Catherine.

This preview can be found in its original format here.

My dearest,

I did a terrible thing. It was earlier in the week, you were at a friend’s house; I was a little tipsy and lonely. I know alcohol isn’t an excuse but I keep coming back to it. I keep saying it to myself, “it was the alcohol… the alcohol… the alcohol…” I know I just need to admit it to myself as much as I need to come clean to you, so here goes.

Read More

Uncanny X-Men #542

This review can be found in its original format here.

Uncanny X-Men #542 is the third issue of Kieron Gillen’s current run on the series. It is tied in to Marvel’s Fear Itself meta-plot. I’m much too poor to read every book Marvel puts out, so I don’t have the whole picture of what Fear Itself is about. Fear not! Using context clues, I’ve deduced that a mysterious baddie has put seven Thor-like hammers about the place. The hammers make powerful guys more powerful. Fear feeds that power.

Guess who has one and is making a bee-line for X-Men HQ?

Read More

I’m writing reviews now.

I’ve started writing for a website. That’s right, someone besides myself is foolish enough to put my words on their website. What is the website? That’ll be The Phantom Zone. I’m going to keep a log of my reviews here. I figure it’ll be easier should I ever have the need to construct a portfolio.

I Am Not A Number.

Allow me to share with you a very brief, but very true, story…

The other night there, I went for a social drink with some people I met via supporting the local hockey team. It was grand. Drinking games were played, plans were hatched and chat was had.

Something happened to me though. It’s not something I talk about that openly, but I need to now. Otherwise, the story wouldn’t have a point.

Read More