Comics and Philosophy Episode #002 In the new addition to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Avengers: Infinity War, Thanos joins a long list of consequentialist villains – those who are willing to justify the barbarity of their actions by the perceived goodness of their envisioned results: think Adrian Veidt’s gambit against nuclear annihilation at the end … [Read more...]
NEW COMIC BOOK DAY 2018
It's the best day of the year! Free Comic Book Day 2018 at Comics Are Go is going to be fantastic! Saturday May 5th our doors will open at 11 AM and we will have tons of free books to give away. But we will also have some special guests! Mark Sumerak -- Eisner and Harvey award nominated writer whose work includes the Avengers, Guardians of the Galaxy, Black Panther, … [Read more...]
What’s the Score, Episode 003: Thor
The original movie score for Marvel’s 2011 blockbuster, Thor, was composed by Patrick Doyle. This is the first soundtrack of Doyle’s that I have purchased (it was only $2.50!), and while I have listened to parts of his Rise of the Planet of the Apes score, I am not too familiar with his musical style. He has also composed the original scores for Harry Potter and the Goblet of … [Read more...]
Advice to Avoid Divorce: The Gift-Giving Edition
It all made sense. Well, it made sense when I discovered that WETA Workshop, the company that designed and manufactured many of the props for Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings films, announced the release of several statues from the movies. I’d already accumulated a hefty collection of comic book statues that I proudly exhibited in two glass IKEA display cases, … [Read more...]
Off the Wall, Episode #002: Sociopaths, Detective Animals, and Herb Trimpe
Item of interest #1: Savage Things, #1 Like many collectors, the amount of comics I buy often ebbs and flows on foolish tides, or tides of necessity, or tides of convenience or inconvenience. When my kids were little and most of my so-called disposable income went towards pesky items like formula and diapers and I'd find myself cutting back to one or two titles a … [Read more...]