In the miniseries Deadpool v Gambit (recently released as a trade), the Merc with a Mouth teams up with the smooth Cajun con man to, what else, pull another con. The two have a secret history of working together even though, as happens with most people who know him, Gambit doesn’t much like Deadpool. But the real issue here is who’s really being conned?! Continue reading Comics Cosmos – When the Con Meets the Merc
Monthly Archives: November 2016
Miss Dawn’s Musings – The Doctor Invades the US
Pretty sure I’ve mentioned a time or two that I’m a big fan of Doctor Who, otherwise known as a Whovian. I love time/space adventures and seeing just how the Doctor will manage to solve the latest problem and save himself (and, usually, the Earth or another planet/civilization to boot). So I was intrigued when I heard about the publication of Doctor Who: The American Adventures, a collection of stories about the 12th Doctor’s time in the US. Continue reading Miss Dawn’s Musings – The Doctor Invades the US
Best Geeky Finds – Where to Find Fantastic Beasts
“…it is not a book to be confined to the classroom. No wizarding household is complete without a copy of Fantastic Beasts, well thumbed by the generations who have riffled its pages in search of the best way to rid the lawn of Horklumps, interpret the mournful cries of the Augurey, or cure their pet Puffskein of drinking out of the toilet.”
– Albus Dumbledore, from the Introduction to Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them by Newt Scamander. Continue reading Best Geeky Finds – Where to Find Fantastic Beasts
Comics Cosmos – Keeping Up With Jones
If you haven’t been to your local comic shop lately, you may have missed the new Jessica Jones comic book. The series began in October (stemming, in part, from the popularity of the Netflix series) and, even though it’s only two issues in, it’s pretty interesting so far. Continue reading Comics Cosmos – Keeping Up With Jones
Miss Dawn’s Musings – Letting Go of a Favorite
Anyone who enjoys reading ends up with some favorite authors in a very short period of time. As soon as you fall in love with a character or setting or style or series – that’s it, you want to read everything that author writes. This holds true for comics as well, though it can apply to artists as well as writers for any given title or character. Continue reading Miss Dawn’s Musings – Letting Go of a Favorite