Monthly Archive: June 2019
In this weeks Cantina Conversation the guys have a discussion with Leef Smith, owner of Mission Comics. They discuss the changing landscape of the comic book market and how it affects the shop owners. They also talk about the value of creating a community in a market quickly turning digital. …
In this week’s news Steve and Ken go over The Nerd Cantina’s Anna review. They talk about DC’s latest company shift. Is it more towards the edge of Liefeld’s cliff or good company policy? JJ Abrams takes a stab at comics with his son. Mars gets hit with an asteroid …
A movie that has flown a bit under the radar this summer in marketing, Anna is another “Wick” style movie set in the cold war era that shows the life of a KGB agent. With Anna being set in the 80’s at the end of the cold war, you get …
In an alternate reality set far in the future, technological advances in medicine (among other industries) have expanded the life expectancy of human beings. Consequentially, overpopulation becomes an issue. In Secondborn, society’s solution for population control is to enforce an offspring limit in which parents may have only two children. …
In this week’s Cantina Conversation Steve and Ken talk with Tim Lee. Tim studying ecology and evolution at UC San Diego, where he graduated magna cum laude in biology. He went on to complete his PhD at UC Davis, developing simulation and analytical models of population dynamics before becoming a comedian. After finding himself bored in his profession he …
With an abundance of reboots in Hollywood, it is refreshing to see a franchise try to revitalize itself without scraping it’s history. MIB: International attempts to take a fun sci-fi franchise and revitalize it by providing an all new cast and location. With a high production level the movie was …
In this weeks news Steve and Ken discuss the MIB: International review, DC comics inner turmoil and failures, and recap the second half of the E3 announcements. Beware if you are thin skinned, Steve is almost surely to offend someone this week. If you enjoy the show please share it …