Alan Rapp

TMNT

  • Title: TMNT
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What was your introduction to the turtles?  Was it the, best forgetten, live-action films?  Or was it the late 80’s cartoon with their jokes, and commercial and toy tie-ins?  Or the recent Fox cartoon relaunch?  Or was it the slew of arcade and Nintendo games?  Or were you, like me, introduced to the foursome through the original pages of a black and white comic book Eastman and Laird’s Teenage Muntant Ninja Turtles?

I ask because whatever your vision of the turtles is will color how you view the film.  Fans of the games, the cartooons, and even the other films, may indeed be disappointed as the characters, for the most part, are stipped bare to more closely resemble the original creations.  It may surprise many, who keep refering to the “new look” of the film, which is anything but new.  It’s not a perfect film, but for a comic adaption to a series that had lost all credibility it’s as close to perfect as you can fit into a PG film.  The turtles have finally come home.

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Star Wars – The Comics

Since the Marvel Comics adaption to the first Star Wars film, the series has lived it’s life on the page as well as on the screen.  Now this is far from a comprehensive list of all the titles that have shown up on comic racks the past three decades.  Instead, here’s a short list of some of the more memorable titles over the years from Marvel and Dark Horse Comics.

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Comic Rack

Hmm, we’re about to talk about comics so it must be Wednesday!  Welcome to the RazorFine Comic Rack boys and girls.  Pull up a bean bag and take a seat at the master as we look at the new comics set to hit comic shops and bookstores today from DC, Marvel, Dark Horse, Wildstorm, Vertigo, and Image Comics.

This week includes Captain America, Deadman, Fantastic Four, Loaded Bible 2: Blood of Christ, The Spirit, Star Wars: Legacy and Wonder Woman.  Also don’t forget the truckoad of new graphic novels including The Action Heroes Archive Vol. 2, Conan: The Hall of the Dead, Coyote Vol. 5, The Other Side, Silver Surfer Omnibus, Ultimate Galactus Trilogy and much, much more.

Enjoy issue #22

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Star Wars – Young Jedi Knights Books

From one generation to the next, here are the early stories of Han Solo and Princess Leia’s children learning to use the Force at Master Luke Skywalker’s new Jedi Academy on Yavin 4.  More for younger readers, but also a good background for the characters and events in the current “Legacy of the Force” line of books.

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Star Wars – The Reference Books

There are hundreds of reference books to the Star Wars Universe, the making of the films, the art, the characters, the vehicles, the robots, the fandom, and so much more.  We don’t have the time or the space to give you all of them.  Instead here’s a half-dozen or so of the best examinations of Star Wars from different angles and perspectives.

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