Friday, January 29, 2021

Years Before Family Guy, The Simpsons' Forgotten Crossover

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  This week at CBR, I look at the forgotten Simpsons crossover from the 1990s (and talk about The Critic because not enough people talk abou...
Tuesday, January 19, 2021

THE QUOTIDIAN STRUGGLE (Flash Fiction from Gene Kendall)

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Hey, my short story was one of the ones selected by reedsy for their weekly flash fiction contest. The prompt was to write a short story tol...
Monday, January 18, 2021

How Transformers Became a Hit... without Marvel Comics

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  My new series Nostalgia Snake continues at CBR, where I look at the early 2000s Dreamwave revival of The Transformers. 
Monday, January 11, 2021

That Justice League Unlimited Episode with the Alan Moore Credit

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  This week, I revisit the Justice League Unlimited adaptation of Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons' famous "For the Man who has Everythi...
Monday, December 28, 2020

Frank Miller's Abandoned, R-Rated Batman: Year One Movie

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  This week at CBR, I delve into  Frank Miller's partially nuts Batman: Year One script, and discover the editors want you using ...
Tuesday, December 22, 2020

Is USA's Savage Dragon as 'Not Awesome' as Erik Larsen Remembers?

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This week, I'm looking at another possibly forgotten USA cartoon from the'90s. Erik Larsen hasn't hidden his disappointment with...
Tuesday, December 15, 2020

Duckman: Edgy, Politically Incorrect, Forgotten

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  Is there anything animated from the '90s I can't exploit for an article? I revisit the USA Network's Duckman , a show that...
Tuesday, December 8, 2020

X-Men: Evolution's Oddly Comics-Accurate Origin...and Christmas Episode

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  I'm revisiting the X-Men: Evolution Christmas episode this week at CBR, which featured perhaps the show's only true comics-accura...
Monday, November 30, 2020

Why Spider-Man: The Animated Series Swapped Sandman for a C-Lister

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  This week, I'm looking at the brief ascension of an obscure Spider-Man villain , granted some sunlight in the 1990s, chiefly because a...
Monday, November 23, 2020

Batman Beyond's Take on High School Was...Dark

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  This week at CBR, I'm looking back on an early "Terry's classmate is causing trouble" episode of Batman Beyond.
Monday, November 16, 2020

How G.I. Joe Entered the War on Terror Era

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  I continue my look at G. I. Joe's post-9/11 revival in comics this week at CBR . Stay turned for Thundercats, Transformers, Masters of...
Monday, November 9, 2020

X-Men: The Animated Series - The Manga Continues

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  I'm returning to the X-Men: The Manga  adaptation series this week  at CBR. Abominable snowmen!
Monday, November 2, 2020

What Happened to Bruce Timm and Darwyn Cooke's Rejected Batman Story?

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  I'm revisiting Darwyn Cooke's Solo Batman story this week at CBR; once rejected as a Batman Adventures fill-in!
Monday, October 26, 2020

The "Emerald Impotence" Episode of Justice League

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  Justice League's "Hearts and Minds" dropped Superman, Batman & Wonder Woman in favor of John Stewart -- and killed off s...
Tuesday, October 13, 2020

Why X-Men: The Animated Series' Final Season Looks So Odd

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  Over at CBR, I'm examining why the final season of X-Men: The Animated Series looked so...different.  Actually, as it turns out, the s...
Wednesday, October 7, 2020

The Death of Justice League Mortal

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  I'm revisiting the very-close-to-real Justice League Mortal film this week at CBR. It's Didio-tastic. Also, you might be intereste...
Monday, September 28, 2020

When G.I. Joe Was Revived - Without Larry Hama

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  I'm looking back in the first comic of the 1980s revival -- the Image relaunch of G. I. Joe . Let me know if you have any suggests fro...
Friday, September 25, 2020

X-Men: The Art and Making of The Animated Series - Not Quite a Review

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  I wouldn’t be prepared to call this a review, because reading through this tome will take a while. But it’s certainly worth mentioning. Th...