Batman Through the Years

When I found out that there was going to be a Batman gallery on the site, I thought of the terrible “Robots in Movies” gallery we did (no Metropolis! no Terminator!) and immediately poached it for my own. The result:

posted : Monday, July 14th, 2008

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Viva Moostache!

My enthusiasm for a good mustache, particularly a good historical mustache, got out of control at work last night when we did a famous mustache gallery. All I know is that I got Duchamp on the Daily News website…

Groucho Marx

posted : Thursday, July 10th, 2008

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Hellboy, Hellboy, Hellboy (Part 3)

Lastly, I did a review of the new video game, Hellboy: The Science of Evil. Not only do I wax rhapsodic about it, I take cheap pot-shots at my friends. It’s only a matter of time before they take my writing privileges away.

Hellboy: Science of Evil

posted : Sunday, July 6th, 2008

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Hellboy, Hellboy, Hellboy (Part 2)

Appearing exclusively on the NY Daily News website is my profile of Mike Mignola, creator of Hellboy. He was a nice fellow, though I’m pretty sure he left the interview doubting that I was really a journalist. Hell, so did I.

Mike Mignola

posted : Sunday, July 6th, 2008

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Hellboy, Hellboy, Hellboy (Part 1)

Today was Hellboy Day for the Daily News. I have a “With” credit on Ethan Sacks’ two-page spread on Hellboy II: The Golden Army which ran in today’s paper (you should buy it). You can also see it online if you click the pic.

Hellboy II: The Golden Army

posted : Sunday, July 6th, 2008

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An Endlessly Rewarding Commute

  • A man on the bus sitting next to me taps me on the shoulder insistently until I remove my headphones.
  • Man: How long does it take for radiation to kill a man?
  • Me: Uh...I think it depends on the type, duration and frequency of exposure.
  • Man: Ok, thanks.

posted : Saturday, July 5th, 2008

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Jack of Nothing's Wit and Wisdom

  • (While standing next to a red Suzuki motorcycle)
  • Passerby: Wow, dude, is that your motorcycle?
  • Me: That's not a motorcycle. That's a cherry red death trap.

posted : Tuesday, July 1st, 2008

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Monkey Pants

My fellow News geek Ethan Sacks interviewed Hellboy director Guillermo del Toro during the NY ComicCon. At one point, del Toro revealed that Hellboy creator Mike Mignola couldn’t help but laugh hysterically at the mere mention of the words ‘monkey’ and ‘pants.’ Further, he suggested that something involving said words should be my lead off question in my Mignola interview the next day.

Predictably, Mignola had no idea what I was talking about. “It’s the third day of a big comic convention. I used up all my giggles by Friday night.”

posted : Monday, June 30th, 2008

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