Gathering The Debris

A Jersey City Sci-Fi Pop Culture Blog

Best Costume at NYCC 2014: LADY THOR, Goddess of Thunder.

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This was the first New York Comic Con GTDEBRIS.COM has covered and we wanted to share with you our pick for best Cosplayer at the Show. We know we're not a big name in the nerd blogosphere just yet, but we have a clear eye on pop culture and comics, and we are sure that our choice for Best Costume at NYCC 2014 is well deserved! Although there … [Read more...]

Image Comics Signing Schedule at NYCC 14

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Image Comics just announced their signing table schedule for New York Comic Con (NYCC) and it's chock full of the best of the best including Brian K. Vaughan, Robert Kirkman and Scott Snyder. Do not miss this! Image NYCC 2014 Schedule List as of Oct. 6, 2014. See the most up to date schedule/rules and policies on imagecomics.com … [Read more...]

Thor: God of Thunder Issue 25 Review

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Title: Thor: God of Thunder Issue 25 Publisher: Marvel Comics Reviewer: @MetropolisKid Rating: 5/5 I know I've reviewed Thor before now, but this is the final issue of the current volume. It makes a great bookend for the twenty-four issues that have come before and sets up the new status quo for the next Thor title that will follow featuring a … [Read more...]

Futures End Batman Superman Issue 1 Review

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Title: Futures End Batman Superman Issue 1 Publisher: DC Comics Reviewer: @MetropolisKid Rating: 3/5 Three years ago, I decided to get over my initial shock that DC was rebooting again. I decided I woudl embrace it. If I hated it, at least I had my memories. I was not going to pine for the early years. I was going to look forward. I would … [Read more...]

Multiversity The Society of Super-Heroes: Conquerors of the Counter World Issue 1 Review

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Title: Multiversity The Society of Super-Heroes: Conquerors of the Counter World Issue 1 Publisher: DC Comics Reviewer: @MetropolisKid Rating: 5/5 You either love Grant Morrison or you don't get him at all. I get it. I like him, and I don't always get him. Multiversity was hinted at before The New 52 reboot, but it was Grant Morrison who is … [Read more...]

Hulk Issue 6 Review (2014)

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Title: Hulk Issue 6 Publisher: Marvel Reviewer: @MetropolisKid Rating: 5/5 The Hulk is a hard character to write. I get it. It's been 50+ years of telling a story about the same old character. How many foes are really a match for Hulk? His title lumbers on with momentary moment of brightness (Peter David's run, Planet Hulk are a couple of … [Read more...]

Alice Cooper Issue 1 Review

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Title: Alice Cooper Issue 1 Publisher: Dynamite Publishing Reviewer: @MetropolisKid Rating: 4/5 Okay, this comic came out a few weeks ago, and I didn't get a chance to chime in. This is out of my usual realm of reading. I tend to stay away from band comics. Not even KISS. But then I saw something somewhere and then stumbled on the comic itself, … [Read more...]

There Will Be Blood, An Orchestra and Jonny Greenwood!

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The Wordless Music Chorus & Radiohead's Jonny Greenwood perform the film score of There Will Be Blood.  This past Saturday at the United Palace Theater, something .... different happened. Although this may not be the first instance of a live orchestra accompanying a movie (it could be, we didn't check!), it was certainly the first including … [Read more...]

This Comic Should Be a Movie: The Interman

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The premise The Interman can adapt to anything and I mean anything. If he’s underwater, he grows gills; if he touches electricity, he will conduct; if he gets poisoned, his body will create an antidote. Van Meach is The Interman and he shouldn’t exist. He's the product of a top secret government project to create the ultimate super solider. … [Read more...]