I was contacted by one of the writers at CNN’s “Geek Out” blog this week to offer some thoughts on all of the Before Watchmen news. The article features some comments and analysis from me and J. Michael Straczynski (who’s writing some of the books), as well as other readers, shop owners, creators, and fans. [...]

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“Chronicle” arrives in theaters this weekend, and though I’m still working on my review (which will be posted here), I did have time to write up this list for IFC. The idea for the list came from the countless times I’ve had to tell people that certain movies were not in fact based on comic [...]

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For this week’s “Adapt This” column at IFC, I recommend the Image Comics series Olympus, about a pair of brothers — Castor and Pollux — who serve as bounty hunters for the gods. They run around the world tracking down fugitives from Olympus and sending them back to Hades with their bad-ass hook and chain. [...]

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So today DC Comics finally announced what everyone knew was coming but we all hoped would never arrive: a series of Watchmen prequel comics that no one (besides DC) particularly wanted, but everyone will undoubtedly buy. Honestly, I’m not really bothered by the news, as it’s been many years since I came to the harsh [...]

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So IFC asked me to weigh in on the rumor that Andrew Garfield will be making a cameo as Spider-Man in “The Avengers” movie. Along with providing a little background for everyone who wasn’t aware of the rumor, I devoted quite a few words (probably more than necessary) to explaining why I think the rumor [...]

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