July 19, 2023

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So many variants! Haha.

The next ROTJ special focusing on the Rebellion dropped. Moon Knight has a special that introduced the comic version of Scarlet Scarab that the MCU introduced last year. This is the final issue of this run of Spider-Gwen. Blade has a new run! Conner is just having a rough time in space. We got the first of four issues of the Tales of the Titans microseries. Hawkgirl has a new miniseries! Harley has a second run of the BWR theme. And Knight Terrors continues!

Many variants and some posters below!

This cover is paying homage to The Avengers #276 from February 10, 1987. Just a fun cover.

Oh look, another gorgeous Frison cover! And I was happy to see another Mr. Garcin cover, so I had to get it.

It’s just so nice to see the new Scarlet Scarab on a cover. Layla is awesome.

Rasputin IV looking stunning in this Hellfire Gala cover. Thank you Jamie McKelvie!

There were so many great Blade 1 variants! Momoko’s is the first one, the next windowshades one is the next and another negative space is the third one.

This two weeks had so many foil covers! I love this Green Ranger foil cover.

I love all the main covers for these Tales of the Titans issues, so I had to get this one and will get the other main covers of the upcoming issues.

And of course, another Artgerm cover!! And he made a foil one too!!

Oh look, another Artgerm! And another foil cover!

So many Knight Terrors variants!! They had to throw Mattina covers along with the Midnight variants at us. Ooof.

These are the posters that I got from my store. Two of these will be gifts and one I shall keep. Such great cover art!

July 12, 2023

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Guess what? Still not caught up reading! Haha. Currently about to start sorting issues to boxes and shelves for the issues from the previous bunch of 8 weeks of comics. In two weeks, I’ll have to sort 8 more weeks-worth again. So I have to read 6 weeks-worth in the next 5 days or something.

Vader starts a new arc. I liked issue 1 or Loki, so I’m in for the title. And as usual, in X-Force, I’m so ready for Beast to go down XD. Moon Knight had this run’s 25th issue, and they made it so many pages longer than a usual 25th issue. This is the memorial special for mourning Kamala Khan. And I’m excited for the Hunger and the Dusk title by G. Willow Wilson! Gargoyles had a new title subtitled Dark Ages. The cover of Sirens City intrigued me enough to buy the issue. This is the penultimate issue of Harley Screws up the DCU. And the DC event: Knight Terrors has begun!!

So many covers below.

The main cover for Immortal X-Men 13 is just gorgeous! That’s all. The Hellfire Gala variant of this issue is also just beautiful. I love the details the artist of this X-Force variant made. I have a couple other covers by the artist I think.

I always enjoy a DOFP homage cover. And I’m excited for these Saturday morning cartoon covers!!

Another wonderful Momoko cover! And the other is an homage variant that’s paying tribute to Vision and the Scarlet Witch (1985 series) #1 from October 1, 1985.

A wonderful Hellfire Gala cover by David Nakayama. MJ and Felicia look amazing! And the next Disney 100 cover!

I thought I would put the symbiote covers together. Venomized Jeff the land-shark by Momoko!! That WoC cover is just amazing. And here’s another detailed cover by Björn Barends. Just, wow.

These variants for Moon Knight 25 are just gorgeous!! First one by Artgerm of course. The next one is another Hellfire Gala cover. and the last one is the next negative space cover!

These are two of the variants for Fallen Friend. And the first one is and Alphona cover. The second one is a cover paying homage to cover of The Death of Captain Marvel special from February 3, 1982.

The first variant is by Mirka Andolfo, always so good! And I’m so excited for the second one becuase I’ve been following this artist on Instagram for a few years now and she announced she was getting to make some variants for this new Gargoyles title and I was like um what??? So, congratulations to the wonderful KDFoxx/Graffoxx!! I mean look at that cover!! Of course I will be getting all of her covers.

Jenny Frison is just such a great artist. I say it so much, but just wow. And I really liked the use of foil on this other variant.

I just have always loved Zealot’s look and color-scheme. And here is another Swimsuit variant from DC!

And here are the first Knight Terrors Midnight variants!! I’ve been waiting for these. I can’t wait to see them all together when I get them all. I have to say if the red on these was all red foil, I would love these even more!

