J. Michael Straczynski. JMS as he’s commonly called. I don’t even pretend to know the dude’s name or how to spell it were it not in front of me. Everybody knows something he’s written, whether its the Spider-Man comics that erased 20 years of continuity, Babylon 5, The Changeling… Something. He’s been at DC for

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Vertigo’s American Vampire marks Stephen King’s first writing work in comic books ever. Several of his stories have been adapted to or expanded upon in the medium, but apparently he’s never written any of those stories. Most interesing of all (to me at least), American Vampire isn’t even a King property. Instead it is a

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Death in comics has become an annoyance. Both for the characters and the readers. There used to be this unwritten rule that death in comics was permanent in only three cases: Jason Todd (Robin II), Captain America’s sidekick Bucky, and Barry Allen (the Flash II). These were characters that were dead 20 years ago and

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Cry for Justice! launched on the heels of Final Crisis with Green Lantern Hal Jordan and Green Arrow deciding they needed to seek revenge… Scratch that Justice!… for the deaths of guys like the Martian Manhunter at hands of supervillians in recent years. The two heroes form their own seperate Justice! League to proactively dish

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The Hot Tub Time Machine is one of those movies like Snakes on a Plane in which the title of the film explains everything you need to know about the film’s plot. Everyone walking into the theater to see it knows in advance that the movie is stupid. If you think you’re heading to see

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