The Comic Critic Reviews Titanic

Titanic is one of the best date movies ever. It has a strong appeal to both sexes. The heroine undergoes a rollercoaster of emotion, a rising dread of a fearful plummet ahead, followed by the thrill of living, the rise of love, the rapid twists and turns as that love is tested—only to go through another rise of dread for yet another plummet. In short, she’s all over the map emotionally. The hero is a rogue on an adventure. He charms, seduces, revels and then fights for the life of the one he loves. Here you have a chick flick and an action flick in one. And on top of that, you have it all under the guise of an historical disaster movie. It’s really not a surprise to me that Titanic went on to become one of the largest international blockbusters of all time.

The Return of Stickman #1409

Here is the news story that inspired today's strip.

The Return of Stickman #1407 & #1408

Fudge! I forgot to post my strip yesterday. So you're getting a double dose today. You can find the new story's that inspired these strips here and here.

The Comic Critic Reviews Little Fugitive

With little dialog, Little Fugitive is a simple story that captures a guilt-ridden child’s view of a world in which he suddenly finds himself completely on his own. It was a coincidence that caught me at nearly the same age as the hero when I saw it. And thinking about running away from home is something that every little kid fantasizes about. Little Fugitive was a good decade ahead of its time in capturing the feel and message of a television after-school special. The movie’s extremely real perspective of how empty the world can be without family or friends threw a wet blanket on my fantasies—and probably helped to make my own “running away” thoughts very short-lived. Still, use of handheld hidden cameras did capture an era in a special location that has more than slightly changed over the ensuing sixty years. I wanted to capture that “way-back-machine” feel in my strip.

The Return of Stickman #1406

I think I might come back to this theme next week. I'm trying to get ahead a few days so that when I get busy I have something in the buffer.

The Return of Stickman #1405

There were several news story's that inspired this theme. You won't have to search hard to find them.

The Comic Critic Review The Avengers

I had an abundance of material to work with to create this strip. I could have done a review of just the teasers that led up to this movie. I could have done a whole Shwarma explosion themed stip. But I really wanted to see if I was the only one picking up on the fact that Disney purchased Marvel because it’s business model was nearly identical as its own. So, I decided to work off the angle of how this was the largest effort in years by a studio to strengthen an already solid franchise by having it produce the same form of fan loyalty in the theater that it has in the comic book store. The cycle of where young fans become addicted adults who then in turn indoctrinate their children.