No doubt the “Bounty Hunter Wars” trilogy drew a lot of readers simply because of its subject matter: Finally, a chance to learn more about Boba Fett and the other bounty hunters! However, the response to the […]
Because he didn’t know that “The Empire Strikes Back” was going to start with the Rebels on their new base on Hoth, Archie Goodwin didn’t get to bring his Marvel comics stories all the way from the […]
A great debate recently popped up at my office: Who deserves credit for the success of “Star Wars?” Well, George Lucas, of course, because he created it. Plain and simple, right? Not necessarily, because he […]
Don’t get me wrong; I adore the Archie Goodwin/Al Williamson newspaper strips that were repackaged as the “Classic Star Wars” comics. But I wonder if we never quite saw how good a Goodwin story could be. In […]
First episode impressions (TV review): “Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.” brings the MCU to the small screen.
“The Goldbergs” (8 p.m. Central Tuesdays on ABC) starts with a montage of 1980s images like “ALF,” “The Karate Kid” and a Rubik’s Cube as the J. Geils Band’s “Centerfold” plays and Patton Oswalt narrates about […]
Dark Horse’s new series simply titled “Star Wars” got a lot of hype earlier this year, but it’s just the latest in a long line of stories to capture (or attempt to capture) the feel of […]
“Brooklyn Nine-Nine” (7:30 p.m. Central Tuesdays on Fox) has an all-crazy all-the-time vibe that makes it a nice companion to the similarly off-the-wall “New Girl” and “The Mindy Project” in Fox’s Tuesday comedy lineup. Although it’s […]
I tried to be an apologist for some aspects of the first two books of Kevin J. Anderson’s “Jedi Academy Trilogy,” but that becomes harder to do with “Champions of the Force” (1994). As the plot ratchets up to […]
Well, that came upon us in a hurry. Perhaps because there aren’t any major new shows to get excited about, the Fall 2013 TV season snuck up on me rather quickly this year. But while […]