PraxJarvin

PraxJarvin

Name: Brian McNamara

Bio: For as long as I can remember I've been a geek. Cartoons, music, movies, books & comics. You name it; I love it. Now I wouldn't say I'm the "classical" nerd/geek. Despite my origins in the four-color, pulp world, I was heavily shaped by the sounds of 70s punk idols like the The Damned, The Clash and SeX pIsToLs as well as early 90s grunge and punk. That's me in a nutshell. I hope you stick around to find out more. I'm 22 years old and a recent graduate of Fordham University with a BA in Anthropology and Communications & Media Studies. In September I'll be attending Teachers College, Columbia University to study Anthropology & Education for an MA. I'm a member of the Media Ecology Association and the American Anthropologist Association.

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It’s one thing to wear your influences on your sleeve, another to just flat out do your influences over again…

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I really didn’t enjoy this issue. Weaver’s art is very good, but is a little too fluid in one issue…

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Twelve months ago, I was so enamored with the first issue of a title that I was motivated to write…

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UPDATE: SUPER BOWL XLVI – The Ads For Comics Fans Including AVENGERS
February 5, 2012 10:45 pm Also, really disappointed that Marvel didn't take 2 seconds to place a link/picture/mention of the Avengers Movie Tie-In in the Marvel comics digi store? So shortsighted. They did this last year with the Cap-prequel, and fortunately FVL spent the whole night pimping the book. I've not heard boo about the Nick Fury thing tonight.
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UPDATE: SUPER BOWL XLVI – The Ads For Comics Fans Including AVENGERS
February 5, 2012 10:39 pm "We have a Hulk." Yes, Tony Stark, you do. I wasn't sold by the actual aired trailer, but the extended trailer worked. Cap getting blasted into the air in front of the Park Avenue Flyover by Grand Central should have made the "final" cut for the aired version.
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What’s Wrong With You? I Have No Problem with BEFORE WATCHMEN
February 3, 2012 6:27 pm V for Vendetta was - on some level - originally intended to be a Marvel book using the character of Citizen V. Citizen V was a disused, fairly obscure Golden Age-era Marvel Superhero who was from England. (The title would then explain what the V in Citizen V stood for.). I don't think it ever got beyond a conceptual phase and then he took the idea and went in a different direction what with his mad-on for Marvel. So it's not "completely original."
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Hallelujah! It’s Raining Spider-Men!
February 1, 2012 9:21 pm So... this is the answer to people absolutely forgetting about Miles Morales, right? I'm reading the book and liking it, but I'll be damned if anyone has been talking about this book since Issue #2.
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DC Announces ‘Before Watchmen’ (UPDATE)
February 1, 2012 1:32 pm I believe Mr. Moore should direct his attention to the Moby-Dick Sequel, "The Wind Whales of Ishmael."
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DC Announces ‘Before Watchmen’ (UPDATE)
February 1, 2012 1:10 pm So how long until "Before Squadron Supreme?"
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Top 5: Journalists In Comics
January 31, 2012 11:39 am It's Spider-Man, not Spiderman. He isn't Joe Spiderman. ;-) [You walked into that one!]
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Top 5: Worst Avengers
January 24, 2012 11:37 pm I can't see how Wolverine doesn't make this list if Hank Pym is on it? A murderous alcoholic who has semi-inappropriate relationships with under-age women whom he later dumps for even younger proteges all while trying to steal another man's romantic interest would make for a terrible teammate. Wolvie's the worst! For Shame. Jack of Hearts died for Wanda's Sins! But for serious.... how this isn't 5 entries for the Sentry, I'll never know.
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Vertigo’s The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo Part One Scheduled for November 2012
January 14, 2012 9:12 am That is a fantastic cover right there. I've read the first book and saw the first movie adaptation from Sweden, but haven't gone much further. I'll probably check this out.
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Marvel’s Next Big Thing: The 15th Anniversary of the Thunderbolts
January 13, 2012 1:14 pm Every time I see one of those X-Men #100 homage covers, I hear the theme song to the X-Men Cartoon.
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