Star Trek Turns Fifty and Other News Around the Net!
Last Thursday, Star Trek turned 50 years old! Wow! It was fifty years ago that NBC aired the first episode of Trek, “The Man Trap.” It’s unbelievable that this franchise has lasted for fifty years. I have loved Star Trek for as long as I can remember. Star
More Great Stuff From Comic-Con and Other News Around the Net!
Last week I wrote about a lot of stuff that had been released in and around Comic-Con that had gotten my nerd juices flowing. Here’s lots more fun stuff that didn’t make it into that post! Let’s begin with this spectacular trailer for the third season of Star Wars
News Around the Net: Comic-Con Edition!
There has been a TON of cool stuff hitting the web this past week during Comic-Con! Here’s some of what has caught my eye: OK, I strongly disliked Batman v Superman, but that doesn’t mean I’m not rooting for DC to release some strong films. I have always been a M
Rogue One and News Around the Net! UPDATED with Doctor Strange Trailer!
I suspect by now you’ve all watched the first teaser trailer for Rogue One, perhaps (like me!) several times: That’s a pretty terrific trailer. Not as instantly iconic as any of the magnificent trailers for Star Wars: The Force Awakens, but still pretty great. It’
New Project in the Works and News Around the Net!
So one of the reasons that there haven’t been any new comics up on the site for quite a while is that I’ve been working on a variety of other illustration projects that I hope will someday see the light of day. One of them is a graphic novel proposal called Loved with th
The Dark Tower, Ghostbusters, and News Around the Net!
So, it looks like the long-gestating film adaptation of Stephen King’s The Dark Tower series is finally, actually happening! I am thrilled by the casting of Idris Elba as Roland Deschain and Matthew McConaughey as the Man in Black. (And extra points to Mr. Elba for his great
Can Nicholas Meyer Save Star Trek a Second Time? And News Around the Net!
I was of course excited several months back when news broke that a new Star Trek TV series was in development for CBS All Access. I have loved many of the big-screen Star Trek adventures, of course, but Star Trek belongs on TV. Star Trek began as a TV series, of course, and the va
News Around the Net!
I’ll have a lot to say about the long-anticipated return of The X-Files very soon. In the meanwhile, here is a fantastic 45 minute interview with X-Files creator Chris Carter and writers Glen and Darin Morgan, who were key writers on the show who returned to write episodes of
News Around the Net!
Let’s kick things off today with this gloriously wonderful new trailer for Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 2: I loved every single second of that!! Can’t wait for this movie. This is a wonderfully in-depth profile of visual effects genius John Knoll, who also happens to be
New Around the Net!
So, holy shit, I am seeing Star Wars: The Force Awakens a week from today! That a new Star Wars film, featuring the cast of the Original Trilogy, is so close to being a real thing that I can see, is incredible. I expected that someday there would be new Star Wars movies, but I [&h