Comics Review: Batman: Faces of Death

In 2011, set after “Flashpoint,” The Flash/Barry Allen permanently changed the DC Universe’s status quo into a full reboot known as, “The New 52.” A modernized relaunch on all characters and teams as a way to introduce newcomers. DC Comics cancelled numerous titles in favor of replacing them starting with issue #1. Justice League was […]

Comics Review: The Dark Knight Returns

The 1980s were an important decade in comic book history. Alan Moore published “V for Vendetta” and his groundbreaking magnum opus, “Watchmen.” The latter deconstructs superheroes affecting American history. For instance, Richard Nixon remains as president in his third term. Thus, the Watergate Scandal never happened. Fresh from writing Wolverine’s four-part mini-series and Daredevil comics […]

Comics Review: The Punisher: Welcome Back, Frank

After The Punisher’s disastrous 1998 mini-series, “Purgatory” ended, Marvel enlists Garth Ennis to pen a 12-part mini-series of The Punisher back to his grounded approach without relying on his sidekick, Mircochip and no supernatural elements from Purgatory. Just Frank Castle going on a one-man mission to eliminate scum and villainy. All 12 issues of “The […]

Oliver and Company

After “The Great Mouse Detective” came out in 1986, former Disney CEO, Michael Eisner and future DreamWorks co-founder Jeffrey Katzenberg recruited producers to work on the company’s next project. An animated musical “Oliver and Company” inspired by “Oliver Twist,” but with animals. Mr. Katzenberg approved the idea along with “The Little Mermaid.” The latter sucks […]

Gamer’s Review: Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus

Fresh from making “Rocket: Robot on Wheels” on the Nintendo 64, video game developer, Sucker Punch worked on their next project for Sony. A stealth platform game titled, “Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus.” The story follows the titular character and his two pals, Murray & Bentley. Their goal is to retrieve stolen pages from […]

Gamer’s Review: Mafia II

After “Mafia” became a critical and commercial success in 2002, video game developer/publisher, 2K commence development on a sequel. It took game developers eight years to create a new game engine as a significant upgrade to the previous installment as well as brainstorming plot elements. Arriving home from World War II, Vito Scarletta working his […]