Into the Longbox

I finally saw X-Men: Dark Phoenix a few nights ago. I figured if I don't write this post now after sleeping on it for a few days, I'll never write it. I'm not going to sit here and waste your time talking about how big an X-Men fan I've been or any of that background info I normally start these with. I'm going to just jump right in. Also, there will be SPOILERS . You've been warned. Before I go into my reasons why, this movie is bad. Not dumpster fire bad like I was expecting, but it was definitely bad. After the movie ended, my wife made note of my exasperated sigh. When I think about how many X-Men movies we've had, this movie makes me spectacularly sad. In my eyes, we have had way more bad X-Men movies than good ones. If I take away X-Men universe films (Wolverines and Deadpools), we are left with an underwhelming bunch. This movie marks the seventh in the mainline X-Men movies. I can say I legitimately loved two of them. After this movie, that count ...

No, I'm not trying to make a broad statement or start this post with something like, "Webster's dictionary defines excellence as...". I wanted to briefly talk about this new Image series, "Excellence". Now for me to write a post about a comic shortly after reading it must tell you something. Permit me to get on my soap box for a moment for this special episode. A short description of this book is basically, a futuristic world where a young man, Spencer, is born into a world of magic. His father is a member of a secret society of black magicians who are charged with making the world a better place by unseen masters. There is a lot to unpack in that statement, but let's just let that sit there. This isn't the reason I'm writing this. I just read issue #2 and while I thought it was...well, excellent, it's the letter from the artist Khary Randolph at the back that made me want to post. My hope is that it will entice you all to pick up th...

Welcome to another entry into Kevin's Panels in Tremendousness. Like before, I won't give you any context for this panel. Instead, I will not insult your intelligence, dear readers. I know you can pick up on context clues. However, with this panel... you know what, judge for yourself. This is from Fantastic Four #172. That's funny. My wife sends me to...another room when I bother her. It happens... a LOT. I'm a nuisance. So I guess this was a common phrase in the Seventies? I mean, I've never heard this line before in my life. Using my skills of deduction I guess by saying a chick, "Sends me" means he is ready to settle down and be an honest man and not be some misogynist cop. That's what he meant right? However, let's give him a few points back. Clearly a woman being follically challenged doesn't stop him. Maybe he's more progressive than we give him credit for. He will not be constrained by the seventies norm of what beauty is. No...

I'm creating a new, let's say, feature of my blog. As I read comics, I tend to get tickled by some of the panels because they are a:) legitimately funny or more commonly b:), they are from older comics in an era where the story telling or dialogue is tailor made to be goofed on. Because I am not selfish, I want to share with YOU, dear reader. I won't even provide any story context for these. I think it will be funnier that way. Then I will briefly provide my thoughts. So, for my inaugural post, I submit this panel for your consideration from "Luke Cage, Power Man" #46. Sometimes my Jive-Mouth can get a little dry. I tend to drink a bottle of haterade to quench my thirst. So we have Luke Cage actually using the words, "Jive-mouth". Now I didn't live in the 70's, so maybe that was a real insult. Somehow, I think not. As a short aside, I once was going to write up a post about how in the past, the majority of black characters were written by ...