About six months ago I was talking to a friend about what we had been reading recently. In her handbag was Stephen Chbosky’s The Perks of Being a Wallflower. It was one of those books that she loved to reread ...
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Atlantic Rim Today’s strip references Guillermo del Toro’s upcoming film Pacific Rim. Wikipedia describes Pacific Rim as “The film is set in the near future where soldiers pilot giant robots into battle against invading giant monsters who have risen from a portal ...
Read More »Too much pop culture! Pop culture references in TV
The other day I was browsing the Internet while stuffing my face full of salami sandwich. I came across an article on The Guardian discussing the overuse of pop culture reference in today’s entertainment mediums, more specifically, the use of ...
Read More »The Acquirers #5.8
The Cosmic Cube Part 8 dun dun dunnnnnnn….. Well that is the end of the first exciting story arc for The Acquirers. We hope you enjoyed it. There are still a lot of questions which will be answered in later ...
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The Cosmic Cube Part 7 We are almost at the end of our first story arc here on The Acquirers. There are still a lot of questions that need answers. Who is the mysterious woman? What is so important about ...
Read More »Much Ado About Nothing
Some people might think that a Shakespearean comedy is a strange choice for the director of The Avengers and creator of Buffy the Vampire Slayer to take on. Back when Joss Whedon was working on Buffy and Angel, he used ...
Read More »The Acquirers #5.6
The Cosmic Cube Part 6 If you grew up watching cartoons in the 90’s then you will appreciate some of the jokes in this week’s strip. I’m referring of course to the excellent Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. We got news ...
Read More »The plight of your local independent bookshop
The latest furor surrounding big bad Amazon has erupted on The Bookseller today, in an article by independent retailer Keith Smith. Smith has done some digging and unearthed a list of bestselling authors who have links from their websites direct ...
Read More »The Acquirers #5.5
The Cosmic Cube Part 5 The last panel on this strip is Ash’s favorite so far and its hard not to agree with him; Freeman has the most magical expression. The transformers costumes you will be glad to know are ...
Read More »The Acquirers #5.4
The Cosmic Cube Part 4 I don’t think it is possible for a pop culture web-comic like ours to let the Xbone announcement pass without comment. For the benefit of non-gamer readers the new console generation has been unveiled by ...
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