Barbie (2023)

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July 20, 2023-

That was a wonderful movie!

There was heart and humor and depth. As always, the cast did a fantastic job at portraying Barbie’s and Ken’s and other dolls and characters. Margot Robbie was just brilliant in this role. And I was reminded that Anne Hathaway was originally marked for this role and I think she would have done just as amazing a job. Ryan Gosling’s Ken role was seemingly monotone, but there were little wisps of depth hidden underneath. It would have been nice to have some more focus on some of the other Barbie’s and Ken’s, but that’s mainly because some of the other cast members were actors who I really enjoy seeing.

The movie was just under 2 hours but honestly, it didn’t feel like it to me, when it was over I was like oh, it’s been two hours, right, I forgot it was that long.

The plot was both surprising and expected, and still fantastic. I wasn’t quite sure what was going to happen once most of what the trailers had shown had passed, but once I caught on to where things were heading, I was excited to get there and see how it was going to play out.

Some audience members in the theater had great reactions to particular moments and one girl who yelled WHAT!? when everyone else was silent. It was a good moment for that, haha.

There are certainly many points trying to be made and I think they were made well and hopefully people will take them to heart in the future. It is a bit heavy-handed on some points but I think that is good and those scenes needed to be as descriptive as they were and hit as hard as they did.

I most definitely recommend watching this movie regardless of how you feel about Barbie as a brand. As the trailers have suggested, that is all addressed.

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Mid-credit scene: No, but stay for the animated credits, it’s a nice bit of history.

End-credit scene: Nope

July 5, 2023

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Oh right, Happy 4th of July, y’all! Hope everyone stayed safe.

The Yoda title has been so fun! Matt Murdock is just having a time. FF and Doctor Strange are having a lot going on in both titles. Also, this Thor arc is fantastic! And this is a new title for Captain Marvel. The Sinister Four is the next Before the Fall of X special. Captain America celebrates its 750th issue! After this is a special before the next new Capt run starts. This Marvel Zero special collects the two Marvel FCBD issues that I couldn’t get, how serendipitous. This is the first of this Gargoyles run to have Demona, exciting! The Doctor Who comic is part of a larger multi-media project called Doom’s Day. The next Dawn of DC issues look good. This is the start o the next DC event, Knight Terrors. I’m intrigued! They’re dipping into horror and nightmares. Many of the DC characters are stuck in their nightmares. Deadman is one of the leads. And as you can see, those covers!!

Covers and posters below.

Jung-Geun Yoon is a fantastic artist. I had to get this Aphra cover. And of course another wonderful Momoko cover.

Another Brilliant Mark Brooks corner box cover!

The next Alex Ross cover!

This Jen Bartel cover is just. Wow. I remember her posting the image on twitter and I couldn’t wait to get this cover. Certainly going to slab this.

Another cover that has an artist who mostly does incentive covers. Besch covers are wonderful!

The next Nakayama cover! Love the red and blue.

Just a nice photo variant for this special.

Another fantastic Artgerm cover, but from Titan Comics.

The next Peacemaker movie poster variant.

There are SO MANY variants for this Knight Terrors event. Too many! Most of these will be in separate artist collections or theme collections.

As y’all know, I enjoy Ravager’s character and design. Plus these artists are great in general.

Jamie McKelvie and Leirix are just phenomenal artists. That’s it.

Here are posters! The Hellfire Gala cover poster and a Blue Beetle movie poster!

June 28, 2023

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As I said in the previous post, I’m still not caught up.

(OH, this is actually my 500th post!! Haha! That’s cool!)

The Oddly Pedestrian Life of Christopher Chaos intrigued me, I think I’ll enjoy it. I’m still loving the Vader BWR title. I’m not quite sure when this Warlock title takes place, I thought it was present day, but not sure. Excited for Ghost Rider and Deadpool’s stories. Daredevil & Echo’s first issue was interesting, so I’m happy to keep reading. Silk is always fun. The Thor storyline is so exciting. And this is the final Carnage Reigns issue, which is funny because I just read the first issue a couple days ago, haha. These Before the Fall of X issues are intriguing. The Harley plot is crazy, I love it. The other Dawn of DC issues are great! Can’t wait to get to these!

