Monthly Archives: November 2007

Trust Your Eyes Only As Far As You Can Throw Them

What do you see? A face? Are you sure there aren’t two? You’re looking at only a portion of the not-yet-colored cover art for All-Star Batman and Robin The Boy Wonder #8. The artist is comics legend Neal Adams, perhaps most revered for his work on Green Lantern / Green Arrow in the early Seventies.

One Guy, Many Nights

It’s Guy Fawkes Night in the UK, though it would appear that health and safety divisions are keeping a watery eye on most festivities. As I observed too briefly four years ago, Bonfire Night is becoming obsolete. Even the city of York, birthplace of the wanna-be revolutionary/terrorist, is forgoing the festivities entirely. It’s too expensive,

Room With A View

Room With A View, originally uploaded by grabbingsand. From the second floor of Barrington Hall.

Out Of The Bayou

It’s been so long since I’ve made a comics recommendation. Feels as if I’ve dropped a benevolent habit, an addiction that never did me much harm. The truth of it is that I’ve grown a little disenchanted with the directions taken by both of the big comic book houses. Both Marvel and DC are sacrificing

Modern Moonage Daydream

As promised, as arranged, as ordered, the new Saul Williams release landed in my email this morning. I requested the free 192kbps version, figuring I would go for the higher quality edition at a later date pending my appreciation. After a single listen-through, I was ready to go back and drop the requested five dollars