Journeyman was kinda similar in concept, wasn't it? Though the hero could go back home in that show. It only lasted one season. I still don't know why it didn't find an audience. It was a cool show.

The Comics Code Authority is even more ridiculous and illogical. I guess they still think that comics are just for little kids!

Did you happen to miss the Gateway to Geekery on her? http://www.avclub.com/artic…

(SPOILERS) Nikki and Paolo were too fourth-wall breaking. It was a bad idea for LOST to call attention to their adherence to TV conventions (by suddenly bucking them), but I tend to view it as a minor misstep. I can forgive it. And they did give us Nikki's hilarious fake TV show. I kinda wish that the venom from their…

One of the issues of the Buffy comic book was basically the pilot of the aborted Buffy animated series (and drawn in animated cartoon style).

That one wasn't too bad. It even played to the fans by… making a course correction, yeah let's go with that.

I've got one: Funky Ayatollah and the G-HARD Crew

Book thread… not much to say. I'm in the middle of reading Crime and Punishment for the first time. I have to say, it is not what I expected. I'm finding it darkly comical. The characters are larger than life and theatrical, which, based on the very few Russians I've met, feels true. And I can't help but picture…

There are at least 2 books to go, right? Game Of Thrones is sure to catch up with the books… and keep going.

Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind and The Diamond Age! Love 'em so much. Well, The Diamond Age is flawed, but still very enjoyable.

Agreed. There's some interesting world-building in it… but it's not that interesting, really. A couple of plots crawl forward, people take their time traveling from A to B. Iron Islanders, Dornishmen — you forgot to make us care about these characters, George! I don't have high hopes for the rest of the series, but…

Insert INSERT WRITER joke.

It's weird, I've heard so many good things about it, but I had trouble getting invested in High Castle. I put it down, but I plan to pick it up again one of these days. If I ever have my own Year of Dick.

Read Tales from Earthsea and then let us know if it's up to the quality of the series. :-)

WHOA AI NI!

I'd like to think this was a really sick way of referencing Kung Fu Panda.

They killed the article on The Wolverine? Well, you know they ain't bringing him back. Surely they're too classy to pull shit like that.

Oh, cool. I started Crime and Punishment, P&V. I tried the Garnett translation first. Classic opening, but mostly the prose is just too crabby compared to P&V's.

I have a lot of problems with AFFC. **SPOILERS** Too many goddamn travelogues. Plots and quests that don't go anywhere (deconstruction, sure, but at least make it clever or interesting). Alayne babysits. Arya does boring shit for Evil Mr. Miyagi. Cersei plays Regina George, without the funny. Jaime does get a great…

Dang, AFFC got me hating Cersei, when I was quite sympathetic to her before (mostly from watching Headey's performance, I suppose). In the book, she is just too horrible and stupid. So frustrating. Well, that whole book is frustrating.