Neil Gaiman’s debut graphic novel featured stunning art by Dave McKean. Winner of the 1988 Mekon Award for “Best British Work” Nominated for the 1992...
Star Trek III: The Search For Spock | LASER BRAINS #7
I choose the danger. Returning writer Harve Bennett is joined by director Leonard Nimoy for a middling chapter in the Star Trek movie series. William Shatner, DeForest...
The Crow (1994) | TAPED CRUSADERS #41
Goddamn creatures of the night. They never learn. Brandon Lee’s ill-fated turn as James O’Barr’s supernatural hero is reviewed by your favourite...
Back To The Future | LASER BRAINS #6
What happens to us in the future? Do we become a$$h0les or something? Bob Gale and Robert Zemeckis present the biggest box-office hit of 1985, a beloved classic with a...
Zoids by Grant Morrison (Pt. 1) | UK CORRAL #2
A long-forgotten toy from 1986 is adapted into a surprisingly good comic. Reviewing stories from Spider-Man & Zoids #18, #19, #30, #31, #36, and #37, Grant Morrison...
Lois & Clark | TAPED CRUSADERS #40
Deborah Joy Levine adapts Superman for a prime-time audience Starring Teri Hatcher as Lois Lane and Dean Cain as Clark Kent/Superman. Reviewing the 90-minute pilot...
Doctor Who by Alan Moore | UK CORRAL #1
The Syndicate’s NEW video podcast begins here! Before his groundbreaking work on Miracleman, Swamp Thing and Watchmen, Alan Moore was a working professional for...
The Human Target (1992) | TAPED CRUSADERS #39
Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, The Flash…The Human Target? DC Comics’ 758th most popular character was the 5th one to get his own TV show. Danny Bilson and...
Four mysterious genesises! Secret Origins #10 defied convention by presenting four drastically different origins for one character. Your pals at SLAM! are here to review...
Attack of the Clones | LASER BRAINS #5
This is such a drag. George Lucas and Jonathan Hales try so hard to compensate for the critical failure of the Star Wars – Episode 1: The Phantom Menace, that they...
Batman Returns | TAPED CRUSADERS #38
The liberation of Gotham has begun! Screenwriter Daniel Waters joins Tim Burton for his second Batman feature film, and the results are…confusing. Starring Michael...
The DC Multiverse is destroyed forever! The greatest cross-over event in superhero comics history, or a convoluted mess that ruined everything that made DC Comics great...
Quasar Gets Knocked Up | Quasar Qua-Nology #27
The return of the New Universe! Quasar gets knocked up, then visits the worlds of What If — ?, then finds himself in the remnants of Jim Shooter’s last...
The only foolish questions are unasked ones. The film that introduced manga to the mainstream in the Western world: Katsuhiro Ôtomo’s AKIRA is a defining film in...