Comics Reviews (July 30th, 2014)
No pick of the week this week, as I can't honestly recommend anything point blank on its own merits.Avengers #33I gather other people found the "Captain America hurtles further and further into the...
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True Humanity Comes (The Last War in Albion Part 55: The Floronic Man, Goya)
This is the fifth of twenty-two parts of Chapter Eight of The Last War in Albion, focusing on Alan Moore's run on Swamp Thing. An omnibus of all twenty-two parts is available here. If you purchased...
View ArticleSaturday Waffling (August 2nd, 2014)
After a couple of people suggested it, I decided to try crowdfunding Season Eight reviews. So, if you are interested in a weekly column about Season Eight of Doctor Who as it airs, in which I will...
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Miracle Day and Death
Jill Buratto is a nurse specializing in end of life issues. She's also my wife, and would be as happy as I would be if you backed my Patreon campaign for weekly episode reviews of Season Eight of...
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Yes, I Shall Come Back (The Girl Who Waited)
For once I've picked the image because it illustrates a point and not to makea bad joke about it. So I'll just give you a bad joke with nothing to do withthe image. What's brown and sticky? A...
View ArticleComics Reviews (August 7th, 2014)
Right. Fun week. Pick of the week's idiosyncratic, I'll freely admit.Bravo, by Greg RuckaNot a comic, but certainly adjacent, Greg Rucka, writer of numerous very good comics, one of which is reviewed...
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The First Flower Grew (The Last War in Albion Part 56: America a Prophecy,...
This is the fifth of twenty-two parts of Chapter Eight of The Last War in Albion, focusing on Alan Moore's run on Swamp Thing. An omnibus of all twenty-two parts can be purchased at Smashwords. If you...
View ArticleSaturday Waffling (August 9th, 2014)
So, first of all, I have a bit of nice news - after polling the people who have backed the Patreon to fund reviews of Season Eight, the consensus is that people want the reviews to be open for everyone...
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A Great, Great Partnership (The God Complex)
No, no, that's fine. I'll find a different table. Really. It's OK.It’s September 17th, 2011. Pixie Lott has the number one slot with “All About Tonight,” with Olly Murs, Calvin Harris, and Ed Sheeran...
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It Isn't Really a Disease at All (Closing Time)
My god, there really is an action figure set based on "Childrenof the Revolution."It’s September 24th, 2011. One Direction are at number one with “What Makes You Beautiful,” while Pixie Lott, Example,...
View ArticleComics Reviews (August 14th, 2014)
All-New X-Men #30Faced with the need to fill an issue before "Last Will and Testament of Charles Xavier" wraps up and screws with the status quo, Bendis delivers what one might call a classic issue of...
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All The Black is Ripe in Green (The Last War in Albion Part 57: The Burial,...
This is the seventh of twenty-two parts of Chapter Eight of The Last War in Albion, focusing on Alan Moore's run on Swamp Thing. An omnibus of all twenty-two parts can be purchased at Smashwords. If...
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Breakfast Blog Closing Imminently, Replaced By Craven Capitalist Consumption...
I'll admit it, I'm properly excited.I liked where Doctor Who was going at the end of the Matt Smith era, even if I was at moments ambivalent about precisely where it was. And it feels like the change...
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The Angels Have the Phonebox (The Angels Take Manhattan)
In this scene, Clara is cleverly disguised as a frankly alarminghaircut.It’s September 29th, 2012. Script are at number one with “Hall of Fame,” with Psy, Pink, Ne-Yo, and, with an impressive seven...
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You Were Expecting Someone Else 31 (The Eternity Clock)
Frezno has done such a nice job continuing The Nintendo Project that I felt like I should let him play on this blog too.1985 was a very eventful year, when one looks back on it from a broad...
View ArticleComics Reviews (August 21st, 2014)
Let's try something different this week - instead of grades, a somewhat more idiosyncratic countdown from my least favorite thing I picked up this week to my pick of the week.The Unwritten Apocalypse...
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Let Them Bleed Now (The Last War in Albion Part 58: Rape)
This is the eighth of twenty-two parts of Chapter Eight of The Last War in Albion, focusing on Alan Moore's run on Swamp Thing. An omnibus of all twenty-two parts can be purchased at Smashwords. If you...
View ArticleDeep Breath Review
This is a placeholder post for my review of Deep Breath, which will replace this text as soon as it's written.If you would like a notification of when the review is posted, one will be sent to backers...
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Outside the Government 19: Doctor Who Confidential Redux
It is strange in some ways to realize that Doctor Who Confidential has been going on this whole time. It’s not, after all, like anybody watched it. I mean, a few people did, but it was only ever...
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Pop Between Realities, Home in Time for Tea 81 (My Little Pony: Friendship is...
Jed writes My Little Po-Mo, the TARDIS Eruditorum of ponies.In this scene, Clara is cleverly disguised as a pony named Rose.Consider a fandom. A curious beast, an amorphous, shifting mass of people...
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