Tag: DC Comics
Joaquin Phoenix’s Joker Revealed
Director Todd Phillips put smiles on movie fans’ faces when he released test footage from his currently filming Joker movie through his Instagram account. The footage shows Joaquin Phoenix’s face slowly transforming into that of a smiling clown. The untitled film is an origin story that ...
Read MoreFriday Flash Facts: Speed Force Lightning
andrewrodriguez | Sep 14, 2018 | 0
The Speed Force, the source of virtually all of the DC Universe’s speedsters’ powers, is a concept that is difficult to nail down and reduce to a level of simplicity that still allows it to retain its core properties. This, as stated in a prior Flash Facts entry, is part-in-parcel to the number ...
Read MoreWhy is the Comics Direct Market so Important Anyway?
Spike | Sep 10, 2018 | 0
For almost a century, North American comic books have been released through business models which have – historically – made the entire medium be regarded by the general consensus as “cheap, disposable entertainment.” Even in modern times, the current direct market model, distributed...
Read MoreFriday Flash Facts: The Speed Force
andrewrodriguez | Sep 7, 2018 | 0
Anyone who knows anything about the DC universe knows that most of their speedsters derive their Mercurian speed from the all-encompassing energies of the mystical and omnipresent Speed Force. It is viewed as a representation of the concept of reality in motion, and while it has been a part of the F...
Read MoreFriday Flash Facts: Wallace “Wally” West (II)
andrewrodriguez | Aug 24, 2018 | 0
Introduced in DC’s New 52 continuity with Flash Annual #3 in 2014, Wallace “Wally” West (II) is the newest addition to the main Flash Family. The New 52 relaunch of the DCU had in large part retconned many well-known characters that were staple members of the speedster family and c...
Read MoreYou Should Be Watching: Batman: Mask of the Phantasm
“Can’t be too careful with all those weirdos around.” Welcome back to You Should Be Watching, where I recommend movies and TV series that I think deserve more attention. This week we’ll be moonlighting with the Caped Crusader himself, in the animated series spin-off Batman: Mask of the P...
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