Monthly Archives: June 2013

Out of the Vault – Jontar #2

Posted on June 29, 2013 by Tony Frazier

If you were to ask me what the best comic in my possession is, I would be hard pressed to answer. There are so many I like for so many different reasons. But if you were to ask me about … Continue reading →

Posted in Out of the Vault | Tagged , | Leave a comment

Metatronic Chapter Eight: Gentle

Posted on June 26, 2013 by Tony Frazier

CHAPTER EIGHT GENTLE     “Wait,” Barron said quietly. “Are you suggesting that this Gentle person had something to do with my wife’s death?” Barron felt very cold inside. It had happened three years ago, and yet he still had … Continue reading →

Posted in Metatronic, Novel Chapters | Leave a comment

Super Movie Monday – Spider-Man 1977

Posted on June 24, 2013 by Tony Frazier

No real screencaps in this one because the only version I could watch was an awful low-rez video upload on Youtube. I’m launching into the Spider-Man films, but first I want to revisit the original Spider-Man production from 1977. This … Continue reading →

Posted in Super Movie Monday | Tagged , , , | 1 Comment

Out of the Vault – Cap’n Quick and a Foozle

Posted on June 23, 2013 by Tony Frazier

Coming in a day late, sorry. Still trying to adjust my time management to an overnight schedule. Last week, we revisited a story published by Eclipse titled “Slab,” which was a reworking of a Steve Englehart Superman/Creeper story he had … Continue reading →

Posted in Out of the Vault | Tagged , , , | 2 Comments

Metatronic Chapter Seven: The Team

Posted on June 19, 2013 by Tony Frazier

CHAPTER SEVEN THE TEAM   Van Treece led the way down the hall to an elevator at the end. The doors opened as they reached it. “I didn’t see you hit the button,” Barron said as he stepped in. “There … Continue reading →

Posted in Metatronic, Novel Chapters | Leave a comment

Super Movie Monday – The Iron Giant, Part 2

Posted on June 18, 2013 by Tony Frazier

Concluding our two part look back at 1999’s The Iron Giant. In 1957, young Hogarth Hughes has befriended a gigantic robot which has fallen from outer space and eats metal. Hogarth hides him out in beatnik artist Dean McCoppin’s junkyard, … Continue reading →

Posted in Super Movie Monday | Tagged , , | 2 Comments

Out of the Vault: The Foozle

Posted on June 15, 2013 by Tony Frazier

Actually going to spend two weeks on this one, because it’s a sort of circular story. It all started with Steve Englehart having a dispute with DC Comics over payment on a story for DC Comics Presents. Englehart took the … Continue reading →

Posted in Out of the Vault | Tagged , , , | 1 Comment

Metatronic Chapter 6: Blackwelder Solutions

Posted on June 12, 2013 by Tony Frazier

CHAPTER SIX BLACKWELDER SOLUTIONS From the outside, Blackwelder Solutions looked absolutely ordinary. It was housed in a low, nondescript building that squatted on the outskirts of Austin, Texas. In fact, as Barron stepped out of the taxi, he almost got … Continue reading →

Posted in Metatronic, Novel Chapters | Leave a comment

Super Movie Monday – The Iron Giant, Part 1

Posted on June 10, 2013 by Tony Frazier

This is the second run I’ve taken at this film, mainly because my DVD doesn’t play nicely with the drives in my computer. But having made some hardware and software upgrades recently, I was finally able to eke out some … Continue reading →

Posted in Super Movie Monday | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Out of the Vault: A Distant Soil

Posted on June 8, 2013 by Tony Frazier

I talk a lot about the explosion of innovation in the comics of the mid-1980’s, because it’s worth talking about. But it’s also worth remembering that the explosion couldn’t have happened if there hadn’t been pioneers preparing the way. For … Continue reading →

Posted in Out of the Vault | Tagged , , | Leave a comment