by Jarrod | Nov 8, 2017 | CASUAL WEDNESDAYS, HEY, KIDS! COMICS!
By Molly Jane Kremer and Jarrod Jones. Happy New Comic Book Day! This is Casual Wednesdays With DoomRocket, where each week we discuss our feelings concerning the comics that mean the most to us, and the industry news that affects us all. This week MJ & Jarrod...
by Jarrod | Nov 3, 2017 | ANTI-MONITOR, HEY, KIDS! COMICS!
By Jarrod Jones. Among being many, many other things, Thor: Ragnarok is a heart-shaped valentine to Jack Kirby, cut from red and green construction paper, glued together with care, and gleaming with liberal amounts of glitter. Undulating orbs form and dissipate around...
by Jarrod | Jul 7, 2017 | ANTI-MONITOR, HEY, KIDS! COMICS!
By Jarrod Jones. It’s a tricky thing to discuss these superhero movies without sounding like a broken record anymore. That’s especially so when talking about the Marvel Cinematic Universe, though it seems there’s always at least one semi-fascinating...
by Jarrod | May 5, 2017 | ANTI-MONITOR, HEY, KIDS! COMICS!
WATCH OUT FOR MINOR SPOILERS, TRUE BELIEVERS By Jarrod Jones. Sequels, particularly superhero sequels, often find themselves lurking in the darker corners of a franchise’s id. That’s partially what makes the sequel a more engaging film in the blockbuster...
by Jarrod | Nov 4, 2016 | ANTI-MONITOR, HEY, KIDS! COMICS!
WATCH OUT FOR MINOR SPOILERS, TRUE BELIEVERS By Jarrod Jones. Marvel has made exciting movies and it has made terrific movies (it has even made bad movies), but it’s never really made a weird movie. I mean, the entire concept of the Marvel Universe is pretty...