Previously, in Cook Your Comics Thanksgiving Spectacular, Part 1: Recipes for Green Bean Casserole, Glazed Carrots, and Holiday Sweet Potato Casserole. And in Part 2: Corn Casserole, Cornbread Dressing, and Fresh Cranberry Sauce. And now: pie. You’re gonna hear from those Justice Society guys if you don’t have pie. But what about the turkey? Hang…
Cook Your Comics: Thanksgiving Spectacular, Part 2
Previously, in Cook Your Comics Thanksgiving Spectacular, Part 1: If you’re going to feed the whole Justice League and Society, you’re going to need a lot of casseroles. Okay, so we’re not quite done with casseroles. If you live in the northern U.S., casseroles are known as a “hot dish” which makes sense because it’s…
Cook Your Comics: Thanksgiving Spectacular, Part 1
Thanksgiving is coming soon for those of us in the United States. It’s my favorite holiday. It’s both the biggest cooking holiday of the year and it’s always around my birthday — in fact, my birthday is on Thanksgiving this year, so my birthday cake will probably be a pumpkin pie. And about 10 years…
Cook Your Comics: Easy Chili a la Green Arrow
I am from Texas. Chili is a big deal here. Like, A BIG DEAL. You have never seen a fanboy argument taken more seriously than one between some Texans over what constitutes proper Texas chili. It’s the exact same dynamic – personal taste defended with near-religious fervor. So here’s the deal: true, authentic Texas chili…
Scariest Movie of My Life: The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
The movie—or movie series—that has scared me for the longest and with the greatest intensity is the Texas Chainsaw Massacre series. The original (which is technically titled The Texas Chain Saw Massacre) came out before I was born and has loomed in the shadows my whole life. Growing up in Texas, it was impossible not…
The Twin Peaks Log: S.1 E. 2
Welcome to our biweekly roundtable of Twin Peaks where we are working our way through every. Single. Episode. Some of us are regulars and some of us newbies, but none of our experiences are the same. So get yourself a damn fine cup of coffee, watch along with us, and feel free to chime in…
Cook Your Comics: Gotham Academy Survival Sandwiches and Soup
Fall is finally here. School is back in session, and the weather is getting cooler. I find fall energizing because here in Texas, the summer is so oppressively hot that its end is greeted like spring is in places where it’s freezing and snowy all winter. At my house, we get excited about “cold weather…
They Get to Change You: The Wicked + The Divine #4
The Wicked + The Divine #4 By Kieron Gillen (writer), Jamie McKelvie (artist), Matthew Wilson (colorist), Clayton Cowles (letterer) Image Comics Released September 18, 2014 This isn’t really a review. I’m no critic, and I won’t even pretend to be impartial and dispassionate. But I have plenty of thoughts and feelings about this book…
Bendis’ Powers a Sony PlayStation Exclusive Series
Powers has been in development as a television series for several years, but it appears that when it finally debuts in December, it will only be on the screens of subscribers to the PlayStation Network. Based on the long-running comic book series by Brian Michael Bendis and Michael Avon Oeming, the series stars Sharlto Copley…
Cook Your Comics: Becky Cloonan’s Magic Zucchini Friendship Bread
I get excited anytime I see a recipe in a comic book, because then I get to take “cook your comics” semi-literally. Comic creator Becky Cloonan (Wolves, American Virgin, Conan the Barbarian) recently cartooned her experience with making this bread and giving it to friends (which is why it’s friendship bread!) after a bumper crop…
Adrianne Palicki Joins ‘S.H.I.E.L.D.’
News broke today that Adrianne Palicki will appear as Bobbi Morse, a.k.a. Mockingbird, in the second season of Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. There is no word yet on how many episodes she will appear in, and no other details were given about how the character will figure into the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Probably best…
Top 10 Men’s Ponytails in ’90s Comics
Someone who is not me because I don't have the attention span should do a Top 10 Men's Ponytails in '90s Comics infographic/listicle. — Jess Plummer (@Jess_Plummer) August 8, 2014 Challenge accepted! Many male comic book characters grew their hair long in the 1990s. Plenty of them let it flow wild and free, others wore…