JohnNevets

May 27, 2016 12:44 am I don't think it would be too rude to mention in here a site that Cooke's family set up to raise a little bit of money for the Canadian Cancer Society. http://convio.cancer.ca/site/TR?px=6843246&fr_id=20868&pg=personal That link should work, but I know the guys have posted it on there respective twitter feeds as well.

May 27, 2016 12:30 am Count me as one of those that has not read the comics, and this was my first real experience with the world. I knew a few facts from listening to the podcast over the years, but most of those I just remembered after seeing it (Cassidy being who he is, being one of them). I really enjoyed it. I didn't think it was difficult to follow, and thought it had a great pace to go along with the great main charcters, and good story. Yes there are things I don't know (mostly regarding the ball of light and the two strangers), but those seem like things left intentionally vague, and will be filled in as the story progresses. I think they used enough "Genre" shorthand to make sure you understood things like Cassidy pretty quickly. Not having read the books, I didn't realize the pace was slow. I thought it gave us time to get to know the charcters and setting, before really jumping in on the overall plot. I didn't mind that Jesse was brooding, and unconfident, except when he was fighting. It just gave him a certain personality, one that I didn't know was slightly different from the book. And I loved the way Tulip always had a plan, but it was usually a very random one. At first glance it could come off as luck, but it seemed to be more skill and knowledge. Now that I've spent a few days (hay it's only been out a few days) thinking about this, it almost feels more like a Neal Gaimen story then a Garth Ennis one, and maybe that is a pacing thing. But I'm a fan of that sort of slower burning story, so I don't mind. I'll keep watching that is for sure, and hope to enjoy the show as much as everyone else has enjoyed the graphic story. I am a little torn on if I should try and read the trades now, and get ahead, or just enjoy this take on that universe? As a base line I had read "Game of Thrones" before the show came out (but it took two tries, and still didn't love it, stopped after the 2nd book), but enjoy the series (I had a hard time with the graphic nature of the stories in the written form, but not as much in the visual form). Well anyway that was my take,

July 1, 2015 2:30 am Three heads are better then two, especially when they have the comoridery you guys have. Welcome back Ron. Any more word on Darwyn's Revengance?

October 13, 2014 5:41 pm I very much enjoyed Batman, but I have to say I could have used a few more one shots like last month before a big arc again. And as much as I liked the twist, I wish they had held out another year or two before bringing him back. Now since I saw the previews of the new Batgirl outfit I've thought that's a Steph outfit with a red wig, it just had her personality with it. And now that I've read the issue I feel the same. She is written much more like how Steph has been portrayed then how Barbara has. It is what it is, but that reworking going into the new 52 was a huge miss step for both those charcters, and probably the greatest tragedy to come out of it. I can't believe I think it's a greater tragedy for some one to get out of a wheel chair then to have been put in it to begin with, I'd feel bad about that if she wasn't fictional. ;-) Do you think the creators would mind if I collared her hair blond in my issue, and did a find and replace of Steph for Babs?

August 12, 2014 9:28 pm There is just something about the summer memories of 12 year olds. It really is a unique and influential time. I'm basically the same age as Josh and Conner and have very vivid memories of that summer. Bear with a long bit of story time, or at least how I remember it. Where I grew up, I lived about 30 miles from the nearest movie theater, and at the time they only had a couple of screens, so we didn't go very often. I always thought that was a bit cool, because it meant "Going to the Movies" was a bit special when we did go. We didn't have air conditioning at the time, and so for several years we made it a bit of a family tradition to go see a movie on July 4th, since it was usually so hot out. in 1989 it was "Batman". The theater was only about 1/4 full, and we got decent seats. The intro with the fly around the bat symbol was awesome. At the time I knew who Batman was from pop culture, but I hadn't read any comics. So I was amazed they spent so much time with Bruce Wayne. I enjoyed the one liners, and the "New Batmobile", and fell for the story lines and plot devices. My Mother however was not as swayed. At the height of one of the key dramatic scenes, Batman is hanging off the ledge of a building the Joker standing above him, and my Mom starts chuckling at the absurdity of it all. I turn to her with my 12 year old innocence of not being jaded by decades of movie watching, and ask her "What are you laughing at ?". Before she can respond, Jack Nicholson's Joker turns to a gargoyle and asks "What you laughing at ?". Both my Mom and me start belly laughing, to the confusion of just about everyone else in the theater, including my 10 year old Sister. We got it together a little while later, and made it through the rest of the movie, but from that point on it was broken to me. The 4th wall came tumbling down, and I could never take that movie seriously again. Later that summer I remember having a serious (at least for 12 year olds) discussion with my best friend about the movie, and how it had taken over pop culture that summer. I was convinced (and still am) that the movie was OK, but the reason it made such a splash was because we were hungry for a super hero movie, any super hero movie. There hadn't been any in a while (6 years if you don't count Superman IV), and Marvel hadn't done any of note yet. Warner capitalized at the right time with the right summer movie. He thought it was because it was a really good movie. I'll let history decide who won that one. OK after I wrote that story I checked out what movies came out in 1989, dang there are some good ones. And I must confess I think I went to the theater more then a few times that summer, funny how memory works. I know I saw "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade" on the Thursday night it came out, since it was my birthday (that was a really big deal since it was a school night). And I also remember seeing "License to Kill", "Honey I shrunk the Kids", "Field of Dreams", "Star Trek V", and a film I had completely forgotten about "Cheetah" in the theater that summer. Between that and the movies that came out that year that I eventually saw on video tape, I'd call that the most influential year of movies on my life. Thanks for letting me share, John

January 8, 2014 9:24 am Thanks for Starting this SB. I'm not a Marvel Unlimited user, but I do enjoy looking at the data. I copied the episode # down for each comic. That way they can be sorted by the other columns, and still retain that info. I hope nobody minds. Would another good column be POTW ?, with a simple yes/no for that as well?

September 2, 2013 11:18 pm Well apparently I've only been a member here since 2008, but I would have thought it was a lot longer, that's how big a part of my life this site has been. As has been said many times before, and much more eloquently, THANK YOU!!! Josh, I still am going kick your ass one of these days for 'War. Boy, I don't know'. Paul, if you ever start writing something with dialogue or internal monologues in the future PLEASE let us know. I still consider some of your fictional writing on this site some of the best writing on any site. Connor, I absolulty enjoyed your love of numbers in relation to comics. I hope you have spent many hours, or even days thinking on them over the years. Thanks again, and I hope to be able to look forward to the podcast for many years to come, John

August 31, 2013 7:01 pm That is an absolute stellar selection of drawings. But I think the title of this weekly feature needs to be changed, how can you call what Tony Moore did a sketch. That piece of fine art is an absolute masterclass in detail.

August 5, 2013 9:01 pm I think the elbow is there (the bulge on the back, I think), just not the forearm. He goes from elbow to wrist.

July 22, 2013 11:38 pm I'm a big fan of Rucka, and I haven't read the first issue yet (I'm trying to say I'm going say something out of ignorance, not ass hatery). But I wonder if this is an outlet for some of his Batwoman stories that he didn't get to tell, or if it will truly be a unique and fully realized story on it's own?