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Top 5 on The Strip: Animated superhero cartoons
1. Batman: The Animated Series The standard bearer for modern superhero cartoons, Batman: The Animated Series was gritty, dark and fresh off the success of Batman Returns. It’s well-drawn with a neat art deco style and the voice acting set … Continue reading
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Tagged 1Q2017, animated, batman, dc, marvel, Spider-Man, staff, Teen Titans, TMNT, Top 5, X-Men
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Property review: Super Mario Bros. Super Show & The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3
Mario impresses in cartoon form Super Mario Bros. Super Show Vol. 1 When you’re able to have a live-action show and you’re a household name throughout the world, you can afford to do whatever you want and take whatever licenses you want … Continue reading
Strip Talk #23: Animated Mario has wins, losses over the years
Cartoons, to me, fall in the same sphere as anime and comic books. If you tell a good story, I don’t care what medium you choose to tell it in. If it happens to be about something I love, chances … Continue reading
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Tagged 1Q2016, animated, cartoons, column, Lyndsey Hicks, Mario, Mario Mania, Strip Talk, Super Mario, Super Mario Bros. 2, Super Mario Bros. 3
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Strip Talk #18: Days of Future Past isn’t a reality fast enough
It’s no secret that I favor Marvel over DC in the grand scheme of comic book things. I always have: I began watching X-Men: The Animated Series almost as soon as the show began airing, and I’m far more … Continue reading
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Tagged 2Q2014, animated, column, comics, Lyndsey Hicks, marvel, Strip Talk, X-Men
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Marvel character highlight #17: Rogue
Name: Anna Marie Affiliation: X-Men, Avengers Unity Division, Salvagers, Lights, Advocates Squad, X-Treme X-Men, X.S.E., Brotherhood of Evil Mutants Special abilities: Rogue has the ability to absorb the talents, knowledge, memories, personality and abilities of a person that she comes into … Continue reading
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Tagged 1980s, 1990s, 2Q2014, animated, character highlight, Comic, comics, Gambit, marvel, Mystique, Rogue, staff, X-Men
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Strip Talk #17: When the X-Men ruled the weekend
I grew up in a household where Saturdays were prized affairs of laziness and doing absolutely as little as possible. Mostly, we sat around reading romance novels (my mom), playing cards or board games or doing a little housework well … Continue reading
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Tagged 1Q2014, animated, column, comics, Lyndsey Hicks, marvel, Strip Talk, X-Men
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Anime Lounge #05: Kaicho wa Maid Sama Ep. 1–12
Series: Kaicho wa Maid Sama Episodes: 1 to 12 Premise: Misaki Ayuzawa is the student council president at a formerly all-boys high school. She also works at a maid cafe on the side to earn money to support her family. Misaki has … Continue reading
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Tagged 3Q2013, animated, anime, anime lounge, kaicho, Lyndsey Hicks, maid
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Top 5 on The Strip: The Super family
Superman — The Man of Steel himself is probably the best incarnation of the super family. He was the originator of the series and thus carries the name on when other incarnations drop in and out of the DC … Continue reading
Top 5 on the Strip: Spider-Man’s weirdest foes
J. Jonah Jameson What’s the deal with some dude putting your paycheck in your hands and then constantly snatching it away because he wants to fire you on a whim? We couldn’t work for J.J. Simply put, there’d be a … Continue reading
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Tagged 1Q2013, animated, comics, Spider-Man, staff, Top 5, villains
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Property review: TMNT Vol. 1 (1987 animated series)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Vol. 1 Lionsgate Home Entertainment, 2004 Turtles fight bare bones DVD True children of the ‘80s will tell you that one of the things imprinted in their memory is what they watched on television. The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles … Continue reading
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Tagged 1Q2013, animated, comics, property review, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, television
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