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John Ostrander: Fashion Statements

My good friend Martha Thomases, as usual, wrote an interesting column this week on her way to the Baltimore Con. She wrote about choosing what to wear at the Con and that, in turn, set me to thinking...

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Emily S. Whitten, Jim Butcher and The Dresden Files

As I’ve mentioned before, I’m a big fan of The Dresden Files, so it was awesome to get to sit down and chat with author Jim Butcher about the series while at Dragon Con last weekend! The Dresden...

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John Ostrander: Crossover Mania!

Into every comic book writer’s life – certainly if he or she works at all for the Big Two – some crossovers will fall. Maybe quite a few of them, especially these days. If you’re writing a series,...

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Mindy Newell: It All Gives Me A Headache – Part Three

“And in each universe, there’s a copy of you witnessing one or the other outcome, thinking – incorrectly – that your reality is the only reality.” – Brian Green, The Hidden Reality: Parallel Universes...

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John Ostrander: Realistic Fantasy

I’ve often maintained that the best fantasies are ones that have one foot firmly set in reality. We need something to which we can relate. We are asked to enter into a “willing suspension of...

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Mindy Newell: Feed ‘Em, Burp ‘Em, Diaper ‘Em

Ah, the joys of new parenthood. Interrupted sleep. Desperately trying to figure out why the baby is crying. Shock and palpitations at the cost of Pampers (or Luvs or Huggies). Interfering...

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John Ostrander: Happily Never After?

There was some discussion when the creative team on DC’s Batwoman, J.H. Williams and W. Haden Blackman, resigned after editorial decided that the title character, Kate Kane, would not be allowed to...

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Mindy Newell: Making The Cut

Mindy went to her grandson’s bris today. Meyer Manuel, known in Hebrew as Avraham, is named for all three grandfathers. He had his first taste of wine, too, suckling on a cloth dipped in Manischevitz....

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John Ostrander: Back Over The Rainbow

I’ve mentioned before how I like going to see movies on a big screen and, when I can, on an IMAX screen which is about as large as you can get. I especially like seeing older movies on the big screen;...

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Mindy Newell: The SHIELD Bug

I’ve been down with what is either an incredibly horrible cold or what technically would be considered a mild flu since last Tuesday, although “mild” is definitely not in the eyes of the sufferer –...

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John Ostrander: Are You Artistically Experienced?

Last week I wrote about seeing The Wizard of Oz again on the IMAX screen and how, once more, I really enjoyed the film. Since then, I’ve reflected on how my attitude towards the film has changed over...

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Mindy Newell: Stargate Revisited

I never really got into MacGyver, but I got my Richard Dean Anderson fix on Stargate SG-1. Stargate, as many of you I’m sure remember, was a 1994 movie which circled around a gigantic ring made of...

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John Ostrander: A Dark Glittering Intelligence

My favorite new show of the TV season is not Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. as I thought it would be (although I like that show well enough). It’s The Blacklist… which is on opposite Castle. I loves...

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Mindy Newell: Not Such A Dark, Glittering Intelligence

“What Spader’s Reddington demonstrates is a dark, glittering intelligence and that makes him a fascinating character,” wrote my pal and fellow columnist John Ostrander here on ComicMix yesterday,...

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Mindy Newell: 60

Yes, this past Thursday I hit the big 6-0. Yeah, yeah, I know a woman isn’t supposed to reveal her age, but just who the hell would I be fooling? Not my family. Nor any of my friends. Not even those...

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Emily S. Whitten’s Interview with Maurice LaMarche

In my apparent continuing quest to interview all the great voice actors living today (because they are the most fun, okay?), I now bring you my interview with the talented and Emmy-winning Maurice...

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John Ostrander: The New Breed

Last weekend I was at the Detroit Fanfare (which is why I wasn’t here) and I enjoyed myself immensely. It’s a good Con, well organized, and they took good care of me. I had a chance to say hello to...

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Mindy Newell: Go West, Young Man

“Washington is not a place to live in. The rents are high, the food is bad, the dust is disgusting and the morals are deplorable. Go West, young man, go West and grow up with the country” Horace...

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John Ostrander: That Time of Year

The other night, My Mary and I were looking for something to watch on the tube. She had recorded Fly Away Home, the 1996 film by Carroll Ballard, starring Jeff Daniels, Dana Delaney, Anna Pacquin and...

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John Ostrander: The Chicago Pizza Way

Ordinarily, I’m a big fan of Jon Stewart and The Daily Show. However, on last Wednesday’s night show, he took almost the whole second segment to castigate deep dish pizza, also known as Chicago-style...

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