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Three Months Away! More “Avengers” Photos (And The Super Bowl Commerical)!

Todd Steven Burroughs — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:35:10 +0000

Who’s that next to Tony Stark (Robert Downey, Jr.)? The purple shirt is a HUGE hint!

Awww…..some Silver Age comic continuity here?

I guess this scene picks up right where the post-credits “epilogue” scene of “Captain America” left off……

I hope Samuel L. Jackson is thinking here, “I am giving this white boy some serious 21st century flavor,” and not, “Wasn’t I once a serious actor back in the 1990s, and why did I have to be in the ‘Star Wars’ films that sucked?!?” LOL!

And then, this:

Attention Black Parents Of Teenage Girl Readers: I Would Like To Suggest…..

Todd Steven Burroughs — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 15:59:46 +0000

……this wonderful series. A funny, girl-centered, cultural and universal, view of 1970s Ivory Coast. Kudos to the author! (You can also get the collected edition.) Anxiously awaiting Vol. 4…..

“Avengers” Stills! “Avengers” Stills!

Todd Steven Burroughs — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 14:50:29 +0000

YES!!!!!! May 4th, May 4th, May 4th…….

The NEW Trailer For “The Dark Knight Rises” Is Here!

Todd Steven Burroughs — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 20:25:13 +0000

OKAY! Wow!

And lookit this new poster! GULP!

A New Record!

Todd Steven Burroughs — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 18:16:08 +0000

A lot of money for faded newsprint! But what faded newsprint it is! LOL!

Let Those Who Worship Evil’s (3-D Animated) Might……

Todd Steven Burroughs — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 12:28:48 +0000

……not be watching Cartoon Network next week.

My Mantra :)

Todd Steven Burroughs — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 17:54:36 +0000

I am not excited about “The Avengers.” I am not excited about “The Avengers.” I am not……

OCTOBER 11th UPDATE: WOW!!!!!

Stan Lee Cameos In Marvel Films

Todd Steven Burroughs — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 16:01:10 +0000

Thought this was fun. (Non-geeks probably don’t know that the guy with the lawnmower is Chris Claremont, who is second only to Stan and Jack in the world of “X-Men.”) Can’t wait to see him in “Avengers!”

If There’s Ever Gonna Be A “Luke Cage” Movie One Day…..

Todd Steven Burroughs — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 11:24:22 +0000

……it should be a little better than this. But I liked this anyway, particularly the (classic continuity) yellow shirt! Thanks to Malik for sending me this!

Graphic Novel Mini-Reviews: “Cowboys” and “99 Days”

Todd Steven Burroughs — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 17:36:03 +0000

Cowboys.
Script by Gary Philips. Art by Brian Hurtt.
Vertigo/DC Comics.
192 pp. $19.99.

99 Days.
Script by Matteo Casali. Art by Kristian Donaldson.
Vertigo/DC Comics.
184 pp. $19.99.

Both these books, filled with fantastic art that matches and accelerates the stories, attempt to elevate the crime comic genre, which makes it even sadder that they don’t really succeed. ”Cowboys” attempts to play with stereotypes; the white, straight-laced looking fed goes undercover in the world of gangsta hip hop/soul working for a Suge Knight wannabe, while the dreadlocked tough cop goes deep as a corporate exec, investigating his white boss. The twists are fine, and the pacing is fast, but the story, which, like “99 Days,” tries to steal from the lines between the headlines, is quite cliche; crime noir from creators who fondly remember “Trading Places.” Meanwhile, “Days” is a not-as-interesting update of “The Tell Tale Heart.” It alternates between individual suffering and crime drama, with an ending that needed another draft. Vertigo did much better with telling this kind of story with its dreary-but-always-compelling, “Bourne Identity”-ish update of the old DC war comic, “Unknown Soldier.” (I bought every issue and every trade.) Buy those volumes—all of them—instead.