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The Enigma of Miracleman
The name Alan Moore holds a lot of weight in the comic book community. Even those with only a passing interest in the subject have come across some of his work, most likely the highly rated and critically acclaimed Watchmen and V for Vendetta. Some may have even immersed themselves in the likes of From Hell and The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, the fact of the matter being that Alan Moore is celebrated for a reason. During a conversation several weeks ago, I had a number of comic recommendations given to me. This one conversation included titles such as Grant Morrison’s Zenith, Jess Nevins’ League companion Heroes & Monsters, and an Alan Moore title I had never come across before. Miracleman.
By Mikayla J. Laird9 years ago in Geeks
Long Island Lawyer Recreates Williamsburg Neighborhood in the Brooklyn Banker
Five years ago, Michael Ricigliano had an idea for a mob movie script, and decided he never wanted to lament what might have been. Taking care of his part from his basement as a Long Island lawyer, the old adage of who you know got him to the next step. “I think he read my script more as a courtesy to our mutual friend,” said Ricigliano of Federico Castelluccio, who played Furio on the Sopranos cast. Of course, being able to write what he knew proved the most important factor in forever keeping any regrets at bay.
By Rich Monetti9 years ago in Geeks
The Forgotten and Undying Ones: The Most Compelling Dr. Strange Stories You Probably Missed
In anticipation of the movie version of Dr. Strange, my favorite character since I started reading comics, I attempted to reread all the Dr. Strange comics in my possession and often such a massive reread leads to out-of-body, who-did-I-used-to-be? shame and terror, especially since the decade I started reading was the 1990s, a decade notoriously prone to such why-did-we-ever-think-that-was-cool? experiences: the Gambits of our youth simply have dumb gloves and headgear with the wisdom of age, and that all the Avengers are wearing matching leather jackets seems less cutting edge and more like the forced cool of ill-conceived family photos. Plus, Dr. Strange was always an exponentially nerdier and niche-ier comic than the X-Mens and the Avengerses of that era, which makes a comprehensive retrospective a little easier; a singular character with a stuttering start-and-stop publishing history makes the full publishing history easier (and cheaper) to cover, but the lack of central editorial focus makes quality a total gamble.
By F. Simon Grant9 years ago in Geeks
The Hidden Story Line In Megan Leavey
I went to see Megan Leavey with the expectation of being either extremely unimpressed with the story line itself or very angry with the depiction of women in the military. I did not have either of these happen and found myself pleasantly surprised with what the movie did portray. Don’t get me wrong. There was the usual Hollywood-ization of the military that we all hate – that there was no commonsensical progression of Megan’s boot camp training to becoming a K9 handler (yeh, sure, all boots just get handed a dangerous dog to train one day after it bites its handler and crushes several bones in his hand) or in their flight to or disbursement within Iraq (please, if you got on one plane in California and got off the same plane in Iraq without any stops and immediately were transported to your FOB, I’m curious to hear about it). Also, there are no Rip-its in this film. Worst of all, there was a serious lack of the perfect gelled/sprayed hair and sock buns that women Marines are known for – not that we really saw any women Marines besides Leavey after the extremely boot camp scenes.
By Amber Mathwig9 years ago in Geeks
