Strangers and Aliens: Science Fiction & Fantasy from a Christian Perspective
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Super Hero Tournament of Champions: Green Lantern vs. The Vision
Dr. Jayce’ Opinion- WHO WOULD WIN? Green Lantern WHY? GL is one of the more powerful heroes…ad even if the movie bombed GL is flat-out awesome. HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THE OUTCOME? I like it. The Vision is one of my favs, but GL is pretty cool…except for his yellow weakness. Steve’s Opinion-…
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Creature from the Black Lagoon (Cool Comic Covers #15)
It’s Friday! That means another Cool Comic Covers, a weekly (sometimes more!) look back at some of the most interesting, intriguing, and engaging artwork in pop culture. This week: I’m a relative new fan of the Creature from the Black Lagoon. I didn’t see it at an impressionable age. In fact, I didn’t see it until…
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Solitaire #1-6 (Cool Comic Covers #14)
It’s Friday! That means another Cool Comic Covers, a weekly (sometimes more!) look back at some of the most interesting, intriguing, and engaging artwork in pop culture. This week: I’m a big Ultraverse fan. It started with Nightman. My freshman year in college, I was able to start with #1 of a series and collect each…
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REVIEW: Prometheus
My initial spoiler free thoughts after my first viewing of Prometheus: 1. Yes, I said “first viewing.” This is a movie that encourages multiple viewings. I do not know if I will go and see this in the theater again (maybe a dollar theater) but I do plan to watch it again. Possibly a couple…
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Comic Book Writer and Artist Contest
Every year, Dr. Jayce and I lead seminars at the Gideon Film Festival, a Christian media arts conference that covers topics from writing a novel or screenplay or making movies and even comic book creation. This year, they are hosting a contest, sponsored by Kingstone Comics, for comic book writers and artists. Details can be…
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Super Hero Tournament of Champions: Ironman vs. Red Tornado
Dr. Jayce’s Opinion- WHO WOULD WIN? Ironman WHY? Tony Stark is willing to cheat. HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THE OUTCOME? I would have liked to see Red Tornado take on some other heroes like Vision. Ben’s Opinion- WHO WOULD WIN? Iron Man WHY?: Red Tornado would go into an emo state of jealousy because…
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Star Trek (DC Comics) #25 and Top Dog #9 (Cool Comic Covers #13)
It’s Friday! That means another Cool Comic Covers, a weekly (sometimes more!) look back at some of the most interesting, intriguing, and engaging artwork in pop culture. This week: Our cool comic covers come not from the artwork, but from something more personal. Be warned — things from antiquity, like bookstores and magazine racks, are mentioned…
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NEW POLL: Who Is Batman’s Greatest Villain?
Fact: Batman has some of the best villains in comic books. So, with the movie coming up featuring Bane, we thought we’d “riddle you this”: Who is Batman’s greatest villain? Answer how you like, based on whatever criteria you wish to use, voting for your favorite Batman villain. In coming up with these options, I…
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THOUGHT CLOUDS: Superman Earth One (Comic Review)
SUPERMAN EARTH ONE J. Michael Straczynski, writer; Shane Davis, artist Superman is one of my favorite superheroes. For a long time, he was THE favorite. For a long, long time. And he’s still in the top five, rotating between the second, third, and fourth places. But there has always been one problem: his comic books…
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Aquaman #9 (Cool Comic Covers #12)
It’s Friday! That means another Cool Comic Covers, a weekly (almost) look back at some of the most interesting, intriguing, and engaging artwork in pop culture. This week: In honor of Aquaman’s loss to Thor in the Super Hero Tournament of Champions, a cool Aquaman cover. There are actually many, many cool Aquaman covers. In the…
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Super Hero Tournament of Champions: Aquaman vs. Thor
Dr. Jayce’s Opinion- WHO WOULD WIN? THOR WHY? I think Aquaman could easily beat Thor by dehydrating him with his magic hand, but I don’t think Thor would allow Aquaman to touch him. HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THE OUTCOME? Bummer. I like Aquaman. Ben’s Opinion- WHO WOULD WIN? Thor WHY?: It would be a…
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Episode 18 — “Once Upon a Grimm Time”
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSThe topic: fairy tales. They are everywhere right now, appearing on two of the major TV networks in prime time, in theaters, and, of course, in DVD collections and toy boxes around the world. So what is it about fairy tales that cause us to enjoy them and…
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Dr. Jayce’s Mt. Rushmore Four of Fantasy
MY RUSHMORE FOUR: Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers– I know about 2/3’s of you just spit out whatever you were drinking when you saw that the LOTR movie I chose to run with was the second one. Most go with three, but I will go to the mat saying that Towers is the…
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From Beyond the Unknown #23 (Cool Comic Covers #11)
Cool Comic Covers is a weekly (almost) look back at some of the most interesting, intriguing, and engaging artwork in pop culture. This week: Comic book covers and gorillas go hand in paw. I don’t know why. I understand there are blogs devoted to the subject and perhaps some college papers or something as well. But…
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NEWS: New Promo Trailer for ARROW (the CW’s new Green Arrow series)
The fall 2012 season of the CW will still have a DC Comics superhero, just not Clark Kent. It’s Green Arrow. I thought it was going to be something just like Smallville. Green Arrow was a character ON Smallville for a number of years, after all. (Although whenever I watched, all I could think was…
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Super Hero Tournament of Champions: Wolverine vs. Hawkman
Dr. Jayce’s Opinion- WHO WOULD WIN? Hawkman WHY?: Hawkman hits Wolverine with a weapon while he is out of his reach and then carries him away while dropping him in a valcano before he wakes up. HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THE OUTCOME: I love Wolverine, but unless Hawkman was glued to the ground, he would win…
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SCI-FI/FANTASY FOR KIDS: The Radio Adventures of Dr. Floyd
I discovered The Radio Adventures of Doctor Floyd on, of all places, the radio. I heard a couple episodes on my local public radio station, as part of a one hour block of short comedy sketches. They’d play a Bob Newhart sketch and a Bill Cosby recording and some other things that came from who…
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Super Hero Tournament of Champions: Superman vs. Thing
It’s tournament time! The greatest heroes of all-time battle each other in a drop down, drag out cage match. Who will win? The three of us Sci-Fi guys each get one vote and the fans also get a vote (That equals 4 total votes)! THIS IS NOT WHO YOU WOULD WANT TO WIN, BUT WHO…
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Famous Funnies #214 (Cool Comic Covers #10)
Cool Comic Covers is a weekly (almost) look back at some of the most interesting, intriguing, and engaging artwork in pop culture. This week: After Avengers Week, we’re getting away from superhero comics and getting back to some sci-fi comics. Frank Frazetta is one of the giants of fantasy art, and did a number of comic…
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FEEDBACK — What did YOU think of Avengers? (Poll)
What did you think of The Avengers? Did it deserve the half billion dollars it made last weekend? Did it meet your expectations? Exceed them? Not even come close to them? Let us know in our poll . . . [poll id=”8″]
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