Covers below.

The Black Cat cover is a Pride variant. Werneck is such a graceful artist. This David Mack cover for Daredevil & Echo is just fantastic. I missed out on the David Mack artbook a couple days ago. Grumble. I liked this Heralds variant since it shows them all on the cover.

As y’all know, I love the movie poster covers.

This is the last (I assume) for the Taurin Clarke connecting covers for this event.

Of course, the next Jen Bartel cover.

I decided to put these foil covers together. I actually thought that this first one was going to be a fulfill cover, not just the title, but it still looks good. And the MMPR one is just amazing as all these foil covers.

Many of Sweeney Boo’s covers are incentive covers so I keep an eye out for them. And of course there’s another Jenny Frison cover.

I like that they did two covers for this. Though none of the other Swimsuit Variants have two. I wonder why not. I just thought this was fun, plus I enjoy the art.

July 2023 Late Issues

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Yup, I’m posting late again. It’s been a busy few weeks. I’m still not caught up on reading. And I went to three movies today, as you can see the three previous posts are movie posts.

This is the variant cover of the hardback for Wonder Woman Historia: The Amazons. I will repeat myself, this is the most amazingly drawn and colored comic I’ve ever seen. And the DWM from January.

This cover alone should prepare you for the art inside, alas, it really only scratches the surface.

Double-sided poster from inside the issue.

Elemental (June 16, 2023)

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July 11 –

Wow, that was a wonderful movie. I mean it’s Pixar. Of course it was. But yeah, the story was fantastic, the music was amazing. I loved the art design of the characters and the world itself. Everything from the city to the food to various items in the world were designed in a way that worked with each of the elemental types.

And as usual, Pixar made me tear up. The emotional moments hit perfectly. And of course the cast did a brilliant job. I was invested in all the characters. It just was a wonderful movie. I’m glad I went to the theater to see it. I would certainly enjoy a sequel.

Mid-credit scene: No, but the animated credits added to the story. I always love when Pixar movies do that.

End-credit scene: Nope

Joy Ride (July 5, 2023)

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July 11, 2023 –

These next three posts will be a bit different than my usual movie posts. I hadn’t been able to see any of these three movies when they came out so I decided to have a triple feature today XD. I know two of these came out last month, so some have seen some of these already.

This was such a fun movie!! The cast was amazing!! The humor was of course crude and hilarious. The plot was decent, the story had some twists and turns. Just wow. I laughed so much! And it had a lot of heart too. Certain moments had me tearing up.

Congratulations to everyone involved in this movie. I will enjoy watching this again whenever I’m able to see it again. If you haven’t seen this movie yet, go for it!!

Mid-credit scene: Nope.

End-credit scene: Nope.

Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023)

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June 29, 2023-

So, first off, I enjoyed the movie a lot. It’s been a while since I rewatched any of the other movies, I probably should have done so just to catch any references to the past, but that’s fine. Some people have said that it felt as long as it was, and for me, I didn’t really feel the length of time. But I attribute that to it being so long since I’ve been in this world again. Whenever there are long gaps between movies within a franchise, I always love just diving into the world again. I missed the characters and the music and the adventure.

Everyone did a fantastic job acting. Harrison Ford was as wonderful as ever. I certainly feel like he enjoyed being Indy. Phoebe Waller-bridge was enjoyable also. Though I would have liked a little bit more character development for her character. But I did enjoy her scenes. She’s a very expressive actor, and that is certainly helpful when there’s a lot going on in scenes. And the actor who played her sidekick, Teddy, was also fun to watch. Congrats to Ethann Isidore. Mads Mikkelsen was a great villain. He’s good at these kinds of roles. He was always in command of his scenes.

The story was pretty much what most Indy stories are, get the thing that the antagonists want to use for nefarious purposes before they do. There were also multiple locations across the world which was fun. Returning characters were enjoyable. The third act was very well-done, I thought. Everything was brought together and there were certainly some unexpected little twists.

I had fun watching this movie and I think it was a nice send-off for Harrison in the role. I am excited to see what else he decides to act in in the future. I know the next movie I expect to see him in is the next Captain America movie replacing William Hurt.