John Hansen

‘Veronica Mars’ is back, and it’s like she never left

Movie review: “Veronica Mars’ ” jump from the small to big screen is among the triumphs of the Kickstarter age.

First episode impressions: ‘24: Live Another Day’ (TV review)

“24: Live Another Day” (8 p.m. Central Mondays on Fox) comes along four years after the eighth season, but Kiefer Sutherland and Mary Lynn Rajskub slip back into their iconic characters of Jack Bauer and Chloe O’Brian like a glove. Although this ninth season – which will be 12 episodes instead of 24, although it’ll apparently […]

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Exploring ‘TMNT’ multiverse: 12 different continuities!

Commentary: In one last 30th anniversary “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” post, I look at all the different continuities, from movies to TV to comics to games.

‘Dawn of the Jedi: Into the Void’ goes back further than ever into ‘Star Wars’ lore (Book review)

Scientists are searching further back in space and time toward the Big Bang to gain a fuller picture of our universe. In a way, “Star Wars” fans do the same thing with each novel and comic we pick up. However, we’re further away from the “Star Wars” universe’s Big Bang than our own universe’s. In […]

For fans whose interest goes beyond the films, Disney continues to sap the fun out of ‘Star Wars’ (Commentary)

Disney has been doing a great job of sucking the fun out of “Star Wars” since it purchased Lucasfilm in October 2012. First, it canceled “The Clone Wars,” leaving many storylines dangling. Now, to judge from an April 25 announcement that has sent shock waves across fandom, it is more or less canceling the Expanded Universe as […]

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Raphael, Michelangelo, Donatello get ‘TMNT’ miniseries (2007-09)

‘TMNT’ flashback (Comic book reviews): Raph, Mike and Don get their own four-issue miniseries amid Mirage’s “Tales of the TMNT” Vol. 2.

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‘Tales of the TMNT’ comes to bittersweet end in Issues 54-70 (2009-10)

‘TMNT’ flashback (Comic book reviews): “Tales of the TMNT” Vol. 2 goes out with sweet and bittersweet, finished and unfinished, tales in Issues 54-70.

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Lawson joins team for ‘Tales of the TMNT’ Issues 42-53 (2008)

‘TMNT’ flashback (Comic book reviews): Jim Lawson regularly contributes art to “Tales of the TMNT” Vol. 2 in Issues 42-53. Here are my reviews.

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‘Tales of the TMNT’ fills in gaps in Issues 31-41 (2007)

‘TMNT’ flashback (Comic book reviews): Dan Berger takes over as editor and “Tales of the TMNT” Vol. 2 begins to fill in story gaps in Issues 31-41.

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April shines in ‘Tales of the TMNT’ Issues 19-30 (2006)

‘TMNT’ flashback (Comic book reviews): Here are my reviews of “Tales of the TMNT” Vol. 2 Issues 19-30, including a standout April O’Neil tale.