I'm a bit of an X-Men fan, so you can bet I was out at the new movie a couple of weeks ago when it came out. That movie, Days of Future Past, is based on a comic series, and I'm told that I need to read Age of Apocalypse to figure out what the total outcome will be. Which means I'm headed to the … [Read more...]
APP OF THE WEEK: Bitstrips comics starring you and your friends
Have you noticed lately that some of your friends are posting funny personalized comic strips on their Facebook pages? Thanks to the popularity of Bitstrips everyone seems to be jumping in on the fun! Okay, even me! But what is Bitstrips? Well, other than FUN it was created as a tool that people … [Read more...]
History is Hilarious
... at least in the hands of Kate Beaton, who is equally deft at pointing out absurdities in literature in this smart collection of comics. Hark! A Vagrantby Kate BeatonDrawn & QuarterlyISBN: 978 1 77046 060 7From proper literature (Austen, Bronte, Shakespeare, Crusoe, and ridiculous takes on … [Read more...]