Girls (seasons 1 & 2) Created by: Lena Dunham HBO At first I wasn’t very interested in this show. The main idea seemed to be “what if the Sex and the City cast were younger and had less money?” and my head added in “but were still pretty vacuous?” But I heard some praise and … More Grumpy Bird Reviews: Girls
I think this will be my last review of Ms. Marvel. Yeah. Ms. Marvel #3 Writer: G. Willow Wilson Art: Adrian Alphona Color Art: Ian Herring Publisher: Marvel So far I’ve reviewed issues One, Two and Three and each time I’ve said pretty much the same thing: the art is gorgeous, the writing is … More Grumpy Bird Reviews: Ms. Marvel #4
It’s been two issues of diminishing returns. Will issue three be the big one that turns it all around? Short answer: Sadly, no. No spoilers. Just disappointment. Ms. Marvel #3 Writer: G. Willow Wilson Art: Adrian Alphona Color Art: Ian Herring Last issue I was bothered by the rather non-superheroics involved in helping a teenager … More Grumpy Bird Reviews: Ms. Marvel #3
I finally got around to seeing the latest Captain America. The first one was firmly average. How about part two? Is the Grumpy Bird still grumpy? Captain America The Winter Soldier Dir: Anthony & Joe Russo Screenwriters: Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely I’m struggling here. So much of what I have to say … More Grumpy Bird Reviews: Captain America The Winter Soldier
Other than very pretty art, I didn’t think much of the first issue. That said, it did its job of making me pick up issue two. Or was it the desire to want to like the book what made me pick it up? Either way, I don’t think my opinion on the quality of the … More Grumpy Bird Reviews: Ms. Marvel #2
More than likely everyone reading knows this, but just in case: The Dark Knight Returns was a 1986 comic book written and drawn by Frank Miller. It’s a five-minutes-in-the-future tale where Batman returns from retirement. Hijinks ensue. Despite accusations of giving birth to the increasingly grim-and-grity comics it is generally agreed to be one of … More Grump Bird Reviews: Batman: Dark Knight Returns, Pts 1 & 2 (Movie)
Evil Empire #1 Writer: Max Bemis Artist: Ransom Getty Publisher: Boom! Studios The Summation: The issue starts with a glimpse of a future USA that appears to be patrolled by menacing secret police who are happy to draw down on citizens for intervening in the beating of a guy in a wheelchair. Meanwhile caption … More Grumpy Bird Reviews: Evil Empire #1
Let me just get this out of the way. I tend to not like Millar’s work. In almost everything I’ve read by him it seems he boils down characters to their most dickish and unlikeable. Then he throws on crudity and hate and mean-spiritedness and it gets praised and I get confused as to why. … More Grumpy Bird Reviews: Starlight #1
Star Wars has been on my mind a lot lately. There are two main reasons of this. One is I have been listening to the podcast Star Wars Minute which spends about fifteen minutes talking about each and every minute of Star Wars. It sounds insane, but it is really entertaining and actually not as … More Grumpy Bird’s Random Thoughts on Star Wars: The Clone Wars
In my review of Ms. Marvel #1 my overall opinion was that the book, while well written, relied heavily on cliches and an up-to-date knowledge of the Marvel Universe, and didn’t really provide a compelling glimpse of where the series was going due to being written for the trade. I also said that She-Hulk #1 … More Grumpy Bird Reviews: She Hulk #1
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