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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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Monster of the Day #966
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Monster of the Day #966

Here's another Voyage blobby monster. I'm out of black and white monsters for the show; the first season only occasionally featured monsters, a situation reversed during the later seasons. Also, I used the black and white giant whale in an earlier run. So...
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Monster of the Day #964
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Monster of the Day #964

I *think* this is a different monster than yesterday.* Even if it's not, like the various forms of Alien, it's a different enough stage to qualify for its own spot. [*It is, it's from the Price of Doom episode. I'd think the price of doom would be obvious--doom--but I'm not an economist. Anyway, the…
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