Jondee here at the Academy, The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences has announced the nominations for the 89th Academy Awards. Kubo and the Two Strings, released last August 19th, was directed by Travis Knight. He is a nominee as director and producer of Kubo and the Two Strings as Best Animated Feature Film. […]

Jondee here at Pop’s Chocklit Shop, If you believe Archie comics are the old fashioned comics that has no interest to you as a reader of compelling comics, I would say that would be the same as saying Batman is the character who fights with Zam! Pow! Biff! You are dealing with the past and […]

Jondee here at the S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier, It is the battle of Legends, the best female fighters in the ring, DC vs. Marvel #3 (1996) by Ron Marz and Claudio Castellini had Elektra fighting Catwoman. I would have given this to Lady Shiva, reputed to be the one of the best hand to hand fighters in the […]

Jondee here at Alhambra, This was a big event for Gallery Nucleus, tickets for the panel and signing went on sale from the website on December 27th. I picked up the VIP ticket for January 7th. I usually go to the gallery and there are stacks of the art books, nope!, they sold out! I […]

Jondee here at the Batcave, It’s a Civil War between two of the best fighters (normal human)! DC – Batman – Bruce Wayne, the Dark Night Detective first appeared in Detective Comics #27 (1939) created by Bob Kane, Bruce was a young boy when his parents were killed, he devoted himself to studying criminology for […]

Jondee here at Mount Wundagore, We are continuing the mystical Blackest Night between the DC and Marvel Universes with the battle of the sorceresses supreme! DC – Zatanna – Zatanna Zatara is daughter of the magician Zatara, and is part Homo Magi, a race that is of course more talented at magic, she was created […]

Jondee here at Zootopia, Yes, Disney is at the tops of the box office, currently at $7 billion dollars at #1. Previously, box office champ, $2.4 billion, Universal is at #4 with $1.2 billion. The question is why and what is the ramifications. Last year Universal dominated the box office with the top twenty movies,#2 […]

Jondee here at the end of 2016, So many people who have made our lives brighter, funnier, and full of music have passed this year. It is not simple sadness we should feel, it is wondrous that they gave us something like a song or film. So let’s not forget them. The person who stunned […]

Jondee here at Arcadia, I was intrigued about Trollhunters from the hardback young readers novel published in 2015, it was a little difficult to find after its release, but should be on the shelves now. The original book was by Guillermo del Toro and Daniel Kraus. del Toro was executive producer for Rise of the […]

Jondee here at the Valley of Ur, Now is the Secret Wars for Magic! We have the duel that wasn’t in DC vs. Marvel, the most powerful sorcerers in both universes! DC – Doctor Fate – Kent Nelson is the owner of one of the most powerful magical objects – the Helmet of Fate, he […]

Jondee here at Avengers Mansion, It’s an Annihilation conflict of the strongest female energy projectors! DC – Green Lantern – Jessica Cruz, she first appeared in Green Lantern #20 (2013) by Geoff Johns and Doug Mahnke. She was on a hunting trip during the Crime Syndicate’s domination, Power Ring was killed by Sinestro and the […]

Jondee here on Zenn-La, It’s a Crisis on Infinite Universes with the cosmic powered heroes! Their power is seen through projecting it in blasts of energy. DC – Green Lantern, Hal Jordan, was created in Showcase #22 (1959) by John Broome and Gil Kane, one of the founding members of the Justice League of America, […]

Jondee here at Avengers Mansion, It was a race of the speedster men, but now it’s for the females to take to the track in this Infinity War! I thought at first that the fastest female speedster was Jessie Quick, but there is another. DC – Impulse, Iris West II, first appeared in Flash #146 […]

Jondee here at the Rock of Eternity, It opens to a city at city with Batman (Kevin Conroy!)watching over it, he hears an older man pursued by three men in suits. Their faces open up in like hungry starfish, Batman can’t stop them, but the old man, the wizard Shazam (Carl Reiner), stops them and […]

Jondee here on the Cosmic Treadmill, It’s the Flashpoint of the fastest speedsters of two universes! First, you might think that the match-up will be between Flash and Quicksilver as it was in Marvel vs. DC #2 (1996) by Peter David, Dan Jurgens, and Claudio Castellini. The Flash knocks out Quicksilver in their race. The […]

