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 – 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 – 01/23/2019
I think the driving force in a successful story is the amount of curiousity it can inspire in the reader. Comics aren’t an exception to that notion. However, in many respects they have a disadvantage than other media formats. With only 20 to 30 pages per issue, they have a substantially …
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 – 10/31/2018
Well, Halloween is once more upon us. It only makes sense that the theme for this week would have to be one that’s inspired by scary stuff and things that “go bump in the night”. Maybe that’s too much of a simplistic theme but the one thing that I’ve discovered …
Read More »Captain Kirk’s Weekly Comic Review – 09/26/2018
I’m into mindless, blind rage this week. It’s been a bad week at work and I’ve lost my favourite fountain pen. So, I’m hoping there will be some stories for me to sink my teeth into and vicariously enjoy as I desperately need some vicious payback. Sometimes, I’m a petty, …
Read More »Captain Kirk’s Weekly Comic Review – 02/28/2018
It’s important to know who’s there for you, and likewise, to let those people in your lives that you are there for them. Relationships are not only clearly important in life, but they are key in writing a successful comic. The chemistry between characters is of paramount importance in order …
Read More »The world quakes under an evil Superman’s reign of terror in ‘Earth 2, Vol. 4’
Tom Taylor takes over for James Robinson, continuing along with the formula of fast-paced, high-impact reveals, intriguing new characters and backstories, and earth-shattering events that cast Earth 2 in a new light every time you pick up a new volume.
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