Comic Books If you’ve been hanging out here on the blog or on my twitter feed, you know by now that I am a huge comic book geek. I once had a monthly habit that was the equivalent of a car payment. Not a nice car. Not even a good car. Probably more like...
Classic SciFi shows had a sense of style that still shines through today. Which show has your favorite intro? Let’s take a look – nothing before 1980, shall we?! The Outer Limits. The Twilight Zone Doctor Who The Time Tunnel Land of the Giants Click Here to watch the intro The Six Million Dollar...
Another quick round up of stuff I found interesting on the web today. Galactic Hookup Spawns Celestial Offspring comes from Wired (but it’s all over the web). Basically, Hubble caught a photo of galaxies colliding. I wonder what happens to the stars and planets when galaxies collide and merge? Man. Wouldn’t that be a...
As if Venom weren’t bad enough a villain for Spidey, the writers at Marvel decided that there needed to be an even CRAZIER, more SPIDEY HATING VILLAIN who got their powers from an alien symbiote. Let me backtrack for a second – All of Marvel’s heroes and villains were taken to another planet one...
Taking a look at some of my Spider-Man Comics today and it struck me that there were a lot of variations on a theme when it comes to the Goblin. The original was, of course, Norman Osborne as The Green Goblin. I don’t believe this is him in the costume (It’s Harry): Lot’s of...
Gather ’round children, and let old Uncle Morty tell you a story. Once upon a time, there was a meeting of the minds at old Marvel. “Spider-Man,” they said, “Is stale. We’ve done it all! Peter’s married to Mary Jane, his life is going all right for a change. Sure, he has a Goblin...
My favorite comics were Batman and Spider-Man, hands down. I could totally relate to Peter Parker. He was a nerd; smart, goofy looking, awkward in social situations – what nerd isn’t?! But he also got to have this cool side, this costume that when he put it on and no one could see his...
The particulars in case you forgot: I’m trolling through my comic book collection, which spans 1977-1995/6ish, because I’m feeling nostalgic and want to share. I invite you to tag along with me cuz I hope it’ll be fun – I’m even taking pics of the covers with my iPhone (sorry about the quality there...
The particulars in case you forgot: I’m trolling through my comic book collection, which spans 1977-1995/6ish, because I’m feeling nostalgic and want to share. I invite you to tag along with me cuz I hope it’ll be fun – I’m even taking pics of the covers with my iPhone (sorry about the quality there...
About Patrick:
Patrick Hester is an author, blogger and podcasting dude who lives in Colorado with two cats, Dakota and Shadow, who make sure he gets little sleep and always remembers who is really in charge. He writes science fiction and fantasy (mostly)...[click to read more]
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