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Vampirella's Second Issue Beautiful to Look At, Impossible to Follow

RJ Carter · August 20, 2019

There's been a lot of hubbub and hullabaloo over the 50th anniversary celebration of Dynamite Comics' VAMPIRELLA. Getting Christopher priest onto the writing chores and having him backed up by Ergun Gunduz in the art department set expectations pretty high.

Sons of Chaos a Lushly Illustrated Look at Ottoman War

RJ Carter · August 14, 2019

The average  person today, when asked about Greek history, will probably recall the days of Plato and Socrates -- as though the country leapt straight from the days of philosophical and mathematical breakthroughs and went straight into the 21st century.

Chrisley Knows Best Stars Indicted on Bank Fraud Charges

Bill Casticart · August 14, 2019

It seems no reality show goes on for very long without one or more of the stars making news for reasons other than the show. HOUSEWIVES OF BEVERLY HILLS went through the drama of Joe and Theresa Giudice having to serve sentences for financial fraud.

For Comics Fun, Monster M.D. May Be Just What the Doctor Ordered

RJ Carter · August 11, 2019

Dr. Wyatt Black has an unusual practice. Actually, the practice is quite normal -- he's a medical doctor. Doctor Black's patients, on the other hand, are far from normal. Many of them are beyond the pale (and, sometimes, beyond the veil).

Family Feud: Van Helsing vs Dracula's Daughter

RJ Carter · August 9, 2019

Throughout the course of her career, Liesel Van Helsing has run up against her share of foul creatures. But now she may have met her equal, in a battle that has been generations in coming.

Gotham's Worst All Involved in Batman: Hush, on Blu-ray and DVD

RJ Carter · August 5, 2019

The iconic Batman tour-de-force that served as a vehicle for Jim Lee's introduction to the DC Comics stable, HUSH, is the latest storyline to be adapted into the DCAU straight-to-DVD library, and scene omissions and straight-up plot changes, it's a largely enjoyable way to pass 90 minutes.

UglyDolls Pretty Formulaic Lesson of Be Yourself

RJ Carter · August 4, 2019

UGLYDOLLS is one of those films that works if you (a) don't question things and (b) have something to read while your kids watch it. The premise of the Overly Optimistic Outcast has simply been done to death, and it would take some masterful storytelling to jolt some life into that tired old plot.