Why Rob Granito Hits Us Where We Live

As everyone has probably already heard, Rob Granito is a plagiarizing conman. He claimed to have done work for DC and Marvel, been the secret hand behind Stelfreeze and, hilariously, to have worked on Calvin and Hobbes, and sold direct copies of other people's work with a few scribbles on top for hundreds of dollars. Not the usual pose tracing for a different use or character, but direct copies, with perhaps an arm moved slightly. And he did it for years.

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Guest-blogging ahoy! Darwyn Cook and 45-year-old comics fans

Hey, I've been scarce lately. But there's a reason! I was writing this for Heidi MacDonald's The Beat.

Does the Man Have a Point? Aging fanboys, continuity, "perverted" fanboys and Loxy the Dancing Bagel.

The Completist - Nomad: Girl without a World

If you've been reading Young Allies (reviewed here) or her backup features in Captain America, you may well be asking yourself "Who is this Nomad person and why should I care?" Created by the same team that brought you Young Allies, Nomad: Girl Without A World will answer that for you.

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Comics that deserve more press - Prince of Power 4 of 4

This is a follow-up to my earlier review of the first three parts of Prince of Power, available here.

Two words: Epic. Win.

Not only in the colloquial sense - amazingly great - but also completely literally. Amadeus Cho succeeds on a level easily equal to anything you'll find in a vast, universe-spanning tale of gods and heroes.

For those of you playing along at home who may have missed the first review, let me explain why this is relevant to your interests. Imagine you took Tim Drake and Lex Luthor and put them in a blender. And then dropped the brash, brilliant, ferociously loyal and frequently overreaching product of this match onto the same playing field as the Greek and Norse gods. Do you see why this might be relevant to your interests?

For the first three issues of this four issue miniseries, Amadeus has been, well, losing. Losing entertainingly with brilliance and style, but losing.

Yeah, that changes.

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Movies that deserve more press - The Losers (2010)

The Losers is probably the best example of a movie that deserves more press all summer. And conveniently for you, it just came out on dvd! Do you like action movies of the people-making-quips, ridiculously detailed heist schemes and humorously over the top action variety? Good. Now imagine that precise brand of humor turned up to eleven, and done perfectly. Congratulations, you are thinking of The Losers.

And that's, unfortunately, why it didn't get good press, I'm afraid. No one let the critics know it was a comedy, and without a laugh track or Will Ferrell, apparently they couldn't tell. Philistines.

Basic plot? Oh so basic. Covert ops team sold out and framed* by a villain, back to clear their name. But oh, the style, the plot twists and characters. Sheer action movie gold.

Not sold yet? Just look at the cast. Zoe Saldana, Chris Evans, Idris Elba, Jeffrey Dean Morgan. I will elaborate.

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