It’s Canada Day! I’m on vacation. So, I’m looking for something to go along with easing my gravity chair back in the garden under a canopy while drinking a beer. Because I can. That’s what’s great about Canada: we have freedom, popularly governed by a belief that it’s something that …
Read More »Captain Kirk’s Weekly Comic Review – 05/20/2020
I’m back! At long last, I’m able to write a comic review. With the gradual reopening of businesses, perhaps this is a sign of hope that will allow us to begin to return to the normal we used to have, instead of the normal we’ve been forced to accept? To …
Read More »Captain Kirk’s Weekly Comic Review – 10/02/2019
Dealing with adversity is a good topic for this week’s review. DC’s Greg Capullo is a real motivational guy on the subject and I think he and I share a similar philosophy. It doesn’t matter what life throws at you; it matters what you throw back. Adversity and my family …
Read More »Captain Kirk’s Weekly Comic Review – 09/04/2019
It’s the end of the summer and September is often a month associated with new beginnings. For a lot of people, me included, I think the beginning of the school year has a lot to do with that. We’re looking at new beginnings this week, so without any delay, let’s get to …
Read More »Captain Kirk’s Weekly Comic Review – 08/07/2019
Kinda exploring the notion of belief this week. It doesn’t have to be religious or some sort of codified system of precepts, but just a sense of what is right, wrong and what is important to us in this world. Super-heroes and comic characters are so clear in what they …
Read More »Captain Kirk’s Weekly Comic Review – 07/03/2019
Plain and simple: the future concerns me. That’s the theme for this week as we enter into the first golden week of summer vacation for many students in North America. School is seen as a trial for many kids, instead of the privilege it is viewed as in other parts …
Read More »Captain Kirk’s Weekly Comic Review – 06/12/2019
There are terrible things that happen in the world but there are also terrible people who make these things happen. It’s the terrible people we should concern ourselves more. When events occur by themselves, there is no-one to blame. But people who set these events in motion need to concern …
Read More »Captain Kirk’s Weekly Comic Review -04/03/2019
Why do we keep going? It takes a great deal of guts to keep going, day after day, to manage the mundane as well as the marvelous things in our lives. It’s a challenge to keep all of these things in context, moving from what feels like the highest peak …
Read More »Captain Kirk’s Weekly Comic Review – 03/13/2019
In this day and age, we can be so pre-occupied with image; how we appear. Our self-conscientiousness gets in the way of just simply completing things; meeting deadlines and in essence, measuring up to our responsibilities. I can understand how the folks of my parents’ generation get so upset with …
Read More »Captain Kirk’s Weekly Comic Review – 03/06/2019
There are some days when you feel like you’re being attacked on all fronts. It’s a legitimate feeling. We all wear many hats and have many different responsibilities. We can’t get everything right and sure enough, there are those days when it seems like everyone is out to get you. …
Read More »Captain Kirk’s Weekly Comic Review – 02/20/2019
The greatest obstacle to a sense of fulfilment is an overwhelming sense of futility. The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, and expecting different results. Sometimes part of a good story is the examination of the motivation behind that process because life is complicated …
Read More »Captain Kirk’s Weekly Comic List – 02/13/2019
There’s a certain level of stress and annoyance that goes along with not completing things. Some people create lists at the start of the day that not only serve as an itinerary or a task list, but also serve as a source of satisfaction. It’s a mini-reward for me, to …
Read More »REVIEW: ‘Uncanny X-Men’ #11 has one of the best reunions in recent comic history
Matthew Rosenberg just saw the printing of Uncanny X-Men #11 today. Reading it, it reminded me of reading of something I figured out when I was a kid. I’m a Mutant. Let me explain. When I was younger, I used to get an excited charge of anticipation opening the door …
Read More »Captain Kirk’s Weekly Comic Review – 01/16/2019
The theme for this week’s curated collection of comic titles is the re-creation of decades-old properties for new audiences – or audiences who are interested in seeing new ways that their well-known heroes can be re-imagined. It’s the intention behind the reimagining that makes the quality of the project. If …
Read More »Captain Kirk’s Weekly Comic Review – 01/09/2019
Happy New Year and welcome back! This week, it’s the call of responsibility that governs this week’s theme in the comic lists. After all, it’s been a restful and relaxing holiday break but like the rest of the western world is realizing, the holidays are over and it’s time to …
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