Category Archives: Comics

Neat Idea: Gotham High

Posted on 12 January 2011 by House

While perusing SF Signal as I am wont to do, I found a link to this post by Jeff Thomas and Celeste Green, showcasing some development work they did for DC called Gotham High—essentially Batman in high school.  The project … Continue reading →

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Salt / The Other Guys / Scott Pilgrim

Posted on 5 September 2010 by House

Aha!  I have finally settled upon a naming scheme for these movie posts.  I shall use the titles of the movies themselves!  Pure genius (so long as I don’t let too many build up)! Here, then, are my thoughts on … Continue reading →

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Fan Expo Canada 2010

Posted on 31 August 2010 by House

Thanks to the generosity of my good friend Jenn, last weekend I attended Fan Expo.  She gave me the passes as an early Christmas/Birthday/Next Christmas present, and was in no way motivated by a desire to have company for her … Continue reading →

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Posted on 24 May 2010 by House

While reading SF Signal, I came across this video from College Humor, referring to the need for a certain superhero movie reboot. Enjoy.

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Worldcon: Day 5 Recap

Posted on 12 August 2009 by House

NOTE: I tried to post this yesterday, but my web host seemed to go down.  Hence, this is a day late. The morning started off with sleeping in a bit—there were no 9:00 AM panels that grabbed our interest more … Continue reading →

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Worldcon: Day 4 (Part 2)—The Hugo Awards

Posted on 10 August 2009 by House

Sunday evening was the main event—the Hugo Awards presentation.  Before that, being human beings of a hungry sort, we decided to seek out food. This proved to be more problematic that we could have imagined.  We first decided to go … Continue reading →

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Worldcon: Day 4

Posted on 10 August 2009 by House

The fourth day of Worldcon was also a big one, and quite full. We started at 9 AM once again, with a panel on “How Not to be a Jerk Online”.  I went to this because John Scalzi—whose blog and … Continue reading →

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Worldcon: Day 3 Recap (Part 2)

Posted on 9 August 2009 by House

After a quick lunch, my girlfriend had hoped to take in the panel on “Montreal Local History”, but it was apparently cancelled.  I headed to “Building Realistic Worlds”, but it was so full that there wasn’t even space to stand … Continue reading →

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Worldcon: Day 2 Recap (Part 1)

Posted on 8 August 2009 by House

This was a long day, very full of delightful things. The morning started early, as we went to line up to get tickets for the Neil Gaiman signing.  We arrived at about 8:30, and (thankfully) the line was still pretty … Continue reading →

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Thoughts on X-Men Origins: Wolverine

Posted on 15 May 2009 by House

I actually saw this the weekend it was released (two weeks ago, now), but various things conspired against posting about it at that time.  I shall now rectify this grave, grave oversight. I thought it was okay.  It entertained me, … Continue reading →

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