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Superman Returns-Is a Cover as good as the Original By Jake Hill Have you ever gone to a really good cover band concert? Not just a band playing a set of the Beatles greatest hits, I’m talking about a band that dresses like the E Street Band and plays...
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Best Horror Comics By Jake Hill It’s the spookiest time of the year. Everyone has their favorite movies, and their favorite Halloween candies, but what about scary comics? Comic books can be just as scary as any other medium- even scarier! In such a wild and out there...
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Marvel Comics State of the Union By Jake Hill Comic book reboots can be a tricky thing. When DC rebooted its entire line with the New 52, there was a sales boost, but a negative critical reception quickly had commercial consequences. The more recent DC reboot, “Rebirth,” has not...
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Batman Forever-Review by Jacob Hill Batman Forever is the strangest artifact of a strange time for superhero movies. It’s easy to agree that The Dark Knight is a veritable masterpiece or that Batman and Robin is an unmitigated disaster, but Batman Forever gets almost as much right as it...
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Star Trek Discovery Review: To Go Boldly By Jake Hill To many people, Star Trek is one particular thing. It’s a series of televised morality plays. It’s a collection of high-concept science fiction ideas. It’s a political allegory. It’s a workplace drama. It’s an action adventure. The thing is, Star Trek is a...
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Superman III-Review by Jake Hill The first Superman movie totally codified how the Man of Steel should be portrayed. The second matched the big blue boy scout against his evil equal. The third one… just sort of exists. It’s not as bad as the abysmal fourth film, but it’s nowhere near...
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Alaska Robotics Gallery Interview by Jake Hill When I travel, I love to check out local comic book shops. Most major cities have at least one, and all of them are vastly different at their core. Some shops focus on the social element, hosting board games and roleplaying events....
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Best Marvel Villains You May Not Have Heard Of By Jake Hill Thanks to popular films and TV shows, obscure Marvel characters are more popular than ever. Unfortunately, there’s one department the Marvel adaptations have really been lacking, and that’s the villains. The Marvel Universe has some of...
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Secret Empire-Hydra Cap No More by Jake Hill At long last Secret Empire is finally over. Bad Captain America is defeated, Good Captain America is restored (um, spoilers), the Avengers assembled, and America was rebuilt in a few panels. This was easily the most controversial storyline Marvel has attempted...
Superman Returns-Is a Cover as good as the Original By Jake Hill Have you ever gone to a really good cover band concert? Not just a band playing a set of the Beatles greatest hits, I’m talking about a band that dresses like the E Street Band and plays...
Best Horror Comics By Jake Hill It’s the spookiest time of the year. Everyone has their favorite movies, and their favorite Halloween candies, but what about scary comics? Comic books can be just as scary as any other medium- even scarier! In such a wild and out there...
Marvel Comics State of the Union By Jake Hill Comic book reboots can be a tricky thing. When DC rebooted its entire line with the New 52, there was a sales boost, but a negative critical reception quickly had commercial consequences. The more recent DC reboot, “Rebirth,” has not...
Batman Forever-Review by Jacob Hill Batman Forever is the strangest artifact of a strange time for superhero movies. It’s easy to agree that The Dark Knight is a veritable masterpiece or that Batman and Robin is an unmitigated disaster, but Batman Forever gets almost as much right as it...
Star Trek Discovery Review: To Go Boldly By Jake Hill To many people, Star Trek is one particular thing. It’s a series of televised morality plays. It’s a collection of high-concept science fiction ideas. It’s a political allegory. It’s a workplace drama. It’s an action adventure. The thing is, Star Trek is a...
Superman III-Review by Jake Hill The first Superman movie totally codified how the Man of Steel should be portrayed. The second matched the big blue boy scout against his evil equal. The third one… just sort of exists. It’s not as bad as the abysmal fourth film, but it’s nowhere near...
Alaska Robotics Gallery Interview by Jake Hill When I travel, I love to check out local comic book shops. Most major cities have at least one, and all of them are vastly different at their core. Some shops focus on the social element, hosting board games and roleplaying events....
Best Marvel Villains You May Not Have Heard Of By Jake Hill Thanks to popular films and TV shows, obscure Marvel characters are more popular than ever. Unfortunately, there’s one department the Marvel adaptations have really been lacking, and that’s the villains. The Marvel Universe has some of...
Secret Empire-Hydra Cap No More by Jake Hill At long last Secret Empire is finally over. Bad Captain America is defeated, Good Captain America is restored (um, spoilers), the Avengers assembled, and America was rebuilt in a few panels. This was easily the most controversial storyline Marvel has attempted...