by Jarrod | Jan 27, 2017 | HEY, KIDS! COMICS!, TUBE ROCKET
Season One, Episode One — “Chapter One: The Rivers Edge” By Jarrod Jones. There was never any real chance that Riverdale would politely nod to the corn-fed wholesomeness that kept Archie Comics in the American consciousness for over seventy years. If...
by Jarrod | Jan 27, 2017 | HEY, KIDS! COMICS!
By Matthew C. Brown. “Lipstick is the blood of the poor on the lips of the idle rich.” One of my father’s friends said that to him in the 1970s. The statement was a parody of hyperbolic socialist tracts. Unfortunately it’s still necessary that it ring true in...
by Jarrod | Jan 26, 2017 | LOAD FILE
By Tommy Robbins. This is LOAD FILE, where man will never tame the river wild. This week, Tommy reviews ‘The Flame in the Flood’ on the PlayStation 4, developed by The Molasses Flood. The Flame in the Flood is the first project from hodgepodge indie...
by Jarrod | Jan 26, 2017 | HEY, KIDS! COMICS!, NEWSWIRE
By Jarrod Jones. When you flip through Spencer & Locke, it’s impossible to look past its influences. Hard-boiled crime splattered across brick and pavement. A boy and his favorite stuffed animal getting into scrapes. As far as premises go, what “Calvin &...
by Jarrod | Jan 24, 2017 | HEY, KIDS! COMICS!, TUBE ROCKET
Season Two, Episode Nine — “Supergirl Lives” By Molly Jane Kremer. Finally, after 8 long, dark weeks (and a world in desperate need of some primary-colored optimism), Supergirl returned from its midseason hiatus backed by *sighs* sadly, a lackluster...
by Jarrod | Jan 24, 2017 | TUBE ROCKET
Season One, Episodes Three & Four — “The Third Episode”, “The Fourth Episode” By Courtney Ryan. “This pope is strange and contradictory,” Cardinal Voiello says halfway through “The Third Episode”. For a show so enamored...
by Jarrod | Jan 23, 2017 | HEY, KIDS! COMICS!
By Arpad Okay. The pages of Ladycastle overflow with iconic imagery. The princess confined to her tower. Pink-maned unicorns. The Lady of the Lake. The subject matter is Grimm, but shown through a rose-gold lens. A sweet blend of authentic and nostalgic (with a slight...
