Monster of the Day #971
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Monster of the Day #971

  Tales to Astonish continued doing monster stories for a while, until it went superhero and became the home of Ant-Man's adventures. There's some great Kirby monsters there, but sadly they started forgoing the purple dialogue balloons we've been so entertained by this week. Then I remembered this obscure comic.
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Marvel Studios vs. Warners….

I saw Guardians of the Galaxy this weekend, and spent the entire movie giggling with pure joy. I so seldom get that from movies now that I literally see only three to four new pictures a year. Sometimes you want something more dour or intellectual or a bit slice of life. Generally, though, I…
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Monster of the Day #968
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Monster of the Day #968

  I saw Guardians of the Galaxy--which is a fantastic, joyful film--over the weekend. While I long ago featured Groot's first comic book appearance as a beastie in one of Jack Kirby's monster books from the '60s, I'll  stick with that theme. After all, any one of these guys could be international movie stars…
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Delayed MotD…

For some reason I'm having Imgur issues. As soon as the photo editor there starts working again, today's post will go up. UPDATE: Still have problems. I don't think it's me, it's them. To make up for it, here's a picture of a rabbit with a pancake on its head.  
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Sweeeeeeeeeeeeet!
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Sweeeeeeeeeeeeet!

I know I should be watching my shekels, and I generally am. Still, I had to get a ticket to see the Capaldi Doctor Who premiere in a theater. Matt Smith definitely grew on me, but an older, seemingly more sinister Doctor (plus Capaldi insisted on a "no snogging" rule) is right up my…
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