Shock. Yeah, that’s what I’m looking at this week. I want a title that’s going to absolutely shock me out of my willing suspension of disbelief. I want something to read that’s going to just floor me. You know why? I just learned that CCO, Publisher and President of IDW …
Read More »Captain Kirk’s Weekly Comic Review – 12/12/2018
“We … do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard; …” That’s a truncation of President John F. Kennedy’s famous Rice Stadium speech exhorting the American public to support the Apollo space program. It’s one of my favourite speeches, not just because it talks …
Read More »Captain Kirk’s Weekly Comic Review – 11/02/2016
Better late than never, I suppose! But once more, the question has to be asked, what’s on the list of reviewed books for this week? DC Comics Catwoman: Election #1 Superman #10 Batman #10 IDW Publishing ROM #4 Image Comics Southern Bastards #15 Eclipse #3 Mayday #1 Marvel Comics Moon …
Read More »Captain Kirk’s Weekly Comic Review – 09/21/2016
I began reading comics at the age of four. My parents had a convenience store in the UK and every morning, the newspapers would arrive and I would find myself in the front of the store in the early hours of the morning sifting through them to search for the …
Read More »Captain Kirk’s Weekly Comic Review – 04/27/2016
I’m teaching my students about the concept of transformative media. You know, when stories exist in one form of media and then get spun off into other forms? Well, you have to be selective about thematic elements when you transform media into other formats and, depending on the format, some …
Read More »Captain Kirk’s Weekly Comic Review – 07/08/2015
It’s time for San Diego Comic Con … and I’m not there. I’m a comic guy, a Trekkie, a classic geek and nerd in both uses of the words and I’m not at Comic Con. Well, I’m also a dad, a teacher and I have responsibilities that get in the …
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