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Superman: American Alien & an Apology to Max Landis
A couple of years ago I wrote a bit of a rant (find it here) about screenwriter Max Landis' fan film about the Death and Return of Superman. I stand by my more general points about internet snark...
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Casting a Female Doctor Who
Confession time: I was dead against seeing a woman get the lead role in my all time favourite TV series ever, Doctor Who. I figured that, no matter how good an actor they got to play the part, a female...
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Doctor Who: The Lost Prequel (1953)
Ask a Doctor Who fan when the character of the Doctor first appeared and they'll tell you November 1963, in the very first episode of Doctor Who entitled An Unearthly Child. They'll tell you that the...
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Some old Cartoons by Me
About 8-9 years ago I used to occasionally draw a comic strip and stick it on the internet. The art's not great, but I was looking through them recently and a few of them still made me chuckle so I...
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David Bowie and the Haunted Chateau
A friend and I were discussing David Bowie recently and he informed me that the album Low was recorded in a French chateau that Bowie, Brian Eno, and Tony Visconti later claimed was haunted. This...
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Top Ten Best Marvel Characters
Comics Should Be Good! have recently run a poll to find the Top 100 Marvel & DC Characters. Of course I voted. Like all superhero comic fans I'm insufferably arrogant and believe that I know better...
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Is this the plot of the new Wonder Woman movie?
This might sound crazy, but I think my friend and I accidentally predicted the plot of the Wonder Woman movie! In 2011 my pal Madeley and I came up with an alternate pitch for Wonder Woman's New 52...
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John Byrne: "Gerroff my land!"
John Byrne is one of the greatest comic book artists of all time and one of my personal favourite comic creators. A groundbreaking collaboration on Uncanny X-Men with Chris Claremont and work on...
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I asked an economist if he'd vote for President Superman
In Action Comics Annual #3 (1991) the time travelling super-hero known as Waverider takes a peek into Superman's future and witnesses the Man of Steel getting elected President in 2001. It turns out...
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The Best Stuff of 2015 (according to me)
(Click here for The Best Stuff of 2014)Best comic of 2015: Dan Jurgens & Lee Weeks'Superman: Lois & ClarkOnly two issues in and I just love this book!The New 52 has given us some brilliant...
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Is Doctor Who still for kids?
"Blah, blah, blah, blah!"I was discussing Doctor Who (as I often do) with my sister today and she told me she hadn't enjoyed the past two series very much. My sister has always been a fan of the show...
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David Bowie Memories
(I resisted the temptation to name this blog post "Stardust Memories".)David Bowie has passed away. Here are some of the ways he's popped up in my life.When I was about 9 or 10 my dad made my youngest...
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Top Ten Best DC Comics Characters
Comics Should Be Good! have recently run a poll to find the Top 100 Marvel & DC Characters. Of course I voted. Like all superhero comic fans I'm insufferably arrogant and believe that I know better...
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Has Superman fandom become a religion?
I'm going to start this article by talking about my atheism, but please don't let that put you off. I promise there will be no smug Ricky Gervais memes, no patronising Dawkins quotes, and definitely no...
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Doctor Who: Is Maisie Williams Playing Susan?
The BBC have released the trailer for Doctor Who Series 9! It's already set me (and countless other fans) off on wild flights of fancy, trying to figure out what the series has in store for us. The...
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If you don't like Zack Snyder's Man of Steel you are WRONG!
(This article is a compilation of some thoughts about Man of Steel that I've expressed previously on Twitter and on thisblog, combined with plenty of fresh thoughts that I haven't expressed online yet....
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Marvel have just released the second trailer to Captain America: Civil War featuring none other than the Amazing Spider-Man!! I'm very excited, so in honour of this momentous occasion here's a tutorial...
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Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice - Review / Initial Thoughts (CONTAINS...
I saw Batman v Superman a few hours ago. I thought I'd jot down some initial thoughts before eventually writing a more thorough review at a later date. This article will contain SPOILERS!!!...
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