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You know, those closest to you can let you down. It’s sad, it’s sometimes painful but it’s also inevitable. Friends, to many folks’ surprise can be jerks. Remember Kitty Pryde’s famous line? That’s a universal experience that writers draw upon. It makes for the most poignant of dramas and the …

The February blahs are pervasive. I don’t know about other sun-enriched places but up here, in the land of the ice and snow, we need a change from the dreary and cold routine. Which is why every new comic Wednesday is such a much-needed break in the middle of the …

I'm going with Titans Rebirth #1 for this week. It feels genuine and authentic and it's also a return to the nostalgic days of the original Titans.

Before I begin, I want to acknowledge and mourn the loss of Darwyn Cooke. I first met Darwyn in Boston, then in Toronto at Fan Expo and then in Toronto again at Toronto Comic Arts Festival. It was at TCAF where I really got to have a conversation with him. …

I’m a geek and I write about entertainment. This week I had a conversation with a PR specialist who was trying to categorize me for her company’s database. Admittedly, it does look like I mostly write about comics – I write a weekly column, after all. But I also write …

Ebbs and flows. Comics are cyclical, like everything under the sun. It’s important to remember that. Sometimes the writer has a good arc and then there are bad ones. Good reincarnations of titles occur and then are ones that force you to wonder just what the writer had for breakfast …

I’ve got a lot of stuff on my brain right now: preparing for Fan Expo Comic-Con in March, booking flight tickets for San Diego Comic Con in July and figuring out how to work two stories for Roddenberry Entertainment’s www.1701news.com. I do this on top of my responsibilities of being …