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Article by Sean Wilkinson, a.k.a. The Animeister. My initial plan for this review (back when I didn't know there was going to be a cour break and it was scheduled for the Monday after Christmas 2025 ) was to have the intro play into the gift aspect of the holiday and make some profound statement about how things and the spirit in which they are given should not be taken for granted or treated as disposable even though our modern economy is structured around physical waste and overpriced, non-fungible, non-ownable (and in the long term, non-sustainable) services that make us want more of what we ultimately find unfulfilling. Not every darling needs to be killed if it doesn't work out. Common courtesy shouldn't need to become a rarity before it is valued. We should respect those who provide by taking the time to see them and greet them, whether it be family or the overworked champ of a fry cook at your local grocer, instead of demanding their attention and service so we can f...

Article by Sean Wilkinson, a.k.a. The Merry TixMaster. Or, I would be Merry if Christmas were still coming. And if I hadn't started writing this after watching the first movie in the series up for review today (re-up your vision insurance if you don't know what that is...and if vision insurance still exists). Instead, I'm feeling more than a little sacreligious at the moment (and I was in that mindset months ago when I chose this series of three movies and a remake for the week of Christmas) because the original, pre-commercialism but post-pagan, religiously appropriated purpose of the holiday was to celebrate the birth of a magic bastard child who got gold and herbs from some old hippies as a baby and grew up to be a carpenter, get all the bitches, spread peace and love, perform divine parlor tricks for his twelve closest bros, get betrayed, tortured, and executed over money, and cause centuries of sociopolitical justification for overpopulation because he might be a Jew...

Article by Sean Wilkinson, a.k.a. The Festive Omnibuster . Christmas Eve has found you, Ticketholders! If that sounded creepy, it's because of the miniseries I'm reviewing today, so don't be mad. Or do; we all go a little mad sometimes. Now where did I put my mistletoe, eggnog, and gingerbread tea...? It's kind of a crazy twist of fate that I chose to review At the Mountains Of Madness and In the Mouth Of Madness as part of my Omnibusted on Wonderland Ongoing Volume Two last week, because there's a reason this series is called Madness Of Wonderland , which I will get into as the review goes on. For now, though, let's talk Trade. Zenescope has gotten to the point where the ComiXology version and digital offerings through...other means are identical, so with the exception of Grimm Fairy Tales , Myths & Legends , and probably a few upcoming new and sequel series, I'll most likely not include a comparison section unless I notice something glitchy about...

Article by  Sean Wilkinson , a.k.a. The Uncanny TiX-Master. Christmas is three days away, Ticketholders! And ever since  Disney  dropped the first season of  X-Men '97  last year, I had been wanting to revisit X-Men: The Animated Series (which I did for last Tuesday's review), and the month of X-Mas seemed like the perfect time. I had even intended to include '97 in that review and post the whole thing today because I had heard it was a continuation of the original series (hence naming it after the year The Animated Series concluded). However, once I watched the first episode of '97  (and especially after two episodes, because hoh-leigh shiot, the reveals are already insane), I realized that I had too much to talk about to lump it in with its predecessor, so I finished editing and scheduled the Animated Series review a week early so I could devote the entire Christmas week Stay Tuned to X-Men '97 . X-Men '97 isn't just a continuation of X-Men: The Anim...