I've had superheroes on the brain for a while now, and there are a number of reasons for this. However, Beast of the X-Men is someone I just can't get out of my head -- also for a number of reasons. Ever since All-New Marvel Now!, when Brian Michael Bendis took over as the guiding … Continue reading (Friday Fiction) The Job Interview of Dr. Henry McCoy
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(Comics) A Wolf for the People: Sam Wilson’s First 100 Days as Captain America
Sam Wilson has not had an easy time of it during his short stint with the shield. He's basically operating on a shoestring budget out of the basement of a neighborhood church, with only two (testy) people on his staff and no resources. He's on the "wrong" side of an ideological difference with his best … Continue reading (Comics) A Wolf for the People: Sam Wilson’s First 100 Days as Captain America
The X-Men Are Dead, Long Live The X-Men (Comics)
The end of the Marvel Universe came and went before Uncanny X-Men #600 hit the stands, and it's anyone's guess why the powers that be decided to wait as long as they did. Brian Michael Bendis, one of Marvel's big gun writers, had wrapped up the final issue of his years-long X-Men run earlier in … Continue reading The X-Men Are Dead, Long Live The X-Men (Comics)
The Month in Comics – October 2015
I fell back into comics this month, and I fell a little hard. It was a perfect opportunity to check up on things, actually -- the first wave of Marvel's revamped universe was shipped under the All-New, All-Different Marvel banner. Even though the big summer event that allowed them to shuffle the deck hasn't ended … Continue reading The Month in Comics – October 2015
My Writing Guide to November 2015
October was a pretty intense month. I went in for full training on changing my position at work, which means there are a LOT of holes in my technical knowledge that need to be filled. The shift also means that I'm down in the trenches with coworkers a bit more, and that means an opportunity … Continue reading My Writing Guide to November 2015
A Black Geek’s Guide to All-New, All-Different Marvel
I fell in with comic books through Marvel, and I'll never forget it. I was vaguely aware of comics growing up -- how could you not know about Superman, Batman, or Spider-Man -- but the first time I heard about a story that made me think "I have to read this" was the Age of … Continue reading A Black Geek’s Guide to All-New, All-Different Marvel
From the Desk of Jakebe T. Rabbit 