Authors: James Orme
The Comics Code: How Psychiatry Almost Ruined Comics
The now-defunct comics code holds a strange and peculiar place in history. I don’t know if everyone would want to be lectured on the past of the Comic book industry, but this was great time diving into some rich comic book history. … read more
Totally Insaney: The Animaniacs Live
If you grew up in the mid-nineties like I did, you know the last great bastion of classic American cartoons is Animaniacs. … read more
Marvel: Being Inhuman
This panel discussed the inclusion of the Inhumans into the Marvel on-screen universe and the announcement of the an Inhumans movie coming in 2019. … read more
Legendary Shack Shakers: Ugly And Desperate Isn’t Easy
The man that put the “legendary” in the Legendary Shack Shakers is renowned frontman JD Wilkes, who has been able to take his strange notions of music and parlay them into a 20 year career. … read more
Review: Run Love Kill
Run Love Kill follows Rain, a gifted soldier and assassin who discovers that she may be fighting for the wrong side. It’s all a fairly familiar storyline with some very familiar tropes. … read more
Review: The Lion Of Rora
Those comic readers who are up on their 16 century European history may find a sweet spot in their heart for Lion of Rora, but outside of that, I can’t imagine the average comic book fan adding this to their pile. … read more
Local Reviews: Blue Moon Bombers
No matter how many times I’ve heard aggressive rockabilly music, whether it’s psychobilly, punkabilly, neo-rockabilly or whatever, it’s still an entertaining idea. The Bombers don’t seem afraid of going after full psycho or pulling it back to a more traditional feel. The guitar work is a heavy presence and is very well played as the drums and upright bass thump and bang out solid rhythms. … read more
Local Reviews: Hot Club of Zion
Hot Club of Zion is one of the best jazz trios around. They play a gypsy style of jazz, and even though the mention of the genre brings to mind the great Django Reinhardt, they still maintain their own identity while paying proper homage. … read more
Local Reviews: Charles Ellsworth and the Dirty Thirty
This Arizona transplant has created a record full of sorrowful tunes that seems to organically flow from within himself. Gentle in his approach, each song is as thoughtful in its songwriting as it is in its production. One that stood out for me was “These Desert Nights,” which builds a picture of the lost feeling that Ellsworth himself has surely had while spending time in his native land. … read more
Local Reviews: Bullets & Belles
I have to say that this might be the best production of anything local I’ve ever heard, which would stand to reason, since while Bullets & Belles only formed last year, the members are all veteran musicians. This three-song EP is some damn catchy jazz pop, with stunning vocals, thoughtful lyrics and brilliant songwriting. … read more