This was the third issue of the British weekly 2000 AD that I picked up on my very first visit to Xanadu Comics in Wilmington after my family had relocated to Delaware. This cover image is interesting, in that it doesn't represent any of the material that's actually in the issue. It appears to have … Continue reading FSC: 2000 AD #124
As I mentioned last week, it was on my first trip to Xanadu Comics in Wilmington, Delaware that I wound up picking up a small selection of copies of the UK weekly 2000 AD. I had a read a little bit about Judge Dredd and the weekly comic book paper that was the backbone of … Continue reading FSC: 2000 AD #123
At the time of my family's move to Delaware in 1981, there was only one comic book shop in the area, and it was in far-off Wilmington. This was Xanadu Comics, best remembered as the store that AMERICAN SPLENDOR cartoonist Harvey Pekar's future wife Joyce Brabner once worked at. It was too far off to … Continue reading FSC: 2000 AD #122
Well now, if nothing else, that certainly felt like an episode of DOCTOR WHO. That said, as I was concerned about ahead of time, I don't know that this was necessarily the best place to try to bring a new audience in, as so much of what was the most effective in this episode was … Continue reading Doctor Who: The Star Beast
It's been a year since new episodes of DOCTOR WHO appeared on broadcast screens, but the long wait is almost over. Less than a month remains now until the first of three Anniversary Specials, The Star Beast, is released on Saturday, November 25, with the remaining two rolled out weekly thereafter. In the meantime, the … Continue reading Doctor Who: The 60th Anniversary Specials Pregame
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