This week’s episode provides significant amounts of explanation– and violence.
Author Archives: JD DeLuzio
Men of Tomorrow: Geeks, Gangsters, and the Birth of the Comic Book
One-time comic-book writer Gerard Jones has written a remarkable history of the genre which emphasizes the people and cultures that created it.
Charlie Jade: Choosing Sides
When the police apprehend 01 Boxer, both our ostensible heroes and villains want to get him out, though for different reasons.
Novel Review: Player Piano
I’ve been rereading some of Kurt Vonnegut Jr.’s best novels, starting with The Sirens of Titan and Slaughterhouse Five. This time, I go back to his first ever published novel, the darkly funny dystopia, Player Piano. The novel asks if human creations (technology and social institutions, say) inevitably become more important than the people they are intended to serve.
Unconfirmed Rumour of Interest
y42 writes, Word on the cortex is that the Universal people are starting to realise that they underestimated Firefly’s appeal, and are considering moving the release before the sept30 date!
Unconfirmed, but shiny!
Charlie Jade: Thicker Than Water
Jade, Gemma Gaetano, and Karl Lubinksy examine the mystery of the disappearing reservoir, and learn that Vexcor’s secrets may be even darker than they imagined. Meanwhile, O1 returns to the Betaverse and his old, twisted self.
Charlie Jade: Identity
Charlie Jade seeks a new identity, everybody stands on the verge of discovering something that will be trouble for somebody else, and Vexcor’s plan may be going seriously awry.
Ginger Snaps III: The Beginning
Ginger Snaps has developed a cult following among horror-film fans and Goth kids; Ginger Snaps II: Unleashed followed, but the confused film fared poorly at the box office. The third installment (2004) went directly to video; it doesn’t measure up to the first, but it surpasses the second.
Yet Another Nerdy Crossover Timeline
This online comic book forum features a Crossover Timeline which somewhat resembles my own, but has its own character and approach to the material. It’s also a lot more “comic ‘n’ toon” based.
Agent Scully as a Green Lantern?
Charlie Jade: Betrayal
A number of developments make this week’s episode exciting, disturbing and, probably, largely incomprehensible to anyone who hasn’t been watching the show.