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January 2, 2021
My Movie Log of 2020!
I don't know why it was that I decided to keep track of all the movies I watched--or at least, completed--in 2020, but it was fun to look back over the year and see what I caught up with.
Some I watched more than once; I know Knives Out included a commentary track screening.
There were only 3 theatrical movies (and only one was new--the others were a part of MST3K live!)
Ii also caught up with 6 movies for the Friendly Neighborhood Webhead Podcast.
And there might've been more if I hadn't fallen down the rabbit hole of rewatching TV series (TNG, Psych) or straight catching new shows (Mandalorian, Lower Decks, Picard.)
Okay, all that aside the list is after the break!
The Thin Man Goes Home -- always good to start the year out with a Thin Man movie; I did so in 2021 as well!
The Big Sleep
The Real McCoy
Out of Sight
Wedding Daze
Master & Commander: The Far Side of the World
Chaplin
The Couch Trip
Aladdin (2019)
Grosse Pointe Blank
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
Newlyweds
Metro
Fitzgerald Family Christmas
Sidewalks of New York
National Treasure: Book of Secrets
Beautiful Girls
Mean Streets
Teen Titans Go! to The Movies
Godzilla: King of the Monsters
Sky High
Backdraft
The Third Man
Timecop
Head Over Heels
Alita: Battle Angel
The Gentlemen -- The only new film I saw theatrically!
Serendipity
Desperado
America's Sweethearts
Outland
For Love of the Game
The Babe
Mystery Men
Seventh Son
Three to Tango
A Good Year
What's Your Number
Highlander: Final Dimension
Jojo Rabbit
Knives Out
No Retreat, No Surrender -- Part of MST3K live!
Circus of Horrors -- Also MST3K live!
Hackers
Dragonslayer
Back in the Day
Spenser Confidential
Playing it Cool -- The first movie I saw when stay at home order officially started.
Captain America: The First Avenger
The Avengers
When Harry Met Sally
Earth Girls Are Easy
Star Trek: First Contact
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
Never Surrender: A Galaxy Quest Documentary
Snatch
Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance
Captain Blood
Spider-Man
Romancing the Stone
Macao
BASEketball
Bachelor Party
Night Shift
That Thing You Do!
Just Go With It
Death of Stalin
Spider-Man 2
Woman of Straw
7 Faces of Dr. Lao
Hitch
Gorky Park
Topkapi
Mr. & Mrs. Smith (1941)
Lady in the Lake
The Dirty Dozen
X-Men: First Class
Vibes
Godzilla, Mothra, King Ghidorah: All Out Monster Attack
Funeral in Berlin
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skulls
Chasers
Takers
Artemis Fowl
Fools Rush In
Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl
Entrapment
Pacific Rim
Groomsmen
Spider-Man 3
Predator
Hamilton
Patriot
A Mighty Wind
Pump Up The Volume
Psych 2: Lassie Come Home
So I Married An Axe Murderer
Ronin
Moneyball
Rocketeer
Batman: Mask of the Phantasm
The Amazing Spider-Man
Hustlers
X-Men
The Great Dictator
Ratatouille -- I actually saw this at a drive-in!
Drop Zone
Bad Boys For Life
Elizabeth
Real Genius
Bill & Ted Face the Music
Get on Up
Men in Black II
Kuffs
Jaws 2
Lake Placid
The Mummy Returns
The Brothers Bloom
Heist (2001)
Quantum of Solace
The Amazing Spider-Man 2
Enola Holmes
Bewitched
Sleepy Hollow
The Addams Family
Hubie Halloween
Deep Blue Sea
Teen Titans Go! vs Teen Titans
Point Break
Godzilla
The Rock
Harper
Knives Out -- commentary watch
The Wolf Man -- the original
Tremors: Shrieker Island
The Big Circus
My Favorite Year
Ocean's Twelve
Ocean's Thirteen
Back to School
The Golden Child
Belushi
Godzilla: Final Wars
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Police Academy
AVP: Alien vs Predator
Mank
Bell Book and Candle
The Apartment
Miller's Crossing
The January Man
7th Voyage of Sinbad
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
Monster Zero (aka Invasion of Astro Monster)
The Double Man
It's A Wonderful Life
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
The Bishop's Wife
The Shop Around The Corner
Batman Returns
Merry Christmas, Mister Lawrence
The Christmas Chronicles
Major League II
King Kong -- Original!
The Losers
Tootsie
Volcano
Firestorm
I Married A Witch
Kull the Conqueror
December 30, 2020
The Down Side Repository!
December 25, 2020
Merry Christmas
2020 has been a year. But we're almost done, and the light's starting to show at the end of the tunnel.
But even so, like I said, it's been a YEAR.
This Christmas comic I did for a friend pretty much sums it up.
Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, and may 2021 bring safety, sanity, and no more depressed spirits.
