Boba Fett’s New Groove
I am not usually one to discuss memes and internet stuff that has ‘gone viral’ because, when I do, I feel like I just sound like what I am, a ‘Rapidly-Aging Geek Icon.’ However, over…
New-Age Nerd
The Unexpected Fallout of Fallout 4
I don’t remember when I first played a Fallout game (I think it may have been Fallout 2 on someone’s computer around 1999, or so) but I do remember enjoying the experience a great deal….
Crowded: The Wartune Game Goes from Browser to Book
We have a mantra here, at DocPalindrome.com: ‘Be creative, make a thing.’ I say it at the end of each Doc Palindrome Podcast and I reiterate it as often as I can when I write….
A Brief Comment on Diversity in Comic Books
Resnik here… Get. Over. It. Comics change. So do characters. Characters and titles that have changed. Sometimes drastically. Black Green Lantern. 1971 Black Captain America. 2014 Female Captain Marvel. 1977 Female Black Captain Marvel. 1982…
How Grandma’s Knee Surgery and My Chickenpox Changed Everything About Everything
Don’t get me wrong… Every aspect of my life, from a very young age, keyed me in on becoming the barely-known geek icon I am, today. I have heavily documented how my dyslexia was overcome…
The Ardent Eccentric: Anime Night
I’d like to think that my family is unique in some ways. My husband and I are not like other parents to our 16 year old daughter. We are not cheering for her on the…
The Return of the Captain Marvel Thing, Part 3 – This Captain Marvel is Just Right
Peter David has the three qualities I enjoy seeing in comic book writers: 1. He only writes stories that he would want to read. 2. He has a long-standing feud with J. Michael Straczynski over…
Dawn of the Proto-Nerd: Hitchcock and Bathing Suits
Pop culture. The ‘pop’ stands for ‘popular,’ just in case you forgot, and pretty much, if it is overly popular, I don’t care for it. Mediocrity is the driving force behind pop culture. It takes…
Dawn of the Proto-Nerd: The Up Side of Underwater
From September 1968 until April 1972 I was in the Navy, most of the time aboard a nuclear submarine. We had two crews, blue and gold, and would have the sub three months at a…