If I wasn’t a die-hard “Star Wars” books completist, I would’ve given up on Joe Schreiber after “Red Harvest,” which was a whole novel’s worth of people I didn’t care about slaughtering or getting eaten by zombies. I did enjoy about half of his first effort, “Death Troopers,” although even that one devolved into a […]
When some “Star Wars” podcasters were drenching hyperbolic praise on “Star Wars Rebels” (8 p.m. Central Mondays on Disney XD) in its early going, cast members kept saying it would be even more amazing by season’s end. On Monday, we found out what they were alluding to, when we saw the return of Ahsoka Tano (who had […]
It would be awesome to be the last man on Earth, and the first of the two half-hour premiere episodes of “The Last Man on Earth” (8 p.m. Central Sundays on Fox) demonstrate why. Phil Miller (Will Forte) “bowls” by releasing a flatbed truck’s worth of bowling balls toward a bunch of fish tanks in a parking […]
In Sunday’s episode of “The Walking Dead” (8 p.m. Central Sundays on AMC), Alexandria leader Deanna jokes to Rick “I guess the communists won.” She offers Rick and Michonne the jobs of constables, which they accept, and says she’s in the process of coming up with the ideal jobs for the rest of Rick’s group. Upcoming episodes […]
As with the first “Veronica Mars” novel (last year’s “The Thousand Dollar Tan Line”), the follow-up, “Mr. Kiss and Tell” (January, paperback), is a wonderful continuation from the TV show and movie. With Rob Thomas writing (along with Jennifer Graham), it’s no surprise that I can easily picture Kristen Bell saying Veronica’s lines, and that the mystery […]
Before I delve into the 21st century “Terminator” media, there’s one last 20th century item worth noting: “Suicide Run,” a 10-page story in “Dark Horse Presents” Issue 138 (December 1998). It’s the only “Terminator” short comic and the only black-and-white comic.
“Alien versus Predator versus The Terminator” (2000) – the final installment of Dark Horse’s second stint with the Terminator” license – is a fun romp that intelligently brings together the three franchises. Writer Mark Schultz leans toward an “Aliens” focus in the four-issue series. I have no problem with this because I am a fan of that franchise, […]
Writer Alan Grant started his 13-issue run on “The Terminator” with the gritty, adult-oriented “Death Valley,” then followed it up with the shallow “The Dark Years,” and he closes on an even weaker note with the kiddie-oriented “Superman versus The Terminator: Death to the Future”(2000). I wasn’t a “Superman” fan to begin with, but this four-issue […]
“The Dark Years” (1999) is the most inaccurately titled series of the “Terminator” saga so far. The title calls to mind times of hopelessness and misery, but the art by Mel Rubi (pencils), Bob Wiacek (inks) and David Stewart (colors) is vibrant and energetic and the story by Alan Grant is about as lighthearted as this […]
Dark Horse’s first entry in its second stint with the “Terminator” license, “Death Valley” (1998) is an entertaining piece of tech-noir heavily caked with the desert dust of a Western.