Fantastic Four

Unclenching and The Code

Being a comic book fan for most of my life, I was of course thrilled when the characters I knew began popping up in live action films. Were they perfect? No, but a couple of them sure came close, because they were excellent. AS a comic fan, I, like so, so many of my brethren,Continue reading “Unclenching and The Code”

Fantastic Four: First Steps – spoiler filled review

The Fantastic Four’s cinematic journey has been a long, winding road. In the early 1990’s, just to hold onto the property’s rights, Constantine films went through the motions and put out a low budget FF movie under the banner of Roger Corman’s studio. The cast and crew were given a measly one million dollars, yetContinue reading “Fantastic Four: First Steps – spoiler filled review”

Let’s talk about why you should go see “Fantastic Four: First Steps” (spoiler-free)

It was a quiet moment. Reed was shaving, Ben was taking a bubble bath, and a soot covered Johnny Storm barged in, asking what the heck they were doing?! Were they giving up? This was in the middle of Fantastic Four issue #49, “If This Be Doomsday”. The middle issue of The Galactus Trilogy, aContinue reading “Let’s talk about why you should go see “Fantastic Four: First Steps” (spoiler-free)”

And now… Your New Fantastic Four!

Well, finally. With this official casting announcement, the MCU is finally moving full speed ahead with Marvel’s first family. We’ve long known the FF was coming, as Kevin Fiege announced it at a convention 5 years ago, after Disney bought back the rights for the franchise. So now, let’s do a little analyzation of whatContinue reading “And now… Your New Fantastic Four!”

Fantastic four: Full Circle by Alex Ross

Abrams ComicArts did what Marvel comics was apparently hesitant to do — put out a comic featuring the Fantastic Four, starring Reed Richards (Mr. Fantastic), Sue Richards (The Invisible Woman), Johnny Storm (The Human Torch), and Ben Grimm (The Ever-lovin’ Blue eyed Thing). I’ve missed them. Oh, Marvel puts out a monthly Fantastic Four comic,Continue reading “Fantastic four: Full Circle by Alex Ross”

Waiting for casting on Doctor Who and the FF…

ANY week now. Or so I’m hoping. I, and countless other fans, are awaiting casting news on two franchises. The first is who will be picked as the 14th Doctor Who. The next is who will be cast in the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s version of the Fantastic Four. Some crazy and unsettling rumors abound withContinue reading “Waiting for casting on Doctor Who and the FF…”

The Uphill Battle

Saw the most interesting comic strip in the newspaper the other day. My wife was reading the paper, and it caught her eye. She wasn’t quite sure what to make of it, so she showed it to me. We questioned what the deeper gag was. I mean, okay, Sisyphus endlessly pushing the rock up theContinue reading “The Uphill Battle”

Interesting casting leak (?) for the MCU Fantastic Four movie…

YouTube has gobs and gobs of channels that try to bait you in with phony claims, announcements, etc., and over the years, I’ve taken note to bypass the biggest offenders, as 99% of the time, it’s a waste of time. They say they have BIG news, when in fact they have nothing. Such is theContinue reading “Interesting casting leak (?) for the MCU Fantastic Four movie…”

Fantastic Four Omnibus Vol. 4

So, if the cover’s not enough… I was digitally skipping around Amazon when I saw the solicitation. I can only guess they’re putting out the next giant Omnibus continuing the FF’s adventures because the MCU is slowly, ever so slowly prepping the next FF movie. Volume 3 came out not too long before the JoshContinue reading “Fantastic Four Omnibus Vol. 4”

More Thing weekend, more Thing pieces from The Collection!

Today, we feature some of the wonkier bits and pieces from the Thing collection. Some, you may have seen before but frankly, who can keep track… First, this trio from different countries — the front and right figure were, I think, from fast food giveaways, possibly from other countries— I currently have one on theContinue reading “More Thing weekend, more Thing pieces from The Collection!”