Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Yasiel Puig received a prop from the TV show The Walking Dead. It’s a replica of Lucille, the baseball bat wrapped in barbed wire used by Negan to kill Glenn. I stopped reading The Walking Dead comic with issue #100. It was the issue that Negan killed Glenn with the barbed wire … Continue Reading “Yasiel Puig is ready to bash Glenn’s head in”
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So you want to punch a Nazi in the face?
Some people are actually talking about whether it’s ethical to punch a Nazi in the face. It started when a protester punched white separatist Richard Spencer in the face. Some described it as punching a Nazi in the face. People on the control-left got a kick out of this video. Many of them began defending … Continue Reading “So you want to punch a Nazi in the face?”
Carrie Fisher 1956 – 2016
From the Los Angeles Times: Actress and writer Carrie Fisher, who rose to global fame as the trail-blazing intergalactic heroine Princess Leia in the “Star Wars” franchise and later went on to establish herself as an author and screenwriter with an acerbic comic flair, has died. Fisher suffered a cardiac incident on Friday during a … Continue Reading “Carrie Fisher 1956 – 2016”
Gail Simone’s new policy on writing comics
Comic book writer Gail Simone went to Twitter today to share her new policy about the comic books she will write in the future: I am not writing any more comics without LGBTQ and poc characters, period. It’s weird we have to even make that declaration. — GAIL SIMONE (@GailSimone) December 8, 2016 The abbreviation … Continue Reading “Gail Simone’s new policy on writing comics”
There is a new Superman and he is Chinese
I haven’t been following what’s going on in the world of comic books these days, especially superhero comic books. Movies have taken the place of actual comic books when it comes to superhero storytelling. It would seem that I’ve been missing a lot. For instance, Superman is now Chinese. It appears from the cover art … Continue Reading “There is a new Superman and he is Chinese”
Mark Waid sounds absolutely insane
Comic book writer Mark Waid wrote a long post on Facebook sharing is his feelings on the 2016 presidential election. Spoiler alert, he’s not too happy about how it turned out. Donald Trump won and Hillary lost. I’m not happy with Trump being our president either. I wouldn’t have been happy to have Clinton as … Continue Reading “Mark Waid sounds absolutely insane”