by Jarrod | Jan 12, 2015 | HEY, KIDS! COMICS!
By Molly Jane Kremer and Jarrod Jones. Our Week In Review serves to fill in the gaps our frequently verbose comic book coverage leaves behind. Each week, we take a brief look into the books that demand attention. Lady Killer #1 Dark Horse/$3.50 Story by Joëlle Jones...
by Jarrod | Jan 9, 2015 | HEY, KIDS! COMICS!
By Jarrod Jones. If you find it difficult to consider Paul Thomas Anderson’s Inherent Vice as a vital piece of cinema, you’d do well to consider this: as a vibrant, semi-cohesive throwback to the days of true, lurid film noir, where time and peace seemed...
by Jarrod | Jan 9, 2015 | ANTI-MONITOR
By Zak Rye. Between low-brow and no-brow, this is unCultured, where we shamelessly promote and defend some of the worst films ever made. In our first issue of 2015, we delve into the porn-obsessed mind of Paul Thomas Anderson, and his 1988 short film, The Dirk Diggler...
by Jarrod | Jan 8, 2015 | HEY, KIDS! COMICS!
By Kyle G. King. In 2012 Hammer Film Productions had surprising financial success with a movie adaptation of Susan Hill’s ghost story, The Woman in Black: an early twentieth century tale of an anguished mother who unfairly lost her child and after her death, sets out...
by Jarrod | Jan 8, 2015 | HEY, KIDS! COMICS!
By Andrew Stevens. With writer Ed Brubaker, artist Sean Phillips, and colorist Elizabeth Breitweiser resuming their Hollywood noir The Fade Out with issue # 4, the artistic and narrative dexterity remains at the high-water mark. Over the past three issues the scope of...
by Jarrod | Jan 8, 2015 | HEY, KIDS! COMICS!
By Molly Jane Kremer. I think it’s safe to say the first two pages of The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #1 are… pretty unforgettable. Thankfully not in the “oh no, did I really just read that gross and horrific thing?” sort of way, or even in the much more common “ugh, is...
by Jarrod | Jan 7, 2015 | HEY, KIDS! COMICS!
By Jarrod Jones. It’s not too surprising when Marvel Comics suddenly decides to toss a new on-going series into the fray. New takes on familiar characters by new creative teams is always a healthy and wise business. But when that series is released in lieu of an...
