These reviews were originally intended for June 30, 2022, but were never published. I am posting them now though may later re-date them to place them in the proper chronology of the website. Elvis In Elvis, actor Austin Butler amazingly lives up to the bigger-than-life image of the legendary singer, uncannily capturing (or rather channeling) his electric stage presence and charisma down to the body movement, facial expressions and even his hand gestures, while also making him feel human. The film and Butler manage to strip away the campiness of the impersonators that have clouded the way the ..read more

For this Star Wars celebration day, I thought I’d highlight one of my favorite single comic book issues of all time—Star Wars #38, drawn by the great Mike Golden and written by the legendary late Archie Goodwin. Aside from the terrific art, I felt that Golden really cracked the code in drawing Star Wars. There already was great work in the series, but Golden’s work was less pulpish and more stylish and sleek—I especially dug the way he portrayed blaster fire and other crackle. I know I’m not alone in admiring this issue—at WonderCon last month, when I went by Golden’s booth, this issue (bagge ..read more

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Though not a major redesign, I just tweaked my website a bit to make it easier to buy my recent comics releases and trade paperbacks right from the front page, with a new header and bold hero image up top—the webstore still has the full catalog. While I don't consider my skills much beyond an advanced beginner, I'm nevertheless proud of my web design skills that have allowed me to create and maintain my own website. I'm completely self taught and first began playing with html and created my wcgcomics.com website in 1998. In 2009, I rebuilt the site from the ground up in html/CSS format ..read more

With a new season of baseball underway, it's a perfect time to highlight issue 10 of Rob Hanes Adventures! My pitch for the story (no pun intended): the one where Rob goes undercover on a minor league baseball team to investigate steroid use and gets more obsessed with trying to get a hit and on base than solving the case, leaving all of the work to his partner, Abner McKenna! As this all suggests, this issue's story, titled "The Pride of the Chickenhawks," was a change of pace from my usual brand of globetrotting adventure, reflecting my interest in doing different kinds of stories. I'm glad ..read more

Starting this Friday, I'll be at WonderCon 2024, booth #2183, at the Anaheim Convention Center, March 29–31! I'm sharing space at the Comic Art Professional Society (CAPS) booth. I'll have all back issues and a preview of Rob Hanes Adventures #25! See you on the other side ..read more

One thing I discovered when I became a parent was that a whole world existed I was totally unaware of until the kids came along, particularly in children’s entertainment. Sure, in later years my daughter watched the Wizards of Waverly Place, iCarly, Shake It Up, and Drake and Josh (and, even later, High School the Musical), as well as films like Sharkboy and Lava Girl, and Spy Kids. But before them were the Wiggles. I remember first catching their show with my young children and later telling my wife, “I saw this weird children’s show where four grown men with Australian accents sing songs an ..read more