Recall a few weeks back when I was the randomly-selected winner of Strange Horizons’ donation drive? Well, yesterday, my prizes arrived, the two gorgeous, hardcover volumes of Paul Cornell’s Superman: The Black Ring. And Mr. Cornell was kind enough to sign them, too: Thanks again to Strange Horizons and Paul Cornell. This was a really…
Somehow, I missed the release of DC Comics Superman #1 last week and didn’t discover that the issue was available until the weekend. But having discovered it, I acquired an electronic copy and on Saturday evening, I read it, my second comic ever. I liked it. Once again, I thought the art was considerably better…
Today, I downloaded my first1 real comic book. (I imagine long-time comic book enthusiasts are cringing at the thought of my using the words “download” and “real” together with respect to comic books.) I was never a comic book fan, not as a kid, not as a teenager, not at any point in my life.…
I hum sometimes. Earlier this evening, I was humming the Superman theme under my breath. (There are perfectly valid reasons for this choice, which have to do with a scene in the novelette on which I am working, but that’s another story.) Here’s what happened. I hear the Little Man running down the hallway. “Hey,…
For a long time, I’ve been a fan of Superman. I’ve talked about how I introduced the Little Man to Superman. But until Friday night, I’d never read a Superman comic. And doing so gave me a nifty little idea. When I heard about the DC Comics “new 52”–their renumbering of 52 of their most…
In the ordinary course of events, I read a story to the Little Man before bed. But last night was warm and muggy. The Little Man had his bath and then I chased him around the house to burn off some energy–his, not mine, although I’m not quite sure it worked out that way. By…
I’ve never read comic books. Well, maybe once or twice when I was a kid and someone gave one to me, I might have skimmed it, but I never really got into them, certainly never voluntarily bought any, and never collected comics. This is nothing again comic books. I was just too busy with other…
Superman Returns was released on DVD today and I picked up the special edition 2-disc set. I’ve already seen the movie three times, but I’m looking forward to seeing it again. And the special features as well. I also picked up Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home and Star Trek: Generations. I watched the former…
Tonight at 8 PM on the new CW
Just got back from seeing Superman Returns a second time, and I enjoyed it just as much this time as I did the first time.
It was awesome!
I purchased my ticket for the 10:15 PM showing of Superman Returns tonight in Silver Spring. Several theaters in major U.S. cities are having Tuesday night showings, prior to the big opening of the film tomorrow. It’s a 2:34 long movie which means I won’t be home until close to 1 AM, but I don’t…