Jondee here at Home aka Camp Stillwater, The misty night, a blue car has it’s hood up, a woman, Krissy from the first episode, gets a ride. At the cabin, Amy pleads tied down in a chair, everyone is there. Holyoake reveals a lid, Sykes opens it, Holyoakes says it’s a purification, the last pure […]

Jondee here at Antarctica, This issue is basically Aquaman and Mera vs. the U.S. military. The cover by Bradley Walker has Aquaman tearing off a cannon from a tank while bullets strike his orange scaled armor next to Mera. This part of The Drowning, “Executive Sanction”, is by Dan Abnett with Philippe Briones continuing the […]

Jedi Jondee here on Scarif, The prequels and Rogue One invalidates much of the Expanded Universe lore on the Death Star. It was said to be designed by Bevel Lemeisk who was introduced in Kevin Anderson’s Darksaber (1995) novel. The real designer was Qwi Xux, a bird-like woman with blue skin, her race is identified […]

Jondee here at The Scabbard, Supergirl has gone through a mind-bending number of reboots (protoplasm from another dimension merging with a human and turning into an angel), retcons (Superman’s daughter altered by Brainiac), and reworking (back to Kryptonian landing on Earth except it was in Siberia) that any version is fine at this point. Now […]

Jondee here in the Vastlands, Kubo and the Two Strings is a Laika production that combines stop motion animation with computer generated imagery to create something beautiful. It is an animated film that stands apart from the other Laika films which are great, in that the darkness of the story does not overwhelm the fun, […]

Jondee here in Chicago, The horror of Camp Stillwater has ended, with two episodes left, it really has only begun and now we get Jessie’s story. Chicago, 1988, an el train passes and Jessie walks up apartment steps. She opens a smoke filled, crowded room with Bobby Brown’s “My Prerogative” playing. She finds her mother, […]

Jondee here at Millhaven, The original Pete’s Dragon took place in the early part of the 20th century in Passamaquoddy, somewhere in the northeast of the country. The recent Pete’s Dragon discards the setting, the characters; Lena, Lampie, and Dr. Terminus, the songs, basically everything except Pete and his dragon. The heart of the story […]

Jondee here at the droid factory, A sighing noise from R2. News has come in about the passing of actor Kenny Baker at 81 after a long illness. He of course was known as Artoo Detoo whom he last played in 2005’s Revenge of the Sith. The design of R2 is perfect as is his […]

Jondee here at the Bleak House,  The Angel of Death. The Guillermo del Toro exhibit, At Home with Monsters, is currently at LACMA and ends on November 27th. If you have any interest in any of del Toro’s films, you must immediately get in your car and drive down to LACMA. The exhibit is located […]

Jondee here at Stillwater, Kids on bikes in Stillwater, 1982. One, Garrett Sykes, (Anton Starkman) is 14 and takes out a bat to take revenge on the principal for putting them in detention. He gives the bat to another kid, Damon (Lucas Wyka) who walks up to a car hits the window and the alarm […]

Jondee here at the Hillcrest Department, Issue #4 has an incredible variant cover by Joshua Middleton, Aquaman is diving down towards you with the green of the depths and the head of a Poseidon statue, it is the best underwater cover I’ve seen. This is of course the fourth part of The Drowning, “Semper Fidelis”, […]

Jondee here at Midway City, The Suicide Squad has hit movie screens, but this covers their comic book appearances. The original Suicide Squad was set in World War II led by Colonel Rick Flag. The original character was created by Robert Kanigher and Ross Andru, first appearing in Brave and the Bold #25 (1959). It […]

Suicide Squad is a chance for DC to show off one of its greatest super villain teams saving the world. The cast includes fan favorites such as Amanda Waller (Viola Davis), Deadshot (Will Smith), Killer Croc (Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje), Katana (Karen Kukuhara), Captain Boomerang (Jai Courtney), Joker (Jared Leto), and Harley Quinn (Margot Robbie). There were […]

Jondee here on Electric Island (Dendo shima), I’m a fan of Kenji Tsuruta, his Spirit of Wonder published by Dark Horse was brilliant, and now he has Wandering Island from Dark Horse Manga. It is in the handy manga size with a cover featuring our heroine, Mikura Amelia, a lanky girl with two long braids […]

