Hey, party people! I’m sorry that this is Last Week in Geek. I had sort of an upside down week. But, here’s some funformation to keep you interesting around the water cooler. Judge Dredd is the law, but is he also gay? Looks like. You know how what makes you you is written in your DNA? Well, researchers recently proved [...]

What woman doesn’t love shoes? I know that’s terribly stereotypical of me, and I really don’t care, because I LOVE SHOES. You call yourself a woman and don’t love shoes? Stay out of my fictional gym locker room, you alien life form! I jest. (Mostly.) Seriously, though. Shoes are awesome! Your hip bones don’t have to protrude from your waifish body [...]

Many of us remember where we were and what we were doing when the September 11th attacks happened. I was a lowly freshman in college, and I was in Radio Fundamentals, my first class of the day on that Tuesday morning. My teacher walked into the room, and while  I don’t remember what was said, I’ll always remember the look [...]

I’m pushing 30, and I can’t think of a better time than now to be a geek, a nerd, a dork, or whatever you want to call it. Seriously, right now, the dorks are winning. I remember a time, around 15 years ago, where I couldn’t really proclaim my love for Dungeons & Dragons, Magic: The Gathering, or comic books. [...]

When it was announced that Superman and Wonder Woman were getting it on, I got really excited. I’m not a huge fan of the Superman/Lois Lane dynamic, so I thought it was a good idea for the two powerhouse heroes to be dating. Yesterday on io9, however, Charlie Jane Anders had a different idea. While I don’t totally disagree with [...]

I learned this week that Marvel Comics monthly books were being semi-rebooted with the new Marvel NOW line.  Reboots are one of the reasons I have all but stopped reading comic books; I don’t have the time, or money, to keep up with every story in every book. When I finally do get caught up, most of what came before [...]

Comic book deaths are almost laughably temporary. They’ve served as an easy out for a creative team sketched into a corner or to freshen up a character so ripe they make hákarl look fresh. Bonus points: 5 internets to the first person to tell me in the comments what hákarl tastes in their experience. You will also be named Food [...]

Marvel’s The Avengers releases tomorrow, so I thought we could look back at the absolute worst members of the Avengers and hope that we never see them on film.   Stingray – Walter Newell is an oceanographer who builds a suit so he can be an underwater superhero. He’s like Aquaman, except that he has to put on a suit [...]

The Avengers is coming out in a couple weeks (or Marvel’s The Avengers if you’re not into the whole brevity thing, but still feels like one article too many to me), and I’m more excited than Agustus Gloop in the chocolate mixing room. I’m avoiding all spoilers. I’ve stopped watching snippets leaked online. Nope, I want to go into this [...]

What is a geek? Am I really a geek? I’ve always felt geeky, but lately I’ve been wondering. I have pictorial evidence to prove the presence of several awkward years (which, it could be argued, continue to this day). But we all know that the old stereotype of a geek as an awkward perpetual teenager is not true. Well, mostly. [...]

[Featured Image by Xer0ne] Finally back to a normal routine. There have been no major developments in the world of comics that I feel I need to go over so this will be just a standard review. First my ratings for the week Green Lantern Corps – 5/5 Batman – 5/5 Nightwing- 5/5 Justice League – 5/5 Red Hood and [...]

Hey guys, it’s really hard for me to pick a review for this week. So, I decided to chuck that idea. Instead, let’s make some predictions! Also, I need to update my reading list. That way, you can follow along diligently and read the same things I read. Then, we can have insightful discussions in the comments. That’s my plan! [...]

What’s all this nonsense about free-to-play games? We used to proudly pay to play Everquest, even before the epic elephant mount in the room took over subscription based gaming, relegating smaller subscription based games to sit in the corner with a niche cap on. Now, Everquest itself is going free to play next month, the Star Trek massively multi player [...]

A couple of weeks ago, I lied. I was going to review Superman…but, that meant I would have to go back and read all those issues. I really didn’t want to do that. But, don’t worry, I’m still going to complain about something! There have been some great moments in comics. Also, there have been some great plot devices to [...]

So, apparently my last deathmatch was a little slipshod. I just went in there like a European colonist and divided comics up into two groups without regard to the delicate differences found across genres. I never looked closely enough to see if there were any warring factions that found themselves sharing territory. (Please see paragraph 3 on the last article, [...]

I had a problem with the plausibility of comics. I know what you’re going to say. “But, Colleen, we’re talking about a universe where people can fly and turn into green monsters at the drop of a hat!” Ah! Good point. I’ll be more specific. The appearance of women in comics can give me pause. We all know that tiny [...]

Let’s have a moment of appreciation for Jerry Robinson, who died in New York on Wednesday at the ripe old age of 89. Robinson was a cartoonist for the Batman comics and originated the Dark Knight’s archenemy, the Joker, and side kick, Robin. Robinson also designed covers for Playbill (theatre geeks lament!) and created his own sets of lesser-known comics, [...]

I’m kind of a dork, so I’m just going to go ahead and confess something to everyone reading: I love conventions. Comic book conventions. Role-playing conventions. Board game conventions. Star Trek conventions. I have no interest in anime, and I’d probably go to an anime convention just to watch people. I love conventions. I love when people gather together to [...]

A small snag appeared in my review process this week; none of the comics I’m reading got new issues.  This gives me a chance to review other titles before the # 4 issues come out.  And I might wait until I get all of them before I give out my ratings. But today is about the team that saved DC back in the [...]

Alright boys and girls, it’s time for another DC comic review. I’m still playing catch up, so let’s get straight to my ratings on the number 2 issues. DC’s “New 52″ Issue 2 Green Lantern – 4/5 Green Lantern Corps -4/5 Green Lantern: The New Guardians -4/5 Red Lantern -4/5 Batman -4/5 Batman And Robin -5/5 Batman: The Dark Knight- 3/5 Detective [...]