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Musings of a Blerd: Thorsday #2 All In the Family

I bid thee and all of Midgard a Happy Thorsday! On this holy day, we give thanks to the Asgardian gods above by celebrating the family of Thor. Tis an interesting group of relatives that the god of thunder has and we shall know them all by name when this article is done. Let us…

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Musings of a Blerd: Sailor Moon Crystal Recap Episode 1

Happy Taco Tuesday folks! Hope you had a wonderful Fourth of July weekend. Mine was somewhat stressful as my mom was in the hospital.  Thankfully all went well and she’s back at home recuperating.  That also means that I didn’t get to watch Sailor Moon Crystal until Sunday and there won’t be a Sailor Moon…

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Musings of a Blerd: Thorsday Entry #1

My fellow Midgardians, I bid thee a Happy Thorsday! Today marks the first entry of this feature on my column and I shall celebrate by showcasing seven Thor comic book covers which caught my eye. 1. First up in honor of the fourth of July tomorrow, here’s a cover featuring Thor and his fellow Avenger…

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Musings of a Blerd: 12 Characters To Cosplay For July 4th

Independence Day is tomorrow and it’s such a great day to celebrate and be around friends and family. There’s food, fireworks, movies and games. But what about cosplay? Well last year I did my Wonder Woman outfit for the fourth: And this year I’m thinking of cosplaying as Supergirl. With that thought in mind, here…

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Musings of a Blerd: Sailor Moon Revisited-Episodes 1& 2

Welcome to Sailor Moon Revisited! Here is where I watch the original Sailor Moon anime episodes every Mondays on Hulu (2 episodes each week for free) which I recap on Tuesdays. For those of you who aren’t familiar, Sailor Moon aka by its original title Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon is a Japanese cartoon (anime) based…

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Bachman’s Best – Big Trouble In Little China

All right guys and gals, it’s all in the reflexes and the best thing I read last week was Big Trouble In Little China by Carpenter, Powell, and Churilla from BOOM! Studios. For those unaware one of my favorite directors John Carpenter has teamed up with Goon powerhouse Eric Powell to continue the unbelievable story…

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Musings of a Blerd: 12 Things Learned From Star Wars: The Clone Wars

Not to long ago, I finally finished my Star Wars: The Clone Wars marathon on Netflix. I had never seen the show before and I had started the series by borrowing my sister’s box set. The set didn’t have the final season however, so when it was announced that the entire series would stream on…

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Musings of a Blerd: The Re-Up

Greetings my fellow nerds and geeks. After some thinking, I decided to revise what I’ll post on this new column. A lot of the things I wanted to do were brought over from my previous columns and though they were fun to write, I think they should remain where they were. So I’ve reshuffled and…

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Bachman’s Best – X-Men: Days of Future Past

!Warning – Here there be slight spoilers! The best thing I saw last week was X-Men: Days of Future Past, twice on opening day in fact. This may not mean a lot to some people but to me it is a big thing. I’ve got a streak going that has lasted over a decade now….

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Musings of a Blerd: Throwback Thursday-Comicmaniacs Spotlight: The Black Tribbles

Hello folks! It’s Thursday so it’s time for a throwback! Today, the throwback comes from the Comicmaniac Spotlight feature. I had the opporutnity last year to interview the Black Tribbles and since they always do their podcast on Thursday nights, I wanted to feature them again (Nominate them for the 2014 Philly Geek Awards).  So…

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