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2 months ago | 
forcesofgeek.com | Steven Thompson |Mark Millar
Written by Mark Millar Art by Olivier Coipel, Stuart Immonen Published by Millarworld / Dark Horse ComicsIn my recent review of Mark Millar’s The Night Club, I wrote the following of the author— “Like Alan Moore, Grant Morrison, and a few others before him, writer Mark Millar’s very name has become a sign of quality. Unlike any of those others, he’s managed to leverage that to the point where he became his own brand, Millarworld, and then that brand was purchased outright by Netflix.
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2 months ago | 
forcesofgeek.com | Steven Thompson |Mark Millar
Written by by Mark Millar Art by Juanan Ramirez Published by Millarworld /Dark Horse ComicsLike Alan Moore, Grant Morrison, and a few others before him, writer Mark Millar’s very name has become a sign of quality. Unlike any of those others, he’s managed to leverage that to the point where he became his own brand, Millarworld, and then that brand was purchased outright by Netflix.
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2 months ago | 
forcesofgeek.com | Steven Thompson |Cullen Bunn
Written by Cullen BunnArt by Brian HurttPublished by Dark Horse ComicsI’m a Monster Kid from way back. Some of the earliest movies I remember watching on TV were horror movies—House on Haunted Hill, The Headless Ghost, and Earth vs. the Spider. My first vampire movie was Dracula-Prince of Darkness (oddly double-featured with the Adam West Batman movie!).
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Jan 24, 2025 | 
forcesofgeek.com | Steven Thompson |David Pepose
Written by David Pepose Art by Jonathan LauPublished by Dynamite EntertainmentI’m on record as saying 1966 was my favorite pop culture year.
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Jan 17, 2025 | 
forcesofgeek.com | Steven Thompson |Brian Michael
Written by by Brian Michael Art by Bill Walko, Wes Dzioba Published by Dark Horse ComicsI have never been a big fan of the writing of Brian Michael Bendis. Wait! Don’t get me wrong! I do quite like what work of his I’ve read. It’s just that I’ve never gone out of my way to read something just because he wrote it. Ihave to say, though, that after reading Fortune & Glory-The Musical, that may well change. Why?
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Jan 14, 2025 | 
forcesofgeek.com | Steven Thompson
My best friend of many years has always been a huge fan of MGM’s Wizard of Oz.Being a bookstore manager, when Gregory Maguire’s Wicked first came out back in 1995, I saw it right away and knew I had to buy her a copy for her birthday. For several years after that, whenever Gregory Maguire had a new book out, that would be my birthday or Christmas present to her. In 2007, I actually met Gregory Maguire when he came through my airport bookstore.
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Jan 10, 2025 | 
forcesofgeek.com | Steven Thompson
Did you know there’s a theory that humans are, in fact, just AI taken to the ultimate level? It goes that back before recorded history, our brains and organic bodies were created just to house the artificial intelligence…and now, centuries on, and long since having forgotten our beginnings, we’re slowly reinventing ourselves!Certainly, it’s impossible to go through a day here in 2025 without encountering AI in one fashion or another.
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Jan 10, 2025 | 
forcesofgeek.com | Steven Thompson |Alex Segura |Michael Moreci
Written by Alex Segura and Michael MoreciArt by Geraldo Borges and Mark EnglertPublished by Mad Cave StudiosChester Gould’s tough cop, Dick Tracy, made his newspaper debut in 1931, but not in our local papers. Somewhere over the next few years, though, he did turn up here, where he became a particular favorite of my father. I didn’t come along until about 25 years later but I was quickly introduced to Tracy via the silly TV cartoon series, as well as our Sunday paper.
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Jan 10, 2025 | 
forcesofgeek.com | Steven Thompson
Cary Grant. As an actor, he retired in 1966 after the film Walk, Don’t Run, the first film in a couple of decades where he was not the romantic lead. He lived another two decades after that, though, and even into his ‘80s, he remained a handsome, charming man that caused the hearts of women of all ages to beat fasterPersonally, I discovered Cary Grant movies back in the 1970s when several of his Alfred Hitchcock films were re-released on the big screen.
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Jan 10, 2025 | 
forcesofgeek.com | Steven Thompson
Fred Williamson is a unique film star. Originally a football player in the 1960s, he started out in small acting parts on shows like Star Trek and Ironside, moved on to a supporting role in the sitcom, Julia, then hit the big screen in the original M*A*S*H. All along the way, he was paying close attention to every aspect of the Hollywood machine and before you know it, he was top billed in his own movies.
