Brave New World: The DCnU Reboot and the New 52
I’ll admit, I dismissed it at first. My initial reaction to the rebooting of the extensive DC Universe into fifty-two streamline and reimagined titles was one of disinterest at best, and at worst,...
View ArticleBrave New World: Aquaman and Catwoman
In Canada today it is Family Day, or as it is more commonly known, February Doesn’t Have Any Statutory Holidays So Let’s Make One Up and Give People a Day Off Day. I will be celebrating it by...
View ArticleThe Super Seven – Why GGG Loves the New Justice League
I absolutely love superhero comics, with DC Comics being my favorites. There’s something incredibly iconic about their characters that works for me on an almost myth-like level. So when DC said they...
View ArticleComics: No Girls Allowed? Bah!
Wonder Woman, by Kate Beaton (harkavagrant.com) My post last week about the new Kevin Smith show Comic Book Men and the comments it generated, both on the site and Twitter, got me thinking about the...
View ArticleWho Watches (or Reads) the Watchmen Prequels? – GGG Looks at a Followup to a...
I’m always dubious about prequels or sequels to things that seem complete. The original Matrix, for example, was a good, solid movie. It didn’t need sequels. When I saw the 2nd movie, I vowed I would...
View ArticleFor the Ladiez: 5 Great Geeky Fanservice Moments for (Straight) Women
The Female Gaze: Exhibit A Newsflash: Both men and women have libidos and enjoy ogling a little scantily clad flesh from time to time. But while geek culture has more than its fair share of fanservice...
View ArticleBig Heroes on the Small Screen – GGG Reviews Some Recent DC Comics Animated...
Hi ho, Gentle Readers. As you well know, I’m a huge fan of superhero comics – DC Comics to be precise. I’ve read a number of their titles for years, I’ve played their roleplaying games, and I love...
View ArticleNo Joke – GGG Looks at Why Certain Villains Are So Compelling
Hullo, Gentle Readers. As of the time I’m sitting down to write this article, an extremely compelling storyline has just wrapped up in the pages of the various Batman comics. Called The Death of the...
View ArticleKK’s Keen Comics, March 13, 2013 Releases
Greetings comics fans! Some very strong issues this week. But first, a quick plug. For a while now, some friends of mine, Caytlin Vilbrandt and Samantha Mathis, have been publishing an online comic...
View ArticleAd Infinitum – Pondering on the Nature of a Multiverse
Okay, to begin with, I’m writing an article which might be rather spoiler-y. If you fear you might be playing a current popular video-game with, shall we say, an infinite nature that this article might...
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