Jondee here On The Road, Camp Stillwater, 1970, a flashback to a younger Deb at a dance, a boy, Keith, takes her out to the woods at night, he has a box with Dharma Bums from Jack Kerouac which he puts in the box. Depeche Mode’s “Blasphemous Rumors” plays as they kiss and then we […]

Jondee here at National City, This is previously posted review revised for it’s transmission on the CW. Supergirl in the comics was the best title in the New52, they emphasized that she was an alien, the re-design of her outfit was strangely Kryptonian, and she had difficulty adjusting to this new world when she grew […]

Jondee here at King’s Cross, I took the Veritaserum, No Spoilers! basic plot and characters.  The story was by J.K. Rowling, but the new play is by Jack Thorne with John Tiffany also noted as a writer. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is divided into two parts with two acts each. The play begins […]

Jondee here at Okinawa, Japan, Batgirl has gone through many incarnations through the years, maimed in The Killing Joke, turned into the cyber intelligence of the Oracle, forming the Birds of Prey, and then back in action in the New52 with Gail Simone revealing that she had experimental surgery and year of recovery, then given […]

Jondee here at “fantastical” Japan, Kubo and the Two Strings is the next Laika film. Every frame looks beautiful, but now we get a glimpse at the monsters in the Creatures of Darkness featurette. They are kaiju in the Harryhausen tradition including the massive skeleton in the Hall of Bones, the Undersea Creature, the Garden […]

Jondee here at sea, The new trailer for Ben-Hur . Ben-Hur returns to the screen with Timur Bekmanthov’s new film. Ilderim (Morgan Freeman) asks the man his name and how long he was a slave. Jack Huston replies that his name is Ben-Hur. He tells about his family’s betrayal by his brother, Messala (Toby Kebbel). […]

Jondee here at Belle Reve, The DC Universe: The Exhibit is worth the price of a ticket alone. Not on a crowded convention floor, plus there is some interaction, handling Kryptonite with gloves, and a photo op behind Belle Reve bars. At the front is banners of the Justice League, plus comic books featuring the […]

Jondee here at Warner Brothers (really!), Summer, my birthday is coming soon, what to do? Go to the Warner Bros. Studio Tour! I haven’t been there since two years ago. The Beavis exhibit went up and now DC Universe: The Exhibit. It is interesting since after the security check-in, they moved the studio store and […]

Jondee here under the Blood Moon, Joel’s older brother, Michael, gives him his Dodger jersey while he films him with a Super 8 camera. He stares at the wind moving through the window. He is getting ready for his prom. Joel enters with the jersey to see the other counselors. They know he went somewhere […]

Batman: The Killing Joke has been hailed as one of, if not the greatest Batman story ever published. Truth be told, this isn’t really Batman’s story, it’s Joker’s. It gives us Joker’s origin story. This amazing story is brought to life with talent such as Kevin Conroy as Batman, Mark Hamill as Joker, and Tara […]

Jondee here in the Dark Dimension, At San Diego Comic Con, the new poster for Doctor Strange dropped. It has the good doctor in full Sorcerer Supreme outfit emerging from the window of his Sanctum Sanctorum surrounded by mandalas of New York. The new trailer has the narration by the Ancient One played by Tilda […]

    Comic Con officially came to a wrap just yesterday and was a four day event stretching from July 21st to July 24, plus a preview night on July 20th. Due to the truly massive amount of people who want to come each year, it can be incredibly hard to get your hands on badge. […]

Jondee here at National City (now relocated to Toronto), Last installment, here are the shows that hit Comic Con and made an impression. Dead of Summer, loving this show, consistently good writing and acting, I don’t know what was revealed at Comic Con. American Gods, I didn’t finish the Neil Gaiman novel, but this is […]

Jondee here at Riverdale, Movies had some big announcements, but also the different tv shows were the talk of Comic Con. Wynonna Earp, covered the beginning of the season, but got too busy. I do like that it’s renewed, maybe we will get closer to blonde Wynonna. Legends of Tomorrow, lost interest about half way, […]

Jondee here at Wakanda, Black Panther, best part of Captain America: Civil War, a fulfillment having the character on screen, the cast is a who’s who of talent especially the additions of Danai Gurira and Michael B. Jordan as Killmonger, Ryan Coogler really seems like a fan, and it looks like the film is the […]

Jondee here at Hall H, First, this is a moot question, one does not win Comic Con, you can go and attend Comic Con, but the winners are those who survive Comic Con and think yeah, I should go next year. Next, there were a number of panels movie and tv that hit Comic Con […]