In anticipation of Avatar’s planned relaunch of Warren Ellis’s Gravel, there was an entire series to go through first. Consisting of twenty-one issues, the first volume of Gravel presented three story arcs […]
Never Mind the Matches – Firestarter (1984)
Firestarter, based upon the novel of the same name by Stephen King, features Drew Barrymore in the lead role as the little girl who can start fires with her mind. Rounding out […]
Two Different Breeds – Ex Sanguine vs Undying Love
Sometimes all you need is a good piece of horror to consume. So when seeing the eye-catching cover to Ex Sanguine on the stand with two giant heads, one of a pretty […]
The Pendulum’s Year End Spectacular!!
[youtube\http://youtu.be/ji0no0ZzDeo] During 2013, we on the Pendulum had a bit of a learning curve and because of that we accumulated quite a bit of redundant material which we could not put on […]
Apocalyptic Actions Do Not An Apocalypse Make – Sheltered Volume 1
Sheltered is one of those rare comics where going into the book, there was no prior knowledge of it, the creators or the concept. Comprising five issues, it was a blind buy […]
He Knows What He’s Doing – Witch Doctor: Under the Knife
The best thing about watching Hugh Laurie as House is the sarcastic wit and the know-it-all attitude he has. He is so full of himself, thinking he is always right yet unlike […]
Brotherly Love – The Black Room (1935)
One knows they are watching a good movie when the credits roll and it introduces Boris Karloff as its star. Called The Black Room, the film is about two brothers who are […]
More Than One Kind of Haunting – Ghosted Volume One: Haunted Heist
Who does not love a good ghost story? Really, who? This book – Ghosted – is one of the best books about said phenomenon in years. Another does not even come to […]
It’s Not All About the… – Sex Book One: The Summer of Hard
Sex is probably one of the smartest books on the stands. The best thing about this book is that it treats the reader like an adult – and it is a book […]
Just a Bit Frustrated – The Mad Magician (1954)
Don Gallico, an up-and-coming magician, in his own mind at least, never had a show of his own but worked for many other magicians creating their tricks and illusions. Halfway through his […]
The Telltale Mind 