Amazing Spider-Man Annual #39 (Marvel)
Ideally a Spider-Man book should be a blend between action, drama, and comedy. Spider-Man is supposed to be the most relatable character that Marvel has. While the truth of that statement has fluctuated over years, for the last couple years, Spider-Man has been on a hot streak. A large part of this has been thanks to writer Dan Slott and his team of artists. Spider-Man Annual #39 is continues this hot streak but surprisingly without Dan Slott, instead Brian Reed and Lee Garbett bring an excellent issue to the table.
In Spider-Man Annual #39, Peter Parker is accidently erased from time (and therefore Spider-Man is too). Reed does an excellent job of balancing humor and drama in this issue. The humor is great, particularly a gag about an ice cream cone. The drama is also well done too, with Peter travelling through time, encountering people from his past. Garbett’s art also stands out. He handles the modern stuff well, but his art becomes even more exceptional with how well he draws the scenes that take place in the past.
5/5
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It’s weird to think that Knights of the Old Republic came out nearly 10 years ago. A lot has happened to me in the past 10 years, I’ve finished elementary school, started and finished high school, and have started college. Beyond educational milestones, the last 9 years has also seen me gone from being 12 to being 21 and the changes that obviously accompany that. Surprisingly despite everything else that has happened in the last 10 years, one thing has remained the same: my absolute love for Knights of the Old Republic.
Knights of the Old Republic (KoTOR) is a role playing game developed by Bioware and released on the original Xbox and PC in 2003, and on Mac in 2004. KoTOR takes place in the Star Wars universe and you take on the role of a solider, smuggler, or scout hired by the Republic during the war with Darth Malek. The game starts off with a bang, as you wake up in the Endar Spire (your big spaceship) as it is under attack. Eventually you crash on Taris and from there you recruit your party, and eventually go off to fight Darth Malik.
Add a comment Read more: The Basement Life Collection: Knights of the Old RepublicI Write this today mostly because I want to hear other people’s recommendations, more than I want people to go heed my words and watch the documentaries I am about to discuss. Lately I have been really feeling like watching a good doc, but to be honest Being Elmo doesn’t really interest me, and seems to be the only doc Netflix is really pushing me to watch. So I thought I would list off some docs I really liked (most of which you have probably seen) in hopes that you guys will sound off in the comments for me.
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Harmonix
For those who know of him, you are aware that John Drake is a pretty awesome guy. Harmonix director of communications and brand management Mr. Drake said this week on the latest Harmonics podcast "Dance Central and Rock Band are kind of our big established IPs. And man oh man are we working on multiple – like, more than two – new triple A IPs, right now that we can't talk about at all." He went on to clarify that none are Rock Band or Dance Central titles. "It's not a previous game. It's not Led Zeppelin Rock Band. This isn't – I'm not talking about Rock Band 4. I'm not talking about the next Dance Central game. I'm talking about new, crazy stuff...Some of them are music games, some of them are not full-on rhythm action games. Some of them are brand new things that we created from our gut and brains here at Harmonix. Some are things that we're expanding the universe of," We should hear more next year. I’m going to go out on a limb and say next gen stuff.