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Happy Birthday, Matt Fraction December 01, 2009 | Comment on this article Leave a comment Happy 34th birthday to writer Matt Fraction, currently chronicling the adventures of the Uncanny X-Men and the Invincible Iron Man.  While Fraction’s a big-shot Marvel writer these days, my favorite work of his is the heist drama “Last of the Independents” from AiT-Planet Lar. Here’s what I wrote... Read More
Assassin’s Creed 2 tops GameFly Top 10 list November 30, 2009 The GameFly Top 10 List reflects gamers’ choice from more than 6,000 titles for the Wii, PlayStation 2, Xbox, Xbox 360, GameCube, Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS and PSP consoles. Most Popular Games Cross-Platform: 1 Assassin’s Creed 2 PS3, Xbox 360 Action Adventure Ubisoft 2 Left 4 Dead 2 Xbox 360 Shooter... Read More
Monday movie quote challenge #55 November 30, 2009 “In the common tongue it reads, ‘One Ring to Rule Them All. One Ring to Find Them. One Ring to Bring Them All and In The Darkness Bind Them. Read More
NewsOK Comics Podcast: Reviews of Archie 603, Blackest Night 5, Superman Secret Origin 3, World’s Finest 2 and Image United 1 November 30, 2009 Kyle Roberts and Matt Price flash back to the 1990s with Image United No. 1. We also take a look at Clark Kent’s first day at the Daily Planet, a Guardian-Robin team up by Sterling Gates, Archie’s second marriage, and the blockbuster hit of the year, Blackest Night. Read More
DVD review: Life on Mars series 2 November 27, 2009 Time-displaced police detective Sam Tyler returns in series 2 of “Life on Mars,” in which he’s still trying to determine the circumstances that have the modern-era man living in 1973. Acorn Media’s DVD release contains all eight episodes of the second series of the U.K. drama. After an accident in 2006,... Read More
Oklahoma kids in finals of Peanuts Photo Contest November 27, 2009 Even without Kristin Chenoweth, it looks like Oklahomans could put on a pretty good remake of “You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown.” Three Oklahomans are among the finalists in the Peanuts Photo Contest, which seeks look-alikes for the Peanuts comic strip characters in honor of the strip’s 60th anniversary.... Read More
It’s Black Friday! November 27, 2009 If you have the time and cash (like our friend Richie Rich, pictured above), go visit your local comic shop today.  Black Friday is often seen as about high-ticket items, electronics and the newest doodads, but your local comic shop owner could use a pre-Christmas boost as well. Read More
Happy Thanksgiving! November 26, 2009 With Spider-Man returning to the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade this year, other Marvel characters share their ideas for parade balloons in this Marvel Super Heroes: What The?! episode. Read More
Auction offers first chance to see Avatar November 25, 2009 Charity Buzz has a holiday auction going on to raise funds for MUSE Elementary, an educational organization which helps children realize their full potential through academic excellence, personal responsibility, global consciousness and environmental awareness.  Among the items up for bid are four tickets to... Read More
Best comics of the 00′s chosen by AV Club November 24, 2009 The AV Club runs down its best comics of the 2000s in an article that’s sure to start lots of debate.  I’m working on by best of 2009 list right now, and will probably try to put together a best-of-decade list myself sometime after that.  The AV list is good, but no Scott Pilgrim? (As many people are... Read More
Monday movie quote challenge #54 November 23, 2009 “Funny enough, I was just talking to my friend about that. Our speedometer has melted and as a result it’s very hard to see with any degree of accuracy exactly how fast we were going. Read More
World’s Finest #2 previewed at DC’s Source blog November 23, 2009 This Wednesday brings the second issue of the DC Comics miniseries “World’s Finest,” teaming heroes from the Superman and Batman families.  Tulsa-born writer Sterling Gates writes this miniseries, with a rotating cast of artists.   Issue No. 2, drawn by Ramon Bachs and Rodney Ramos, is... Read More
DVD review – Anvil: The Story of Anvil November 20, 2009 Heavy metal band Anvil, which played at Rocklahoma this year, has undergone something of a revival since appearing in “Anvil: The Story of Anvil,” a film that presents the hard-rocking group as a real-life Spinal Tap. Director Rob Reiner’s parody film “This Is Spinal Tap,” about a heavy metal band, is... Read More
Gangster graphic novel makes move to iPhone November 20, 2009 Award-winning graphic novelist Neil Kleid is taking his Jewish gangster graphic novel, “Brownsville,” to the iPhone. “The process is definitely exciting,” Kleid said in a recent interview. “Each and every day another smart phone comes to market — be it iPhone, Pre, Droid or Blackberry — and the... Read More
Doctor Who: The End of Time Part 1 to debut Dec. 26 November 20, 2009 More info from BBC America about the air dates of the final David Tennant Doctor Who episodes.  Note, the five-disc set containing all the specials comes out on my birthday, Groundhog Day 2010. PRESS RELEASE The finale to the era of David Tennant as the Tenth Doctor, is one of the most eagerly anticipated... Read More
New Moon selling 10 tickets per second November 20, 2009 Fandango reports that The Twilight Saga: New Moon is on pace to sell 10 tickets per second throughout today on the movie ticket-selling site. Summit Entertainment has reported that “New Moon” set a new record for opening midnight shows with an estimated gross of $26.270 million playing at 3,514 theaters for a... Read More
Q&A with Neil Kleid of Brownsville, The Big Kahn November 20, 2009 Neil Kleid first came to my attention as the writer/artist of the Xeric-winning “Ninety Candles,” an innovative graphic novel in which each panel represented a year.   Here’s what I wrote about the book in early 2005, naming Ninety Candles one of the best graphic novels of the year: Neil Kleid’s... Read More
NewsOK Comics Podcast: Reviews of Supergirl 47, Adventure Comics 4, Flash Rebirth 5 and Amazing Spider-Man 612 November 20, 2009 Like Pete Sampras in the 1996 U.S. Open against Alex Corretja, I fought off illness and exhaustion to bring you this week’s NewsOK Comics Podcast with Kyle Roberts. We talk about the excellent week DC Comics had, with new issues of Supergirl, Adventure Comics and Flash Rebirth, and about Spider-Man’s trip into... Read More
Aquaman shrine promotes Brave and Bold 32 November 18, 2009 The Aquaman Shrine is going all-out in promoting the Aquaman-Demon team up in “Brave and Bold” No. 32, featuring the classic Aquaman teamed up with Etrigan, the Demon. The issue, written by J. Michael Straczynski and drawn by Jesus Saiz, is set for February release: Straczynski says at the Aquaman Shrine:... Read More
New Moon leading online ticket sales November 17, 2009 The Twilight Saga: New Moon is at the top of ticket pre-sales this week, making up 94% of daily sales at Fandango.com and 90% of ticket sales at MovieTickets.com, according to releases from the companies. According to Fandango, the Thursday night re-release of “Twilight” is the No. 2 seller on the site,... Read More

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