But DC is actually trying to replicate Marvel of the 90s. Why else have Jim Lee give everything unnecessary redesigns to make everything busier with lines, and bring on Bob Harras and Scott Lobdell.

I think the Batman & Two-Face was originally Batman & Robin, and has been rotating the second name since Damien died.

Yeah, Geoff Johns was mainly who I was thinking of when I called new 52 fan fiction. And how he has moved to DC towards bringing back the characters he obviously loved in his youth, instead of moving forward, so we have a boring Barry Allen instead of the legacy characters. It's weird when I find Allen boring now,…

I can't believe the New 52 is still ongoing. It just looks so bland and homogenous. It looks like company-wide fan fiction.

What I can remember from High School (2000-2004):
A Midsummer Night's Dream (Grade 9 English)
White Squall (Grade 10 English)
Swing Kids (Grade 10 History)
Power of One (at least twice, incl. Grade 10 Civics)
The Name of the Rose (Grade 11 History)

Or all of the above. The Riel graphic novel is great. I'd forgotten so much of what I had learned of Riel in elementary school that is was a great refresher. Plus, Brown engages really well with history and the way he had to compress some incidents for his narrative through some pretty thorough endnotes.

You mean when they totes okay with her being brainwashed, raped, and marrying the demon son she gave birth to?

I would love for O'Dowd to have a bigger role in a Marvel movie. I guess this precludes him for starring in the Ant-Man movie.

It's because they do it for the love of the medium, using the more popular stuff, the licensed Disney or Peanuts stuff or the Eros line, to fund the release of their art comics.

They'd probably sell you a preorder of the rest of the boxset if you asked. I know when they put boxsets up for preorder on the website where the boxes contain books that have staggered releases, they mail out the book that is already released, then you get the second book and the box, like 6 months later or however…

I think I liked that scene more than the movie. Guess I'm looking forward to Guardians of the Galaxy.

The episode supposedly has zero guest stars from the Thor movie, so you'll probably be fine watching them any order. BROADEST SPOILER POSSIBLE There's a line in the movie mentioning getting to something before SHIELD agents show up and I figured that's probably what the TV episode will be about.

Which popular "Simpsons" characters have died in the past year? If you said Bleeding Gums Murphy and Dr. Marvin Monroe, you are wrong: they were never popular.

Probably, considering both Avatar and Life of Pi also won the cinematography Oscar.

Know who else has a London, Ontario connection? recent Nobel winner Alice Munro, who I got an email about from the university president in said town praising our alumna. High five!

I've decided to wait for the boxset of the first four EC Comics Library collections. I don't think it's been officially announced yet, but it has an amazon listing (with pic) with an Apr 1, 2014 release date.

He's the Jewel of the Nile.

I wish they'd stop even trying to make realistic Superman movies. I want an imaginative Silver Age Superman movie. He doesn't even need a villian. It could be just be Lois and/or Jimmy scheming to learn his secret identity. Hell, if there has to be a villain, make it Mr. Mxyzptlk, who he doesn't even have conventional…

Look at this guy recommending a Grant Morrison comic! Where do you think you are?

I wish they would stop pushing him as Alien Jesus when he's more naturally Alien Moses!