Trekker: Battlefields, New Kickstarters to Back, and Comics

Last November, comics creator Ron Randall released Battlefields, the latest volume in his long-running series, Trekker, about future interplanetary bounty hunter Mercy St Clair. I have written many times on this blog about how much I enjoy this series (I have added a Trekker label to those posts, rather than put all the links here). This volume continues to demonstrate all the qualities that make this a great series, but while I do want to talk about this book, they also connect to some larger thoughts I’ve been having about comics in general.

Doctor Who: The Eighth Doctor Adventures from Big Finish Productions

The first day of the new year saw the return of Doctor Who to TV screens, after an entire year away. However, as regular readers of this blog and followers of my Instagram account (@RumpleDumple) will know, my year was still filled with Doctor Who stories from Big Finish Productions: full-cast audio dramas featuring previous Doctors and companions from the TV series, played (when possible) by the original actors. In recent weeks, I’ve been trying to get caught up on their eighth Doctor stories, starring Paul McGann, and I’ve been especially enjoying those stories.

2000 AD Bumper Year-End Prog for 2019!

Happy New Year! Between a Christmas visit from my wife’s family, followed immediately by a trip to visit my family, things have been pretty busy since my last post. Next post, in about two weeks, I hope to have more to say about looking forward to the New Year. This time around, things are going to be a little more brief. Mainly, I want to talk about the latest issue of 2000 AD, the annual bumper year-end issue.

Victorian Christmas(es)

One of my favorite Christmas stories is A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. For me, it’s a story that cements a connection between Victorian England and the holiday forever in my mind. So, for this Christmas Eve, I thought I would write about a couple of Victorian England and Christmas related things that I’ve seen or read recently.

Scary Godmother

Jill Thompson’s Scary Godmother series is something of a Halloween touchstone for us. I’ve been a fan of the graphic novels and comics since she first created the character in 1997. While we took a bit of a break from watching the TV specials every year, we’ve put them back into our Halloween viewing rotation. The stories of Scary Godmother and her friends occupy a pretty unique niche in terms of Halloween stories, and that’s why I love them.

Toys R Me

This week, I wanted to showcase some fun toys I’ve recently received. (Well, some not so recently.) So this will mainly be a short photo gallery while I recover from a frustrating couple of weeks, and prepare for another frustrating week coming up.

Trailer Park: Upcoming TV shows and movies

I’m feeling a little exhausted this week, so I thought I would showcase trailers for some upcoming TV shows and movies that my wife and I are looking forward to, in (mostly) no particular order. Also, after blogging about the Stumptown comics the other week, I must let everyone know that the TV series is great. Check out the scene from the second episode posted above, and I really recommend checking out the show on Wednesdays on ABC.