J.D. Salinger meant a lot of things to a lot of different people. For some, his most famous work, The Catcher in the Rye, was an anthem and a reflection of their own angst, an ode to alienation in a confusing, inauthentic world. For others, it was whiney and shallow, outdated squawking by a rich white boy who just needed to shut up.

Don’t be fooled by the title, this is all about Barbara Gordon, the newly minted Batgirl, a buxom red-handed spitfire.

I’m a lazy, apathetic asshole. If the alien gods from the planet Ufraton came down to me and asked me to write a tell-all story about my encounter, I would say, “Sorry man, I just popped an Ellio’s pizza in the oven, and I can’t leave that shit unattended”. But Director Roland Emmerich has found a way to inspire me to warn you about 2012…the movie.

Get this game right the fuck now. I don’t care if you rent it or buy it, because you have never played anything like it. Having said that, I liken the game to the movie adaption of Watchmen: not perfect, but the best we’re going to get given the circumstances.

2008 was a huge year for Grant Morrison. After making his start in alternative comics in his hometown of Glasgow, Scotland, he has slowly built his way up to the top of the world of comics. He’s taken the helm of Batman for two years, taking the Dark Knight to all new places…like the grave.

Last month marked Dark Horse Comics’ release of Achewood Volume 2: Worst Song, Played On Ugliest Guitar. This is the second book printed creator and illustrator Chris Onstad’s online comic strip Achewood, the first being The Great Outdoor Fight.

It’s often difficult to review a trade paperback for a series from the middle of its run. It’s hard to jump into the middle of a story with no background on the characters or any real sense of the plot development to that point.

Mitchell Hundred was once your average New Yorker. A civil engineer and DC comics reader, he was raised by a single mother and has always had questionable sexual preferences. Hundred decided to run for mayor in 2001 as a fringe candidate against the more established candidates.