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All text ©2013 Mike Pascale. Visuals ©2013 their respective owner(s).   I know I should instead be reviewing THE CROODS since it’s animated (closer to “art” in subject for this artistic-perspective blog), but frankly the showtime was later than I wanted and the preview just didn’t look as interesting as OLYMPUS HAS FALLEN. Hopefully I’ll … Continue reading →

All text ©2013 Mike Pascale. Visuals ©2013 their respective owner(s).   Here’s hoping you all had a wonderful, enjoyable, safe and semi-sober St. Patrick’s Day. Hopefully, you comics fans out there wore an Incredible Hulk, Martian Manhunter, Green Lantern, Green Arrow, Green Lama, Green Mask or Randy Green shirt in honor. (Preferably with art by … Continue reading →

  Check out Mike’s work along with Mike Vosburg, Dave Coverly, Phoebe Gloeckner, Birgit Keil, Carl Lundgren, B.K. Taylor and more at Riverside Arts Gallery in Ypsilanti, Michigan this month! More info on their gallery page.    

All text ©2013 Mike Pascale. Visuals ©2013 their respective owner(s).         For the record, I have a personal connection to this movie. Although they don’t know each other, my brother went to high school with director Sam Raimi and two local actors (one of whom he does know). I took a TV … Continue reading →

All text ©2013 Mike Pascale. Visuals ©2013 their respective owner(s).       Fee-fi-fo-fum, JACK THE GIANT SLAYER was much fun Story good, direction fine, Nice CG, we had a good time. Ha-he-hi-hos, Tucci and Nighy were bad mo-fos WARM BODIES’ Nick and Obi-Won Both heroic, casting spot on. One-two-3-D, Some was wonky, but giants … Continue reading →

“OSCAR EDITION! Comic Book Movie Wins–Argh, Go Figure!” All contents ©2013 Mike Pascale. Visual content ©2013 their respective owner(s).       This will be the quickest (and possibly the lamest) Oscar “wrap-up” article you’ll read this year. At least that’s my goal. I began reading the full wrap-up at IMDB.com and so far it sounded … Continue reading →

Today’s Top 10 comes from comic veteran Tony Isabella.  Be sure to bookmark and read his terrific blog ‘TONY ISABELLA’S BLOGGY THING” and check out his book, ‘1,000 Comic Books You Must Read‘. This Top 10 list was originally published in CBG in 2007.  Take it away Tony!   Tony here.  I was dreading this … Continue reading →

All contents ©2013 Mike Pascale. Visual content ©2013 their respective owner(s).   Couple quick movie reviews:     Bruce Willis can still pull off John McLane in terms of attitude, superhuman survival and gun-toting. Oddly, he gets more superhuman with each film. (He’d have made a good, older Captain America or Nick Fury.) After being … Continue reading →

Our Top 10 list today comes from Benjamin Samuels.  Take it away Ben… Cover art! It’s what sells a comic for the most part. An intriguing cover that “jumps off the racks” and makes a sale is what every publisher is hoping for. Often the image on a cover has no correlation with the action … Continue reading →