Jondee here at Howe-Waffle Mansion, I was surprised to see the Howe-Waffle House and Medical Museum in Santa Ana. I read from a plaque that it is a historical landmark and home to Dr. Willella Howe-Waffle, one of the first woman doctors in Orange County. It was built in 1889, the same year as Orange […]

What would LA Comic Con be without COMICS?  We were lucky to be joined by the fun and talented creators of NVRLND, 451 Productions, Stephanie Salyers, Jessica Gentile, and Dylan Mulick.  NVRLND is a modern re-telling of a LA Based Rock N Roll Band, ‘The Lost Boys’ and their bad boy lead singer, Peter Pan. […]

Jondee here at the Fortress of Solitude, It’s the Contest of Champions for the strongest! These are contests to decide the best in five categories for super-heroes, not super villains, and main characters who are on teams or who have solo titles, in the DC and Marvel Universes and of course facing each other. Here […]

Jondee here at the Hall of Doom, As a kid, Superfriends was a legit as any film or tv series, George Reeves was still in re-runs in Adventures of Superman and Adam West was Batman also in re-runs. Some of the comic book villains spilled into Batman, but it was Superfriends that really made you love the […]

@BillRatner www.billratner.com/   Bill Ratner is one of Hollywood’s premier voiceover artists and a published author, narrating movie trailers for the Coen brothers’ Hail Caesar, Pixar’s Inside-Out, Marvel’s Ant-Man, Will Ferrell’s The Campaign, MegaMind, Talladega Nights, etc., commercials for Hyundai, Sprint, Pizza Hut, etc., documentary narrations for Discovery, History Channel, Smithsonian Channel, Disney World, and […]

Jondee here at Mr. Gold’s Shop, A woman runs into Gold, he clouds her into ropes, and the Evil Queen wants to know his interest in fairies. Gold wants the queen to take care of her sister. He pours a powder over the fairly that turns her into an old woman. The Mother Superior sees […]

Jondee here at Motunui, New Zealand, ALOHA Kakou! Disney had the modern Hawai’i in Lilo & Stitch (2002), but this film is going full Polynesian. It is okay as an animated film, a bit long as a musical, but still fun with some incredible visuals. Directed by the Disney team of Ron Clements and John […]

Jondee here at Newt’s Suitcase, There is some info that is only in the Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2001) book by J.K. Rowling and new aspects of the beasts in this year’s film. The Harry Potter films had some creatures, but Fantastic Beasts is a magizoologist’s dream. I count fourteen beasts (fifteen […]

Jondee here at MACUSA, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is an original story from J.K. Rowling, a prequel series in a way to Harry Potter, and brings new characters, setting, and creatures to the Wizarding World. This is Rowling’s first foray into screenwriting and if you have read her books, then you might […]

Jondee here at the Mouse House, Mickey Mouse, almost everyone has grown up with him, but it was also strange while knowing the Mickey Mouse Club there wasn’t any Mickey cartoons. It got to the point where I took Mickey for granted as a kid. I even passed up Mickey’s Christmas Carol in 1983. Still, […]

Jondee here at the box office, The box office is winding down for superhero films with an interesting year. The box office numbers are compiled from Box Office Mojo.  Marvel has the tops with the number one box office camp, Captain America: Civil War at $1 billion(!), 153.3 million! It also has Doctor Strange which […]

Jondee here at the party, Mickey’s birthday is on November 18 and there are many exciting events, go to your nearest Disney Store or Disney park to celebrate! His birthday is November 18, 1928, I hope when I’m 88 I will be just like Mickey Mouse! Here’s the press release on Mickey’s GMA appearance and […]

Jondee here at the World Behind the Mirror, This episode was directed by Jennifer Lynch, daughter of David Lynch and director of The Walking Dead, American Horror Story, and Boxing Helena (1993). The title is from The Velvet Underground song. The Evil Queen has Snow White and Charming under a Sleeping Charm. David is under […]

We get to talk to the talented Melissa Doss Diwa Creature creator for the Jim Henson Company! We get to talk to her about coming up in the creature creator industry! The jobs you have to take sometimes and starting out in theater and making her way to where she is now. What schools you […]

Jondee here at Gallery Nucleus, On the weekend, November 5th, was the Kubo and the Two Strings artist panel. It also included a signing all of which was at Gallery Nucleus in Alhambra. Tickets were on sale and the room was packed. Attending the panel was Trevor Dalmer, concept artist, the film’s costume designer, Deborah […]