Name: Mark Anderson
Dateline: Schaumburg, Illinois
Weblog: www.andertoons.com
Articles: 40
First Published: Saturday, October 2, 2004
Last Published: Thursday, September 8, 2005
Currently listing articles 40-1:
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Constantine - Review— If this were mashed potatoes, it'd include The Exorcist, Hellboy and some Grade-C film noir spuds mixed so long that they become gluey and inedible.
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Book Review: The Complete Peanuts 1950-1952— The jokes are dated, and it’s a far cry from recognizable Peanuts, but the germs of the strip are there...
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Star Wars - Clone Wars, Vol. 1 - Review— George, buddy, take a cue from Clone Wars! Less political wrangling about separatists and more cool stuff like this that made Star Wars great
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"Looney Tunes - Stranger Than Fiction" - Review— Released online, then to DVD for a quick profit in early 2004, this collection of Flash-animated Looney Tunes doesn't necessarily disappoint, but it's not very
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"Cockatiels for Two : A Book of Cat Cartoons" by Leo Cullum - Review— Cockatiels for Two makes you glad that cats had Cullum's tongue.
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Batman: The Movie (1966) - Reivew— “Atomic batteries to power… Turbines to speed…” God help me, I do so love bad movies.
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Daredevil (Director's Cut) - Review— If you loved the original theatrical version, this film might not be for you, but for true fans of the genre, check out Daredevil –
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Catwoman - Review— ...certainly don’t let this black cat cross your rental path.
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"Josie and the Pussycats" - Review— Josie and the Pussycats isn't a great movie. And, to be honest, no one really intended it to be...
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"Futurama: Volume 2" - Review— I think the writers, having gotten the first season under their collective belt, feel a little more comfortable in the show's skin and really let
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"How's the Squid?" by Jack Ziegler— New Yorker regular Jack Ziegler's new collection of food cartoons, How's the Squid?, is some tasty ink indeed.
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"The Complete Cartoons of The New Yorker" - Review— The book weighs almost ten pounds and boasts 68,647 brilliant cartoons from men and women I've admired for years...
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Olive, the Other Reindeer— Based on the popular children's book, this brilliant Groening-ization is one of my favorite Christmas specials...
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Powerpuff Girls - 'Twas the Fight Before Christmas— I never thought I'd be telling anyone this, but I have a terrible terrible secret...
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Christmas With the Simpsons— ...if you're a casual Simpsons junkie, then Christmas With The Simpsons is probably for you.
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"Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol" - Review— Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol is about the least special Christmas special I've ever seen. Bah humbug!
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"The Infinity Gauntlet" by Jim Starlin, George Perez & Ron Lim - Review— OK, the art suffers a little at the end under Lim's direction, and the plot's kinda hokey, but for about a week I picked up
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"Shrek 2" - Review— It really felt like the Shrek crew rolled up their sleeves after the wild success of the first one and set about topping themselves and
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"Batman: The Dark Knight Returns" - Review— Every time I found something I really liked, I found something soon after that balanced the equation again.
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"Teacher's Pet" - Review— Teacher's Pet is visually stunning, musically hysterical and just plain fun to watch.
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"Playboy: 50 Years: The Cartoons" - Review— ...a brilliant collection that will keep any cartoon fan blushing and laughing for years to come.
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"A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving" - Review— ...this is not a bad Charlie Brown special, it's just not a great one.
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"In the Shadow of No Towers" by Art Spiegelman - Review— ...while it was interesting and beautifully realized, I find myself trying to figure why this book didn't touch me.
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"Cars" Teaser Trailer— There's a laugh or two and a nice preview of what should be every little Nascar fan's favorite DVD for years to come.
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Watchmen by Alan Moore & Dave Gibbons— So I've enjoyed my first graphic novel...
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"The Best of Zagreb Film - Nudity Required" - Review— I can't say I'm glad I saw this, but I've decided to co-opt Nietzsche’s idea - "That which does not entertain me, makes me stronger."
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Garfield - The Movie— OK, I think we all knew Garfield was going to be a lame movie, and, thanks to years of fostering and meeting low comic expectations,
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"It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown" - Another Review— It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown first aired in 1966, and, to quote Linus, it's still "nothing but sincerity as far as the eye can
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"From Hell" - Review— From Hell ends up being just another fill-in-the-blank Ashley Judd-esque disappointment - fun to look at, but hard to watch.
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"Lady Death" - Review— "Abandon all hope ye who enter here" indeed.
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"Drew Carey's Green Screen Show" - Review— had high hopes for Drew Carey's Green Screen Show, but I'm afraid I'll be looking to catch reruns of Whose Line Is It Anyway?
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"The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen"— I think this is one of the first movies I've seen where the art direction takes such a load off the rest of the film...
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The Tick - The Entire Series— I couldn't help wanting The Tick to have a stereo's equivalent of an equalizer...
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"Van Helsing - The London Assignment" - Review— Van Helsing remarks to the rescued damsel that their predicament "wasn't so bad." To which she replies "I agree. It was worse."
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Tequila Mockingbird : A Book of Animal Cartoons by Leo Cullum— It's a cartoon jungle out there, and Leo's the king.
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"The Line King - The Al Hirschfeld Story"— It's not often I write "thank God someone made this" in my notes while reviewing a film...
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Battle of the Business Cartoons— I thought it might be interesting to compare some colletions of business cartoons from some of the major business publications out there...
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Hellboy— The only thing that kept me from really liking Hellboy, was the movie Hellboy.
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The Complete Far Side - by Gary Larson— This collection of everything Far Side weighs enough to warrant chiropractic attention after each browsing.
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The Punisher— If movies were meat, The Punisher would be beef jerky - cheap, tasteless, and cut and dried.
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