Author Archives: rickjlundeen

For those of you have actually read the majority if these entries up until now, I think you’ve bore witness to the range of stuff I put out there as the days go by. If you’re searching for consistency, there is only one thing that’s consistent, that’s me talkin’ out my head. Future entries willContinue reading “What you can expect this year in the blog…”

June, 1971. In Fantastic Four #111, the team was dealing with an out of control Ben Grimm. Reed’s latest serum to cure Ben of being the Thing tried a new tack. It allowed Ben to transform back and forth between himself and the Thing at will. The best of both worlds. And it worked! Unfortunately,Continue reading “Fantastic Four #112- All Time Greatest Battle Issue.”

From 2000, to 2004, I published a few of my own comics and had them distributed worldwide through Diamond, as did most comics back then. DC, Marvel, the mid level publishers like Image and Dark horse and the independents like me. This was also before the floodgates opened and everyone and and their mothers wereContinue reading “The Sentient Nut”

I love a good superhero origin story. The best of them are poignant, powerful and meaningful, imbuing the protagonist with the proper incentive to do the right thing and help people. Sometimes the circumstances are optimistically nudged in a certain direction. Take Superman for an example.  His parents place his infant self on an interstellarContinue reading “Comic Origins part Uno”

Gotta get this off my chest. Yeah, I know it’s just a stupid TV show, but I admire creativity and good writing and storytelling in my favorite show. When it goes to crap, I’m chiming in there as well. Unlike some fans of Doctor Who, I did not abandon the show when Chris Chibnall tookContinue reading “About how the Doctor treats her “fam”…”

I quite enjoyed the villains tonight, especially Zellin and the name checking of The Guardians, Eternals and the Celestial Toymaker. The finger thing was quite daft but hey, that might just be how these immortals roll. Once again, an interesting set up! Regarding the follow through—As we got deeper into the ep, and the DoctorContinue reading “DWS12:7 “Can You Hear Me?””

Having released all the individual stories on DVD, the BBC has started releasing entire *seasons* of classic Doctor Who on Blu-ray. In many cases, they’ve updated effects on some of the stories at the DVD level. Nice touches the original producers would have done had they the budget. Sometimes, they’ve gone to great lengths! TheContinue reading “The Invasion of the lame Dino-puppets”

These days, anyone cracking open a new issue of a Batman comic will see the phrase “Batman created by Bob Kane with Bill Finger”. That’s a fairly recent development, no doubt allowed by DC comics at the beseeching of friends, fans and family of the late Mr. Finger, but  80 years overdue. For decades, starting inContinue reading “In Defense of Bill Finger”

It’s long been known that my two favorite comic books are Batman and the Fantastic Four. The first thing I ever drew was Batman, and I’ve got a 150 piece Thing collection of toys and art. I’m going to say a big part of it was those being the first comics I ever picked up,Continue reading “Why Batman and the FF?”

I usually like to stay on top of the snowfall. Get out there early, put a dent in it. but then you get a day like today, when there’s a couple inches on the ground, another inch comin’ and I’m still Peggy Phlegmy and I just can’t be bothered to slog out there and possiblyContinue reading “Sometimes you’re not feelin’ it…”