, but didn’t think the deals were too great at the time. The only thing I bought before tonight was The Venture Brothers Season 4 Part 2 for 20% Off. Not bad, but not amazing, either. I hadn’t been in about...
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Recent Acquisitions: Baltimore Comic Con 2011
Battlefields Volume 2 HC - I’ve yet to read any of Garth Ennis’ Battlefields mini-series’, but if it’s anything like his old War Stories stuff for Vertigo (and I’ll bet that it is), this book is going to be a great read. You really can’t go wrong with a Garth Ennis comic as far as I’m concerned. Also, it was only $5!
Daredevil: Born Again HC - I have no...
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Wednesday Haul: 8/17/11
New books I bought this week:
The Boys: Butcher, Baker, Candlestickmaker #2
BPRD - Hell On Earth: New World TPB
Captain America #2 - Not as gripping as issue 1, but I do love the sci-fi aspect of the story involving alternate dimensions. As with all of Brubaker’s books, I have a feeling that this story will read amazingly once it’s collected.
Daredevil #2 - I’ve yet to...
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The Sidetracked Podcast Episode 173 - Pissing Fire →
Episode 173 Topics Include: - “Just because they serve you, doesn’t mean they like you” - Superhero movie costumes - This week in trailers: Ghost Rider: Spirit Of Vengeance - Featured Review: The Silence Of The Lambs - Featured Review: Four Lions
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Batman Is A Pedo
…at least, that’s what Frank Miller would have us believe.
Exhibit A:
Exhibit B:
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“The problem with Pixar was that they seemed to think that any computer generated...”
– Mike Dailly, developer on the Super Nintendo game Uniracer
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Dreams Do Come True
At the end of last year it was announced that the Wildstorm Universe was being shut down due to low sales figures. I’ve always been a fan of the Wildstorm Universe, but even I can admit that their mainstay, in-continuity superhero titles had been going downhill for some time, and for the last few years I had personally only been buying them out of habit. Regardless, there will always be a...
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Wednesday Haul : 8/10/11
New books I bought this week:
Amazing Spiderman #667
American Vampire: Survival Of The Fittest #3
Criminal: The Last Of The Innocent #3
Fear Itself #5 - Maybe it’s because of all of the news surrounding DC’s big relaunch, but I feel like nobody’s talking about Fear Itself. While it hasn’t been as excellent as Civil War, I’ve found this series to be far superior...
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Wednesday Haul: 8/3/11
New books I bought this week:
50 Girls 50 #3
The Boys #57
DC Comics Presents The Metal Men - Keith Giffen, J.M. DeMatteis, and Kevin Maguire? You’re goddam right I’m gonna buy this book. I’d already read the majority of the content in this 100 page issue when it ran as back-up stories in a semi-recent Doom Patrol series, but I’m glad I didn’t waste my money on...
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The Sidetracked Side Project Episode 16 - Plinking →
Episode 16 Topics Include: - Kurt’s summer movie revue Special Guest Host: Kurt Miller
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The "Willow" That Wasn't →
Apparently, back in the day, Moebius was hired to do designs for the film Willow. I’m not a big fan of that movie, but if these designs were used it would have been something to behold!
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WatchA Very Gerry Christmas by Jay Cheel and FilmJunk.com
I watch this thing once every few months and it always puts several smiles on my face. I hope this appears as a special feature on the inevitable DVD release of Jay’s first feature film: Beauty Day.
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Fauxgo
Fauxgo is a great idea for a Tumblr blog. All of the posts consist of fake logos from movies, TV shows, and video games. Here are some of my favorites thus far:
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“You’re lucky your music’s good, Claudio, because your comics suck.”
– Joel Lolar on Amory Wars
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“Batman may or may not have been a robot, but Robin was definitely a chimp.”
– Jacob “Kansas” Rhodes
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“Hunter S. Thompson is boring.”
– Jacob “Kansas” Rhodes
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The Church Of Comics
Interviewer: "Did science fiction and God appeal to you as a kid?"
Brandon Graham: "Certainly not God. I feel like I chose comic books as my religion."
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The Sidetracked Podcast Episode 172 - Affirmative... →
Episode 160 Topics Include: - Women and minorities in comics - Ripping up paper for fun and profit - This week in trailers: Red Tails, A Good Old Fashioned Orgy, Avengers One-Shot: The Consultant - What we’ve been watching - Featured Review: Black Death
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