Review: Mr. Stuffins #3
Release Date: 1 July 2009
Writer(s): Andrew Cosby and Johanna Stokes
Artist(s): Axel Medellin Machain
Cover(s): David Petersen, Matt Cossin
Colours: Andres Lozano and Daniela Fiore
Letterer: Johnny Lowe
Publisher: BOOM! Studios

It’s do or die time for Stuffins, and he’s going to have his hands full saving the day with Zack’s dad in tow. This teddy bear is resourceful, so I have a feeling things will turn out good for Zack and his family (this is a light-hearted comic, after all). For the baddies, it’s probably going to get messy.

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Title: Rowan of the Wood
Authors: Christine and Ethan Rose
Publisher: Dalton Publishing
Release Date: November 1, 2008

Synopsis:
Cullen Knight is a bit of a loner, a book worm, and a foster child, but he has dreams of dragons and great quests. Little does he know he’ll have his own brush with magic.  When he accidentally finds a wand in the redwood forest he walks through to go to and from school, his life is changed in ways that seem more fictional than real.  By picking up the wand, his mind and body are fused with that of the Druid Rowan.

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In this week’s episode:

00:00:16 - Episode Intro

• 00:00:26 - Celeste is about to have her remaining wisdom teeth vaporized.
• 00:01:24 - We revisit the story of the Belgian girl with 56 facial tattoos (spoiler: she’s a big fat liar).
• 00:03:04 - I’m getting excited about this year’s Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Studios.

TV Talk

• 00:06:52 - True Blood 2.03: Scratches (spoilers!)
• 00:13:46 - We talk about the upcoming TV shows that are about to start or return.

Gaming Talk

• 00:16:35 - China puts the kibosh on virtual sales for real money (here’s looking at you, gold farmers). Thanks for the tip, Hilory!
• 00:20:07 - Australia puts the kibosh on pretty much everything interesting.
• 00:27:10 - Celeste and I both are still playing through Red Faction: Guerrilla and discuss the upcoming DLC.
• 00:30:50 - We talk about the interesting way in which Fable 3’s production was accidentally confirmed.

00:33:00 - Episode Closing

You can write to us at podcast@fandomania.com.

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REVIEW: Farscape: Strange Detractors, Part 4: The Binds that Tie
Release Date: 1 July 2009
Writer(s): Rockne S. O’Bannon (story), Keith R.A. DeCandido (script)
Artist(s): Will Sliney
Cover(s): Joe Corroney, Dennis Calero
Colours: Zac Atkinson
Letterer: Ed Dukeshire
Publisher: BOOM! Studios

It’s Inner Space in Outer Space as John takes the antivirus from the Doc’s enclave back to Moya. It worked on him, so it has to work on everyone else, right? If he makes it in time, and they don’t kill him, John just might save the entire universe (again).

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Review: Muppet Robin Hood #2
Writer: Tim Beedle
Art: Armand Villavert Jr.
Colours: Mara Aum
Letters: Marshall Dillon
Editor: Paul Morrissey
Covers: David Petersen & Richard Garcia
Publishers: BOOM! Studios
Release Date: July 1st, 2009

Once again Mr. Beedle brings to life that old tale of the world’s most famous outlaw with some of the comic hilarity that comes with the Muppets.  In this second installment of the series our band of merry men is joined by the ever popular Friar Tuck, who is embodied by Fozzie the Bear, and we also meet the famous antagonist that is Prince John who had tried to hire Sir Swineman of the Sword, portrayed by Link Hogthrob, to infiltrate Robin’s gang.  This ends in disaster because Swineman is the classic dumb jock knight.

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REVIEW: Irredeemable #4
Release Date: 1 July 2009
Writer(s): Mark Waid
Artist(s): Peter Krause
Cover(s): John Cassaday and Laura Martin, Dan Panosian, Jeffrey Spokes
Colours: Andrew Dalhouse
Letterer: Ed Dukeshire
Publisher: BOOM! Studios

The Plutonian is now officially a world threat, as far as the USA is concerned. The rest of the world? Well, not so much. As usual, they don’t see eye-to-eye with the good ole US, and things get pretty ugly in a hurry. To be fair, The Plutonian is so far gone, it wouldn’t have mattered if all of humanity put aside their differences, firearms, RPGs, and whatnot, joined hands and started to sing “We Are the World”. Yeah, things are getting bad for the planet as a whole. With The Plutonian starting to set things up for something big, and the Good Guys not seeming to be able to stay alive long enough to save the day, it doesn’t look like things will get better any time soon.

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Little-known fact: for many years in my youth, I was really into dollhouse miniatures. I still hope to get back into the hobby someday, and creations like this one are exactly why. LiveJournaler obeliamedusa fell in love with the Lord of the Rings trilogy after seeing the films, and decided to make a tiny Bag End for her LOTR action figures.

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