THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF Z

Super-Vixens: Ms. Marvel

nobody@vox.com(zinkognito) — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:13:40 -0800

When I was first introduced to Ms. Marvel, I have to confess I didn’t find her very interesting, and as a matter of fact, thought that the Red and Blue Captain Marvel costume looked absolutely ridiculous cut into a bad one-piece swimsuit. But I ...

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Super-Vixens: Arathaza

nobody@vox.com(zinkognito) — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 21:55:03 -0800

Ah, another one in the category of “salacious one-shot characters” that seem to spring forth effortlessly from the pen of comic maestro John Byrne, Arathaza is at once both awe-inspiring and utterly disposable! Issue# 585 of Superman’s ACTION...

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Fave Jughead Jones Stories: "Oceans Of Love"

nobody@vox.com(zinkognito) — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 17:41:18 -0700

This has always been one of my many, many favorite Jughead Jones stories, simply because of the free-form FUN and zaniness of it’s script! I’ve always thought that most of my fave Jughead stories seemed like could have been skits on The ...

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The Beatles Remastered!

nobody@vox.com(zinkognito) — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 23:48:44 -0700

While I patiently awaiting my CoCo DVD Box Set, I’m happy to announce the arrival of ANOTHER Box Set that has been a LONG LONG time coming, and that would be the glorious BEATLES REMASTERED CD COLLECTION, a beautiful box set that features all 1...

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Favorite Albums: Fleetwood Mac / Mirage

nobody@vox.com(zinkognito) — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 00:03:26 -0700

Around Mid- 1983, I was insanely in love with singer/songwriter Stevie Nicks, and was voraciously devouring anything and everything to do with her. Though I’d always loved her Fleetwood Mac songs and was even a fan of her Bella Donna solo alb...

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Joni Mitchell / The Seeding of Summer Lawns

nobody@vox.com(zinkognito) — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 15:16:51 -0700

While hunting online for some of the more obscure Joni Mitchell tracks that seem to be floating all over the internet, I came across an interesting little curio- an unauthorized “Companion” to Joni’s incredible (and one of my very, very favorit...

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Super-Vixens: Golden Girl

nobody@vox.com(zinkognito) — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 21:24:27 -0700

Invaders #28 is one issue that I’ve always been aware of after seeing it my friends’ huge Marvel collection back in the late seventies because it featured the first appearance of Bucky’s fellow sidekick-aged counterparts in an interesting group c...

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GODZILLA: The Comic That Started it All For Me!

nobody@vox.com(zinkognito) — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 21:31:49 -0700

Though there always seemed to be comics in our house growing up, it was of the Archie / Richie Rich variety and it wasn’t until my friend Jas living across the street introduced me to all the comics he was collecting that I finally got to see w...

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Songs I Love:"End Of The Line" by Concrete Blonde

nobody@vox.com(zinkognito) — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 03:20:44 -0700

California alt rock group Concrete Blonde are such terrific songwriters that their take on other artists’ tunes are largely overlooked- Unlike some other groups who merely “do” covers, this group takes songs they like and lovingly transform t...

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Super-Vixens: Calorie Queen

nobody@vox.com(zinkognito) — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 00:19:52 -0700

When DC rebooted the LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES in the mid-nineties, it was a take-off of Frank Miller’s DARK KNIGHT RETURNS, in that it was set in the future of that character’s life. Only difference was, in Dark Knight, Bruce Wayne was now an old m...

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