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In 1984, two broke twenty something illustrators named Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird were trying to break into comics. Eastman randomly doodled a turtle in ninja attire and the pair decided that it was a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle, essentially a madlib of everything that was popular in comics at the time (except for turtles). They then wrote a silly little issue parodying Frank Miller’s…

Martin Scorsese supposedly coined the expression: “one for them, one for you”, meaning you do the movies the studio wants you to do in order to do the movies you want to do. The Dark Knight Rises is, famously, one of the most open and avowed “one for them” movies in recent Hollywood history. Nolan didn’t want to do it (especially after Heath Ledger’s tragic death) and never bothered to hide the…

These movies are terrible. I’m so glad I watched them. Flesh for Frankenstein and Blood for Dracula are in many ways the best candidate for a Bats versus Bolts  that I’ve done yet. Not only are they by the same director and share many of the same cast, but they were made practically concurrently by the same crew. Also, when I lie to myself and pretend that there’s some kind of high-minded…

Bats Versus Bolts: Marvel Animé

I know, I know, I know I said I’d do Black Widow. But that was before I realised a couple of very important things: Not doing a horror themed post on Halloween is super lame. In the 1980s Toei animation did two animé movies based on Marvel’s versions of Dracula and Frankenstein. One of these movies is regarded as one of the worst animé ever made, which, as you can imagine, is a title with…

Howdy all, know what today is?

It’s Cover Reveal For The US Edition of Mouse’s Book Day! (and has been since the introduction of the Julian Calendar in 709).

HERE IT IS!

Ain’t it pretty?

Bats versus Bolts: Universal Horror

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New Year, New Mouse, New Regular Feature!

This is Bats versus Bolts!

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Someone ask me what Bats versus Bolts is.

“Sigh. What’s Bats versus…”

Glad you asked! Dracula and Frankenstein are two of the most famous and frequently adapted stories of all time. Hell, Dracula alone has…

While I know it isn’t true, I like to imagine there’s one guy in Warner Bros who was put in charge of the Batman films in 1989 despite knowing nothing about comics in general or Batman in particular and who spends every day banging his head against a desk and screaming “what the FUCK do you people even WANT?!” Because to a casual observer, there really is no rhyme or reason to which Batman…

I don’t actually think it’s possible to be a little boy between the ages of 4 and 8 who is aware of Superman and not a fan of Superman. It’s like Star Wars or Transformers. You see this: And something in your little boy soul just chimes. So I don’t think there was ever a time where I wasn’t a fan of Superman but as I’ve gotten older I’ve certainly become more of a fan. And I have to say, on…