In February DC Comics' Brave and the Bold features a tale of the classic and very-much-alive Aquaman by writer J. Michael Straczynski and artist Jesus Saiz. Friend Rob Kelly of The Aquaman Shrine is putting together an effort to let the powers that be that we want more of this, in other words – Bring Back Aquaman, the real Aquaman!
Catch Rob’s efforts here, here and especially here, with an interview with J. Michael Straczynski. And if you are in the South Jersey/Philadelphia area and would like to pre-order your copy of Brave and the Bold #32, check out All Things Fun! page here.
Join Ed Evans and Wes Hitchins as they welcome Jess as the new show producer in this horror themed Halloween show! Glenn Walker and Allison Eckels talk about death in comics while Ed runs us through some game news and Wes previews Thunderstone and The Adventurers. Wes then picks some of his favorite horror games!
Show Map: 0:00: Intro 7:37: Death in Comics (Part 1) 16:02: Quick Comic Review 16:50: Death in Comics (Part 2) 27:53: Game News & Previews 44:07: Halloween Horror Games 55:13: End Credits 56:49: End
Movies I've watched or re-watched this month include: Little Nicky, Toy Story 1 & 2 in 3-D, I Walked with a Zombie, Anvil! The Story of Anvil, The Long Rider, How I Got into College, Invisible Avenger, Year of the Dog, The Brothers Bloom, The Unholy Three (1925), Ekstase (1933) Andy Warhol A Do****entary Film, Son of Kong, The Mist, The Night Listener, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Congo, A Face in the Crowd, Strait-Jacket, Capote, Cemetery Man, Happy Feet, Easy Rider, The Crash (1932), The Mask of Fu Manchu, Cat People (1942) and Curse of the Cat People.
The best this month (that I had not seen previously) would be The Brothers Bloom. Lots of worst this month including Year of the Dog.
I've briefly reviewed some of them at my Welcome to Hell blog, among lots of other pop culture stuff, check it out if you're interested.
Here in South Jersey we are in the midst of Phillies fever with the Philadelphia Phillies scheduled to play the first game of the World Series against the New York Yankees tonight. In celebration of our team making it, local fry favorite the Pop Shop in Collingswood has a new sandwich that will make any Phils fan drool.
The Phillies Phever Grilled Cheese is, according to the Pop Shop, "a four decker grilled cheese (because we're going to take the series in 4 games) on a split Philly soft pretzels (fresh from South Philly) with alternating layers of hand-carved Philly-style beef, Cheese Whiz (it's so Philly!), and crispy onions rings (symbolizing the World Series Rings our Phils will receive) and topped with hot horseradish sauce (commemorating our smokin' hot team). It's accompanied by Phillie Phries!"
The Pop Shop is busy this week for the Phils. Not only do they have a special "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" sundae (ice cream being the other thing they do best besides fries and grilled cheese) but they will also have the games playing all through the Series so you can eat while you cheer on the Phillies.
And as an added bonus, if you come by 9:45 to 11 Thursday morning, Fox 29 will be on hand filming live. Don’t forget to wear your Phillies red. They’ll also be giving out samples of the soon-to-be-famous Phillies Phever Grilled Cheese. And don’t forget the fries!
"The Real Unspoken" - my comic book review of Mighty Avengers #30, by Dan Slott, Christos Gage and Sean Chen, is now online at Avengers Forever.
The Mighty Avengers and a slew of guest stars fight their greatest battle against faltering sales, and The Unspoken, plus Hank Pym meets Eternity - all this and more - check out my review here: