Super-Vampires Rule the Night (The Last War in Albion Part 81: Guy Fawkes...
Comics Reviews will return on February 11th.This is the ninth of fifteen parts of The Last War in Albion Chapter Nine, focusing on Alan Moore's work on V for Vendetta for Warrior (in effect, Books One...
View ArticleThe Moment Has Been Prepared For (The Day of the Doctor)
Well, at least it's just the one who committed genocide and not the one in thatawful coat.Cometh the hour, cometh the man. The hour, in this case, was actually about seventy-five minutes long,...
View ArticleSaturday Waffling (January 31st. 2015)
In a similar vein to the question a few weeks ago about Game of Thrones/Song of Ice and Fire, the bonus post for January voted on by Patreon backers (actually going up on Tuesday) is going to be on...
View ArticleOutside the Government Final: The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot
Given that The Day of the Doctor was massively successful and immediately catapulted to the top of the “best Doctor Who stories ever” list, it is perhaps no small thing that it was not actually the...
View ArticleThe Wasp Factory
This is a bonus post written for my backers on Patreon. If you would like to weigh in on what the next bonus post will be, please consider backing - nominations are currently open. Plus, for just $1 a...
View ArticleNone More Goth (The Last War in Albion Part 82: Bauhaus, Enid Blyton)
Comics Reviews will return on February 11th.This is the tenth of fifteen parts of The Last War in Albion Chapter Nine, focusing on Alan Moore's work on V for Vendetta for Warrior (in effect, Books One...
View ArticleYou Were Expecting Someone Else Final: The Girl Who Loved Doctor Who
There are several regards in which the IDW run of Doctor Who comics is an oddity. First and foremost, it is the only substantive body of Doctor Who material to receive no distribution in the UK....
View ArticleSaturday Waffling (February 6th, 2015)
We've got a full week of content for the blog this week. Monday will be the last TARDIS Eruditorum. Tuesday will kick off A Brief Treatise on the Rules of Thrones. Wednesday afternoon/evening will have...
View ArticleA Brief Treatise on the Rules of Thrones 1.01: Winter is Coming
The Progress of the GameThe choir goes off. There is a cold open running seven minutes set beyond the Wall. The first shot is three men of the Night’s Watch atop horses waiting for a gate to open.The...
View ArticleComics Reviews (February 11, 2015)
From worst to best of what I paid money for.The Amazing Spider-Man #14Ultimately, this event went wrong for me on the simplest of grounds: it turns out that when half your cast is wearing an identical...
View ArticlePale and Sickly Violets (The Last War in Albion Part 83: Enid Blyton, Night...
This is the eleventh of fifteen parts of The Last War in Albion Chapter Nine, focusing on Alan Moore's work on V for Vendetta for Warrior (in effect, Books One and Two of the DC Comics collection). An...
View ArticleIntroducing the Shabcast
I'm very excited to link you all to the debut of the amazing Jack Graham, he of the brilliant Shabogan Grafitti, as he debuts the first installment of his sporadic podcast, which he's going to be...
View ArticleSaturday Waffling (February 14th, 2015)
Happy Valentine's Day.Thanks for joining me for a big week, and going forward. The response to the end of TARDIS Eruditorum has been incredibly gratifying, and I apologize for anyone I didn't reach...
View ArticleA Brief Treatise on the Rules of Thrones 1.02: The Kingsroad
A Brief Treatise on the Rules of Thrones is kindly funded by 141 patrons at Patreon. If you enjoy it and this blog in general, please consider supporting it. State of PlayThe choir goes off. The board...
View ArticleComics Reviews (February 18th, 2015)
First off, as alluded to on Saturday, I've got the first of the episode commentaries from the old William Hartnell Second Edition Kickstarter ready. Helping bail me out when it became evident that me...
View ArticleA Drawling Twang in a Forbidden Tongue (The Last War in Albion Part 84: Night...
This is the twelfth of fifteen parts of The Last War in Albion Chapter Nine, focusing on Alan Moore's work on V for Vendetta for Warrior (in effect, Books One and Two of the DC Comics collection). An...
View ArticleSaturday Waffling (February 21, 2015)
First off, because both of these posted at odd times, here's a link to the commentary on Episode 1 of The Rescue. Thanks again to Jack Graham for co-commenting. We'll be back Wednesday with Episode 2....
View ArticleA Brief Treatise on the Rules of Thrones 1.03: Lord Snow
A Brief Treatise on the Rules of Thrones is generously funded by my backers at Patreon. If you enjoy it, please consider, for just $1 a week, supporting both this project and my compulsive "having a...
View ArticleComics Reviews (February 25, 2015)
First off, the second part of the commentary track for The Rescue. Next up will be The Mind Robber, although whether that starts the first or second week of March is still unclear - trying to schedule...
View ArticleDevoted to Joy (The Last War in Albion Part 85: Garry Leach's Marvelman)
This is the thirteenth of fifteen parts of The Last War in Albion Chapter Nine, focusing on Alan Moore's work on V for Vendetta for Warrior (in effect, Books One and Two of the DC Comics collection)....
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