Tag Archives: Marvel Comics

A Case Of Mistaken Identity

CALLBACKS: Hot Tub Nostalgia Machine, Guest Strip By Justin Babb You may recognize my companion in panel one as fellow online cartoonist Justin “JBabb” Babb. His words regarding Ghostwriter are his own, taken from an exchange in the comments section of one of his comics. I had actually never seen an episode of Ghostwriter before, […]

Captain America: Jackson’s Thoughts

Captain America is the best superhero movie I have seen this summer. I’m not planning to do a formal review here. Those things take like three hours to do and end up sounding like a college essay, not that that’s a bad thing. But I thoroughly enjoyed the flick and thought it got a number […]

X-Men: First Class

At a Glance: X-Men: First Class Cast: James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Kevin Bacon, Jennifer Lawrence, January Jones Director: Matthew Vaughn (Kick-Ass, Stardust) 132 mins PG-13 Media Mediated rates: 3/5 Since their introduction in the early 1960s, the X-Men have become one of Marvel Comics’ most iconic and popular franchises, and central to the franchise are […]

Media Mediated: Thor

At a Glance: Thor Cast: Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, Tom Hiddleston, Anthony Hopkins Director: Kenneth Branagh (Hamlet, Henry V, Frankenstein) 114 mins PG-13 Media Mediated rates: 3/5 Marvel Comics’ Thor has always been about the collision of the old world with the new. First appearing in Marvel’s Journey into Mystery #83 (Aug. 1962), Thor and […]

LawsuitPool

This comic idea comes to you courtesy of Ash Green, of AshGreen.net. LawsuitPool is a parody of a parody, and his name comes from readers placing bets in a “lawsuit pool” as to how long until Marvel makes me take this strip down. Basically I don’t even write original material anymore. Tune in next week […]