Comics Reviews (August 28th, 2014)
I liked doing these as a ranked list last time, so let's do it again.All New X-Men #31The start of a new Bendis storyline, with all the attendant faults such as the storyline not actually starting...
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By His Torment, The World Was Redeemed (The Last War in Albion Part 59: Down...
This is the ninth 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 ArticleInto the Dalek Review
This review was generously funded by 145 backers at Patreon. If you enjoy it, please consider joining them in supporting the remaining reviews. There is a certain perspective from which, going in, this...
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Outside the Government: Sky
It’s October 3rd, 2011. Sak Noel is at number one with “Loca People,” with One Direction, Goo Goo Dolls, and Dappy also charting. There is presumably some reason why the Goo Goo Dolls are charting with...
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Outside the Government: The Curse of Clyde Langer
It’s October 10th, 2011. Rihanna is at number one with “We Found Love,” a song whose video, consisting of shots of Belfast, provides a perhaps unintentional but amusing sense of what is meant by “a...
View ArticleComics Reviews (September 4th, 2014)
As always, and by always I mean just like the last two weeks, from worst to best.Original Sin #8Well. That didn't work. Which is odd, because so much of it felt so close to working. The "a secret is...
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The Svadishtana Chakrah (The Last War in Albion Part 60: Rite of Spring)
This is the tenth 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 ArticleRobot of Sherwood Review
This review exists because of the generous support of 149 backers at Patreon. Please consider becoming the 150th. Or 151st, or whatever, if someone beat you to it. In any case, you can contribute here....
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Outside the Government: The Man Who Never Was
It’s October 17th, 2011. Rihanna is still stuck in a hopeless place. Maroon 5, Christina Perri, LMFAO, and One Direction also chart. In news, Liam Fox resigns as defense secretary, Occupy London starts...
View ArticleSteven Moffat is a Feminist and You Are Wrong if You Disagree
If you enjoy this post, maybe you might consider throwing a few dollars to support my blog's reviews of Season Eight as it comes out? You can do that right here, over at Patreon. Thanks. I had this...
View ArticleI Need A Bit of Help
Hey all - I've got a spot if trouble, and I suspect someone reading this can help.My bank removed around $2000 from one of my accounts to cover an overdraft that someone I had a joint account had made...
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Beyond the Police 1 (The Adventures of Ms. Smith and the Curator)
On Saturdays, the Curator comes by Ms. Smith's house for tea, and then they go for an adventure in his time machine. Ms. Smith and the Curator walked across the Worldsphere. The drone that followed...
View ArticleComics Reviews (9/11/14)
As ever, from worst of my pulls to best.Amazing Spider-Man #6You know, I am just not feeling this run on Spider-Man. I quite liked Slott before Superior. But this just isn't doing it for me. It's very...
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Hey, You Guessed My Name (The Last War in Albion Part 61: The Nukeface...
This is the eleventh 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...
View ArticleListen Review
This is a placeholder for my review of Listen, which will be up at some point after the episode airs. Until then, feel free to discuss it or any other aspects of Doctor Who in comments.Backers of the...
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You Were Expecting Someone Else 32 (Night and the Doctor)
When the DVD set of Season Six came out, one of the biggest special features was a cycle of five shorts collectively titled Night and the Doctor. They total about sixteen minutes in length, and consist...
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Pop Between Realities, Home in Time for Tea 82 (The Fades)
After the Moffat/Willis/Wenger team broke up, Moffat was paired with Caroline Skinner as his new co-executive producer. As we've already discussed, this was seemingly not a creative partnership that...
View ArticleNo Comics Reviews This Week
Sorry - I couldn't get to the shop yesterday, so I've not actually read anything this week save for WicDiv, which I didn't want to wait for, and so pirated in advance of buying a floppy today when I...
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Declare Yourself A Magician (The Last War in Albion Part 62: John Constantine)
This is the twelfth 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...
View ArticleTime Heist Review
This is the placeholder post for the Time Heist review. As ever, Patreon backers will be notified when the proper review is up (although it should be fast this time, since I got to see the episode...
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