Peace through Kung Fu
Jackie Chan lectures rival Timorese martial arts clans, contributes to world peace. Warring clans come together into one fist.
Yellow Peril
I’ve learned something reading Terry and the Pirates: There’s no way around the yellow peril in the Golden Age. Good comics sometimes have racist renderings in them.
Space To Move
The same week that I walked over to the rep theater to see Persepolis. I watched the straight-to-DVD Justice League: The New Frontier. And, yes, it’s probably wrong to write about The New Frontier within pixels of Persepolis, even if they’re both comics that became animated movies with […]
Battlefield Asia
Looking for movies that combine big battles with the pain of Chinese history? How about: The Warlords, with Jet Li, Andy Lau and Takeshi Kaneshiro; the rape-free Mongol, with Tadanobu Asano as Temujin/Genghis Khan; An Empress and the Warriors, with Donnie Yen, Kelly Chen and Leon Lai; and […]
Year End at Kaiju Shakedown
Hong Kong was winner of the year and Thailand was loser of the year over at Kaiju Shakedown. But in a world with Johnnie To in it, we’re all winners.
Mazen Kerbaj
French comics publisher L’Association is showing some of Mazen Kerbaj’s drawings and that’s a good excuse to put up a link for them. Kerbaj’s blog, Kerblog, is here.
The Cultural Gutter 