Into the Longbox

Now that I have seen this movie three times within the last seven days, I think I have formed enough of an opinion to actually write about it. You may have seen this everywhere else already, but I want to echo that same sentiment. This movie is a big deal for me and black people alike. There has never been a big, blockbuster super hero movie like this with a black cast this large. What's even better, is that in this movie, the characters are not all cookie cutter stereotypes that you find in most black characters in film. This in and of itself is also very refreshing. It is great to see black characters as being fully capable and smart. As I think about it, this is a movie that I am immensely proud of. It's a movie that I can happily recommend to people because it is also a pretty good movie in it's own right. It is a celebration of black excellence. As I alluded to above, we get positive portrayals of black people here which is counter to what you normally see on ...

Can we not just use a door like gentleman? It's not often I get moved by a comic. I'm not made of stone, but I can get emotional. Will I admit to crying? Never! Then there is Marvel-Two-In-One, Marvel's new series that is a return to the series of yesteryear. In that original iteration, it was all about Ben Grimm (The Thing) teaming up with random super heroes, kind of like Spider-Man was doing over in Marvel Team-Up. I've admitted on this blog before that Ben Grimm is in my personal  top five  favorite Marvel characters. Number two in fact. So I was super excited for this book to come out. It also helps that Jim Cheung is on art duties for these first two issues, who is one of my favorites. Anyways, there are only two issues out and it has made me YEARN for a new Fantastic Four comic. In summary, Ben seeks out Johnny Storm, who has been having a rough time of it ever since Reed, Sue, Johnny and Valeria disappeared into obscurity. These first two issues are heav...

Well, I completely failed my resolution from last year's best of post. I said I would get this up sooner, but instead it took me longer. Life goals people. You need to have them.  Anyways, 2017 is gone and in the books. DC continued it’s resurgence and Marvel has begun to flounder. My books still skew towards the Marvel side, but that is supplemented with DC and Independent books, so I am still getting my variety. The volume of books I buy have certainly gone up since Marvel and DC have become obsessed with the double shipping of most of their titles. On the DC side, it isn’t as bad since most of their books are $2.99. Marvel on the other hand wants to stick to their $3.99 cover price and I can’t remember the last time they were below that number as an average. I'll have a full rant about how I really feel about double shipping later in the year.  Without further ado, here is my review of 2017. Dearly Departed (The Comics I dropped this year) Before I get into...