by | Jun 19, 2024 | Articles
A comic fan’s biggest dream (or worst nightmare, depending on who you ask) is to see their favorite four-color caped crusader grace the big screen. Comic adaptations are nothing new, with radio shows adapting some of the earliest adventures of Superman and Captain...
by | Jun 11, 2024 | Articles
Hey Kids! Comics!, the sign practically screamed. Oddly, the tin sign on top of the spinner rack was far less colorful than the pages of the comics it displayed, and those colors were mostly made up of your brain lying to you about many tiny dots. For the young...
by | Jun 4, 2024 | Articles
If you’re familiar with what your friendly Lakeview neighborhood store manager has written in previous blog entries then you know I’ve renewed my love for the genre of Manga in the last couple of years. Most of the series I’ve shined a spotlight on have been from Viz...
by | May 29, 2024 | Articles
It all started with a single picture in a newspaper. I was a middle-schooler flipping to the Entertainment section in the Grand Rapids Press, hoping to read some rather smug reviews by film critic, John Serba, and that’s when I saw it. A single picture in the top...
by | May 21, 2024 | Articles
FIVE FOUR SIX. The worst numbers in history. The worst NUMBER in history. The number where “everything changes” and “nothing will ever be the same again” and “this is probably fine, not really different, but we’re slapping some new tires on the car and...
by | May 14, 2024 | Articles, Back Issue to the Future
Godzilla King of the Monsters #24 It’s strange being a longtime Godzilla fan in the middle of this renaissance for the King of the Monsters. When I was growing up in the 2000s, everyone knew the name Godzilla, but almost no one my age knew anything about him beyond...
