Along with many other Star Wars fans, I was excited by the recent announcement that Disney Plus has ordered an animated spin-off series of Star Wars: The Clone Wars focusing on the exploits of Clone Force 99 – a.k.a. “The Bad Batch.” I thoroughly enjoyed the four-episode arc featuring this special-ops team of divergent clones […]
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The Finnian Series continues with Issue 4! Below is a small preview of the artwork in our next issue, featuring the talents of Michael LaVoy and Jay David Ramos, an active artist with Marvel/DC Comics. –> Buy the first three issues of the Finnian Series here!! We will be slowly revealing more artwork in the
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DC Comics remains one of the most popular brands of entertainment, with its iconic superheroes, such as Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman. Surprisingly, over the years much Christian symbolism has found its way inside DC Comics stories, including many of their latest movies. Whether intentional or not, truth, beauty and goodness is on display and
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The next issue in the Finnian Series is quickly approaching!! This issue will again feature the artistic talents of Michael LaVoy, while also adding the coloring expertise of Jay David Ramos, an active artist with Marvel & DC Comics! Below is a brief synopsis of the upcoming issue. More information, including a preview of the
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Forty days after His Resurrection, in the presence of His disciples, Our Blessed Lord ascended bodily into Heaven. All the Synoptic Gospels record this event, but the best known account comes from the beginning of the Acts of the Apostles: “And when He had said this, as they were looking on, He was lifted up,
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Steven Spielberg’s film adaptation of Jurassic Park has gone down in celebratory film history as have its Velociraptors in infamy. Behind Spielberg’s cinematic success is a novel that’s just as riveting and meaningful. Conceptualized and penned by Michael Crichton, a medical doctor who graduated from Harvard, Jurassic Park is an engrossing, fast-paced read with several
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Warrior Nun, one of Netflix’s most recent comics-based installments, is about a girl named Ava who, after growing up a quadriplegic as a result of a tragic car accident which killed her parents when she was young, dies (for reasons revealed later on in the show). Despite this, however, she is brought back to life
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No other superhero has as impressive and extensive of a villain’s gallery as Batman. Throughout the years, the Dark Knight has battled sociopaths (The Joker, Zsasz), assassins (Deathstroke, Deadshot), mystics (Ra’s Al Ghul), villains relying on technology (Firefly, Mr. Freeze), the superstrong (Bane, Killer Kroc) and the supersmart (Two-Face, The Calculator). Batman has fought every
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Editor’s Note: This is the second in a series of articles on the Christian symbolism found in the book “Dune” by author Frank Herbert, in preparation for the upcoming film “Dune” directed by Denis Villeneuve. Click here for the first article. Did you know Frank Herbert’s Dune has, not just a type of Virgin Mary, but
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It is generally accepted that Superman is a Christ figure. Kal-El was sent by his father, from the heavens, to Earth, where he displays superhuman powers. He uses these powers to save people and fight evil. While this salvation is from physical danger, more recent adaptations, particularly the television Smallville and the film Man of
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