July 31, 2008 – 6:00 am
Have you ever woken up from a dream that seemed so real you had to check your surroundings to make sure you have really woken up? Now imagine that a series of troubling events has occurred and now you’re at your best friend’s house with no recollection of how you have gotten there. Are you losing your mind or have you really woken up at all? This is the question that Carl faces after being beaten into a coma on the London Underground, is he really awake but losing his mind, or is he in fact stuck in his mind?
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July 30, 2008 – 6:00 am
Smartasses come in every size and shape, and you can find plenty of them in your TV shows and movies. This week John takes a look at ten notable smartasses you can’t help but love.
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July 30, 2008 – 5:30 am
We get a bunch of review copies of comic books every week, and after going through the noteworthy ones and writing up the reviews, the comics just sit in a stack here in Fandomania Central. While moving furniture and wishing I were at Comic Con this past weekend, I decided the big stack o comics needs to go. So here’s the deal…
Reply to this post with your favorite thing you heard about, saw, or learned from this year’s San Diego Comic Con, and you’ll be entered in a drawing to win a stack of 20 of these comics. Be sure to use your real e-mail address when you reply, or I won’t be able to contact you if you win.
Keep in mind that these are not minty-mint collector grade comics. They’re the actual copies we read here when we write up reviews, so they ain’t perfect. They’re great for reading, though, so why not give it a shot and get these things off my hands?
The contest will run until next Wednesday (August 6) at 12:00am Eastern time. At that time I’ll announce the winner, and then I’ll start up another one of these later in the day. You can expect comic giveaways like this each week until I get rid of this mountain of issues.
Good luck!
July 29, 2008 – 6:00 am
The previously announced Wheel of Time comic book adaptation, in production at Dabel Brothers and based on the bestselling epic fantasy novels by the late Robert Jordan, now has a creative team. Chuck Dixon will be writing the series with Mike S. Miller on art duties. Dixon is a longtime comics favorite, having helmed many Batman series throughout the 1990’s and creating the Birds of Prey team and comic book at DC. Miller is no stranger to adapting fantasy novels to comics, as he was the artist on George R. R. Martin’s Hedge Knight series, a spinoff story from the Song of Ice and Fire fantasy novel series.
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July 28, 2008 – 11:40 am
It’s been a long time since Agents Scully and Mulder last delved into the mysterious world of the paranormal. Now they’re back with their second big screen excursion, The X-Files: I Want To Believe. Is the chemistry still there, and in the end do we believe? Well, no. Here’s my review, this time without significant spoilers.
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July 28, 2008 – 6:00 am
It was a huge week for Marvel’s Secret Invasion storyline with no less than six tie-in comics released at the same time! Contributing to the crossover were New Avengers #43, Thunderbolts #122, Avengers: The Initiative #15, Secret Invasion: Skrulls!, She-Hulk #31, and New Warriors #14. With all those issues, the story had to have some huge developments, right? Well, not really. Here’s a look at what happened, how and to whom this past week in Secret Invasion.
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July 25, 2008 – 6:00 am
The X-Files reopen this weekend as Scully and Mulder tackle their first on-screen case since the TV series ended in 2002. Here’s a sampling of some of the coolest fan art from the X-Files universe, created by fans across the internet. Check out the art, and follow the links back to the artists’ galleries to let them know you like their work.
The X-Files: Mulder and Scully by pbozproduction
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July 24, 2008 – 10:55 am
Are you a lover of all things Joss Whedon? Do you sleep with a stake under your pillow? Do you have a flair for the artistic? If so, you’re just what the Whedon Universe event track at Dragon*Con is looking for. They’ve announced a fan art contest that will be judged by votes at the convention, and you’ll have a chance of winning some surely spiffy but as-of-yet unspecified prizes.
The full details are over at the WU website: WhedonUniverse
July 24, 2008 – 6:00 am
This summer I had solicited book recommedations from my friends, and was pleasantly surprised to have Cat’s Cradle recommended to me. I had previously only read Slaugherhouse Five by Vonnegut, and while I really liked it, I questioned whether or not I would really like to read other books in his oddly structured style. Well after reading Cat’s Cradle I can only say that those worries were unfounded. (Note to those who are intimidated by seeing a new chapter every other page or so: just ignore the chapter names and keep reading.) Other than what I just mentioned, I had no clue what I was getting into, and the name didn’t give me any hints.
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July 23, 2008 – 6:00 am
With the number of movies hitting theaters now, it’s hard to find true originality. There have been a slew of sequels and remakes that fail to live up to the original films that inspired them, but every once in a while there’ll be a remake that equals or surpasses the original. John’s back this week with a look at ten movies that fit just such a category.
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