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Review // Superheroes: The Art of Alex Ross - 5 March to 15 June, 2014 [this beautiful mural was the only thing I was allowed to shoot.] Went to this exhibition on a Tuesday and was turned away because they are opened only on Wednesday thru Sunday. It was on the website but I got confused because my calendar was GMT+8 Manila not GMT+1 Paris I skipped the scheduled afternoon tour to SACRE COUR & MONTMARTRE FUNICULAR and got dropped off near Mona Bismarck American Center for Art & Culture, paid my 7€ fee, got a free English guide and dove in. Photography was not allowed inside the exhibition except for a big mural. The guard was actually shadowing me. The exhibition is not huge by any means about 3 to 4 rooms but lot's of great art on display and I spent some time looking at the works and reading the guide for some additional insights on the works displayed. I am did not go deep into comics when I was younger, so you could say I am a casual comic book fan bu...

Spider-man needs a partner or side-kick. I prefer crime fighting partner vs side-kick tho. Marvel is rumored to be hiring Josh Brolin for Thanos as the mega-villain for their cinematic universe. This means Guardians of the Galaxy & Avengers. Both are super teams. Fox has teased a mega-villain for the X-Men super-team to go up against in their latest movie. FYI, X-Men: Days of Future Past has a post credit scene. I think Fantastic Four is also being rebooted. Yes that is a super-team as well. DC still playing catch-up but they are going in with the heavy hitters Bats & Boy Scout with a rumored Amazon in the mix. We all know the goal is the Justice League super-team Meanwhile, I think Sony is in trouble. Right now they have the "Web Head" going up against multiple villains and the formula is kinda stale. Franchise fatigue not withstanding, our favorite web slinging, trash talking super-hero has the "Sinister Six" super villain group to fight bu...

Amazing jazz artists Andrew Allen Trio have a new kickstarter. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/coverville/andrew-allen-trio-the-music-of-marvel-and-dc Throw-in a few $ to get amazing music!

  Last Saturday I accompanied Tiu and Rey [of freshmanila] to Komikon at UP’s Bahay ng Alumni. It was a small event and we only stayed for a bit. A lot of pinoy komiks aficionado…   [ Alfredo P. Alcala ’s STAR WARS comics! Too bad it wasn’t available or even there!!! Boo!] Anyway fresh sold some stuff. Tiu’s cousin was there and he got his mini Munny signed by Pol Medina Jr. [creator of Pugad Baboy]. You can contact fresh here: Blog (toy releases/breaking news): http://freshmanila.blogspot.com/ Multiply (events): http://freshmanila.multiply.com/ Webstore (duh!): http://freshmanila.com/