Posted in Comic Books, tagged Image, Next Issue Project on February 19, 2008 | 2 Comments »
We counted our pennies last week and happily saved just enough to jump on board THE comic event of 2008 - well, at least as far as the Fortress Keeper is concerned - Fantastic Comics #24.
Part of the Next Issue Project, Fantastic Comics is Erik Larsen’s contribution to the industry’s recent craze for [...]
Posted in Comic Books, tagged Destroyer Duck, Eclipse, Friday Night Fights, Jack Kirby, Steve Gerber on February 15, 2008 | 5 Comments »
It’s been awhile since the Keeper participated in a Friday Night Fight (we’ve had this nagging crick in our back, you see … ), but as a tribute to Steve Gerber your humble host is compelled to once again call upon a champion …
… namely, that foul-tempered, er, fowl: DESTROYER DUCK!
For those of you unfamiliar [...]
Posted in Comic Books, tagged DC, Legion Of Super-Heroes on February 14, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Although the original, pre-Zero Hour Legion Of Super-Heroes are justly famous for their mix of sci-fi, super-heroics and outright weirdness, the group also utilized soap-opera melodrama with the best of ‘em.
From the classic love of Lightning Lad and Saturn Girl to the bad-boy/good-girl mismatch of Wildfire and Dawnstar, a typical issue of the Legion packed [...]
Posted in Film & Television, tagged Fortress Boy, League Of Extraordinary Freelancers, The Simpsons on February 12, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Even such dyed-in-the-wool music fanatics as your friendly neighborhood Fortress Keeper find it difficult to trudge through three-plus hours of Grammy vacuity. (Thank Rao for Amy Winehouse, despite what Natalie Cole thinks … 
So it was truly a delight to switch over to The Simpsons and witness the birth of The League of Extraordinary Freelancers - [...]
Posted in Obituary, tagged Steve Gerber on February 11, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Steve Gerber - one of the finest comics writers of his, and any - generation passed away Sunday at the age of 60.
We are truly shocked and saddened by this terrible news. Gerber’s seminal work on The Defenders, Man-Thing, KISS, Omega The Unknown and, of course, Howard The Duck influenced our outlook on life at [...]