December 3, 2020
NEW MINISERIES: GODZILLA!
The news is out!
Dan Schoening, Luis Antonio Delgado and I are reteaming for a 5 issue miniseries based on Godzilla (and who knows, maybe more if it goes well!)
The book, aimed square at middle-grade readers, is coming out starting in April 2021.
Can't wait to share more with you as I can -- meanwhile, here's a peek at a piece Dan did with our cast and the King of the Monsters!
November 21, 2020
PRE-ORDER BEAST WARS #1 NOW!
February is the date YOU need to know, Beast Wars fans! That's when artist Josh Burcham and I kick off the new Beast Wars series with 30 pages of story!
Maximals! Predacons! New characters! Old characters! Time travel! Action! Adventure! Humor! It's all here!!!!
And you can preorder NOW from your comic shop of choice, be it brick and mortar or virtual.
The Diamond previews code is DEC200412!
BEAST WARS! BE THERE!
October 9, 2020
NEW NEWSLETTER
I just posted a NEW NEWSLETTER!
Have you signed up? You should! I only put one together when I have something to say so it's monthly AT BEST (and yearly at worst?)
In this short edition you'll see...
New projects I'm working on!Recommendations of things to read!An exclusive comic strip that has only been seen by Patreon supporters up to this point!It's all free, and again, it's not gonna overflow your inbox.Sign up for Erik's Newsletter HERE!
TRANSFORMERS: BEAST WARS
The next thing on my plate is a new Beast Wars series with artist Josh Burcham!
It's coming your way in 2021 and all the details are at the link below!
Art by Josh Burcham
June 29, 2020
The Down Side is BACK!
(The title was in homage to Mel Brooks -- quoting Spaceballs -- and not Gary Larson, but I'm certainly not above raising the Far Side in tribute.)
Anyways, the strip was basically a sitcom about the residents of an apartment complex. I may bring that concept back to the fore, but for now, The Down Side is mostly whatever silly joke pops into my head at the time I sit down to draw. (Though the Saint brothers have popped up in a few strips already...)
The reboot of the comic came back in December, when I started to do 2 comics a week over at my Patreon page ( http://www.patreon.com/erikburnham ) just to have some ready content available... and the other day I finally decided to get going on my plans to share them with non-patrons, too!
The strips will be a month or so behind Patreon, but you can read them for free over on twitter at:
http://www.twitter.com/DownSideComics
Follow!
Like!
Share!
And thank you for all of it.
--Erik.
May 9, 2020
Introducing the Friendly Neighborhood Webhead Podcast
One of those things is a new (limited maxi-series) podcast with my friend Ethan Colchamiro. We're calling it the Friendly Neighborhood Webhead Podcast, and yes, it's about Spider-Man.
Specifically, in each episode, we discuss a 30 minute block of the movie before switching to a comics topic. Two episodes have been released (and should be available wherever you find your podcasts) with more ready and waiting.
Episodes 1-4, all completed, focus on the first Spider-Man film by Sam Raimi.
Please join us!
Follow us on twitter @webheadpodcast
Email us at cinemaspidey AT mail DOT COM.
And subscribe to us anywhere you get a podcast! You can check us out at our dedicated Anchor page!
We'd love to hear from you as we grow!
January 9, 2020
Two New Miniseries Starting This Month!
Happy New Year!
I've been a busy fella lately, keeping up with my Patreon (at www.patreon.com/erikburnham), where I've had new comic strips and panels up every Tuesday and Thursday, as well as scripts and other content.
I've also been busy working on two new comics, both debuting this month, and you'll see more after the jump!
First, GHOSTBUSTERS: YEAR ONE from IDW. In honor of the new film - Ghostbusters: Afterlife - Dan Schoening, Luis Antonio Delgado, and me, well... we're doing a series set in the very earliest days of the Ghostbusters' story.
Obviously, I know in-universe the Ghostbusters weren't in business for a year by the time Gozer arrived, but it's an appropriate title, isn't it?
The miniseries features a writer -- a ghost writer? -- named Rebecca Morales who is interviewing the team for a book done to capitalize on interest after their battle with the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man.
Issue One features Winston Zeddemore's first bust after being hired on by the company.
Issue Two focuses on Ray Stantz, and the Ghostbusters' return to the New York Public Library to finish their business with the Librarian.
Issue Three shows the Ghostbusters' call to fashionable danceclub The Rose, a story related by Peter Venkman.
and finally, Issue Four focuses on Egon Spengler and the first attempt to deposit a ghost into the containment unit.
That's four, and we hope you love them!
My OTHER series is RED SONJA: AGE OF CHAOS from Dynamite. It sends Chastity, Purgatori, Evil Ernie and more to the Hyborian Age, and puts them on a collision course with the Hyrkanian She-Devil!
Six issues for that mini.
Both start in the next few weeks.
Enjoy!
