by | Jul 28, 2022 | ANTI-MONITOR
by Matt Fleming. This is RETROGRADING, where the dream is over and the insect is awake. THE FILM: The Fly THE YEAR: 1986. At the tail end of the American horror movie movement of the 1970s and early ‘80s, the genre was dominated by comedic thrill rides like...
by | Jul 1, 2022 | HEY, KIDS! COMICS!
by Jarrod Jones. This is RETROGRADING, where I wuz born with a heavy-duty pulse-machine-laser in my hand! THE ISSUE: Lobo Annual #1, “Hounds of Blood.” (Outbreak, Part One.) THE TEAM: Alan Grant (writer), Christian Alamy (artist), Carla Feeny, Gene D’Angelo, Stuart...
by | Apr 29, 2022 | ANTI-MONITOR
by Arpad Okay. This is RETROGRADING, where we know better than to mess with monks when martial arts are involved. THE FILM: A Touch of Zen THE YEAR: 1971. King Hu had left Shaw Brothers and Hong Kong for the creative freedom of his own Taiwanese production company,...
by | Feb 17, 2020 | HEY, KIDS! COMICS!, HEY, KIDS! REVIEWS
by Jarrod Jones. This is RETROGRADING, where this is it for you, Cyborg! This… is YOUR Doomsday! Cover to ‘Superman’ #82. Art: Dan Jurgens, Brett Breeding, Glenn Whitmore/DC Comics THE STORY: “Back for Good!”, being the last chapter in...
by | Dec 5, 2019 | HEY, KIDS! COMICS!
by Brendan Hodgdon. This is RETROGRADING, where we’ve got a date with the Dark Side! Cover to ‘Star Wars: Dark Empire Trilogy’. Art: Dave Dorman/Marvel THE STORY: Star Wars: Dark Empire Trilogy THE TEAM: Tom Veitch (writer), Cam Kennedy and Jim...
