by Jarrod | Nov 11, 2016 | ANTI-MONITOR
By Elford Alley. This is RETROGRADING, where we have to ask: Do you know the way to Shell Beach? THE FILM: Dark City THE TIME: 1998, when Alex Proyas gave us what was essentially The Matrix a year before the Wachowksis did. Also, a time when a sci-fi film could be...
by Jarrod | Nov 10, 2016 | HEY, KIDS! COMICS!
By Jarrod Jones. It’s easy to feel a bit beleaguered today, what with the walking personification of anti-intellectualism, inherited exceptionalism, and institutionalized racism shuffling his orthopedic loafers into the White House in January. The low, muted...
by Jarrod | Nov 10, 2016 | HEY, KIDS! COMICS!, TUBE ROCKET
Season Three, Episode Five — “Monster” By Jarrod Jones. So here’s a novel idea — Barry & Cisco, the Odd Couple. It’s a no-brainer when you think about it. Barry Allen and Cisco Ramon, besties and partners forever, living...
by Jarrod | Nov 10, 2016 | HEY, KIDS! COMICS!
By Brandy Dykhuizen. Violent Love is, unsurprisingly, a pulpy criminal romance. Complete with a let-me-tell-you-a-tale narration (our storyteller even drops a “these here parts” in there) and a touching father-daughter yarn to draw us in, the cinematic tone of Image...
by Jarrod | Nov 9, 2016 | HEY, KIDS! COMICS!, NEWSWIRE
By Arpad Okay. Welcome to another installment of ‘Ms. Marvel And Friends’, an exclusive comic strip that offers a fun, colorful, and wholly unlicensed peek into the vibrant Marvel Universe. This week, Ororo Munroe shows Kamala how it’s done. When he’s not busy...