A Green Mushroom

Continuing with my Marvel Unlimited browsing and reading: Silk This is a spin-off of Amazing Spider-Man and Spider-Verse.  Silk is a female version of Spider-Man who was bitten by the same spider.  Her story is really interesting and doesn't overstay it's welcome.  It also ties into Secret Wars... which many of the modern comics do. Infinity Gauntlet This was a Secret Wars comic about the infinity stones and Nova Corps.  I'm not super familiar with either but I gave it a shot because it looked interesting.  Unfortunately I bounced off of it after less than two issues.  I think it required more background knowledge than I have to actually get into. Amazing Spider-Man I had basically already read the middle 50% of this run of Spider-Man because I read Spider-Verse.  I liked it a lot so I thought I would finish the run by reading the other 25% on each side of what I had already read.  It's very good and I would have read more if it wasn'...

One of the recommendations I got from listeners was to check out the Spider-Verse storyline in secret wars.  I did, and I liked the premise a lot. Basically, a bunch of spider-men and spider-women (and a spider-pig) come together from different universes and team up to defeat a big bad.  The secret wars storyline was a quick 5 issues but I saw more Spider-Verse runs listed in Marvel Unlimited and after looking at them I quickly realized there was a massive storyline from multiple spider-man comic runs that all link up. I thought I would sample some of the more interesting looking ones but what actually happened is that I read the entire storyline, just a bit out of order.  I read all the Spider-Verse storyline issues for: Amazing Spider-Man Spider-Verse Spider-Verse Team Up Edge of Spider-Verse Spider-Gwen Spider-Woman Scarlet Spiders Spider-man 2099 There might have actually been 1 or 2 more series that contributed that I'm forgetting.  But all ...

I've had my Marvel Unlimited subscription for awhile since I got a really good deal on a year long sub, but I haven't checked in and browsed much until lately.  Here's a quick sampling of what I've been checking out: Civil War Civil War was very comic booky... and not in a good way.  I didn't enjoy it since it was so over the top and it couldn't go more than 2 pages without trying to reveal a new hero in the fight or have someone switch sides.  I know it was a big thing at the time, and now I'm glad I know the source material for the upcoming movie, but I don't think this storyline holds up. Old Man Logan I didn't realize what Secret Wars was until like half way through this series.  But it's a short 6 comic run.  Secret Wars is basically a bunch of alternate universe earths that have all been jammed together into one planet somehow via the power of Doom.  It sounds dumb, but it lets the writers do mini storylines in any universe setti...

After really enjoying Rising Stars  on @professorbeej's recommendation I picked up Midnight Nation  which is another comic series by the same author. This comic is much darker and grounded more in the real world.  It's about what happens when people fall through the cracks and how the world can feel like a completely different place at night compared to during the day. I liked all that about the series and I also liked that it had a story to tell and then wrapped up.  It's not a long drawn out series.  It's only twelve comics in total and I grabbed them as a set from Comixology . The only thing I didn't really like were the religious overtones (and undertones for that matter) which ended up tying into the main story.  It wasn't too heavy handed or focused on any one real world religion but it still felt like a bit of a cop out in an otherwise unique world. If you're in a dark and broody mood and want a comic series to match, check out Midnight ...

I finally got around to watching The Hateful Eight, Tarantino's latest film.  His films seem to be kind of hit and miss with me and I end up really liking about half of them. The Hateful Eight is a film I'm glad I saw once but don't ever need to see again. It's almost 3 hours long, which is just way too long for a movie, but besides that it also has very slow pacing in the first half of the movie.  You see scenes of winter, snow, blizzarding, people moving through the snow, more blizzard.  I mean... I live in Minnesota... I don't need to see the snow this much.  I get it.  There's snow. But the second half of the film picks up the pace and feels very Tarantino.  It was entertaining enough that it made watching the first half worth it once. If you've enjoyed Tarantino films in the past you should probably watch The Hateful Eight at least once, but it's not going to end up being a film I rewatch.  At least not for a long long time.

Game of Thrones is Back! In this episode: Beej forgets whether it’s A Song of Ice and Fire or A Song of Fire and Ice . Please accept our sincerest apologies. Game of Thrones is back! Season 6 debuted last week, and for the first time (we think) in television history, the adaptation is further along than the source material. The edits the showrunners made to the show help viewers invest in the world, and the combination of seasons and characters make the show more palatable than the books may be to readers. We discuss which characters they want to see standing when it’s game over, and aside from Tyrion, there are actually a couple of surprises on what they want to happen and who they want to live/die! Do you agree with us? Let us know! Weekly Geekery Void - Star Fox Zero Co-op / Star Fox Guard Beej - The Story of Overwatch ( Part 1 , Part 2 , Part 3 ) Health Hack: Go streaking! Take your normal exercise, dial it down, and do it every single day for a...

On the recommendation of my friend @professorbeej I checked out Rising Stars .  I had been talking to him about the things I like and dislike in comics and that I've had trouble finding ones that click with me. This recommendation was right up my Alley. Rising Stars sees an event happen over a small town which causes all the babies currently in utero to gain super powers once they're little kids.  So, one generation from one small town are all the super heroes the world will ever have. It's about their lives and how they impact the world... and each other. It has a story to tell, it tells it, and then it wraps up.  I wish that more comics would do this instead of trying to drag out series forever. I can easily recommend Rising Stars to you.  I grabbed it on Comixology in three volumes that make up 24 comics total.  Check it out if it sounds like your type of comic!