Sentences with phrase «good comic»

The delivery was largely very slick, and Mann appears to have had some coaching in this regard, because there were some amusing one - liners and some good comic timing.

Instead, I think I'll play it again, like a good comic book or well - worn VHS.

But what about the good comic book games?

There are teenagers who perfectly fit the stereotypical image that the media loves so much of comic - book fans, little kids who love anime, young boys and girls out with their confused parents, cosplaying parents out with their confused children, entire families dressed up as the cast of Firefly or as Star Wars characters,, bemused grandparents being lead around with a smile on their face that suggests while they are a little baffled by the entire thing they're having a good time, middle - aged men and women who look like they've just come straight from work and enjoy a good comic and every other type of human in - between.

* No good comic stores = a very superhero - heavy list.

I know a lot of people dismiss this webcomic as dumb or silly, but it's actually a very good comic.

I'm from Toronto, even in the early 2000s the libraries had pretty good comic collections.

Give a child a good comic book and he'll be hooked on reading, forever.

Cramming 30 panels into two pages normally is not good comic - creating practice, but every panel is worth its weight, slowing down the scene and amping up the tension for the exciting splash on the next page.

Novels dealing with painful subjects in a serious fashion might get more awards (not to mention nods from Oprah) but seriously good comic novels are much more rare.

It's still a good comic, though, with a roster of mischievous characters who dedicate a lot of energy to causing trouble.

So far, The Phoenix has only been available in print in a single supermarket chain in the UK, so I haven't been able to read it yet, but by all accounts it is an extraordinarily good comic with a talented stable of creators.

Dark Horse is just a consistently good comic publisher with lots of quality but again nothing that's a massive hit.

But, he adds, «it reads like a good comic book, which is more than enough reason to keep an eye out for the next entry in the series.»

What we're left with is a film that has some good comic moments but also dull stretches in which viewers may find themselves checking out or unexpectedly fighting fatigue.

Those who have not seen X-Men, however, needn't worry about being lost, for like any good comic one is able to catch up — and be swept up — relatively quickly.

While I love a good comic - book or superhero movie as much as the next, I wouldn't consider myself a so - called «geek» when it comes...

For every good comic book movie, whether from Warner Brothers or Sony or Fox or Marvel Studios, there always seems to be a film like The Amazing Spider - Man 2 waiting in the wings.

LeGros slowly transforms his character from dunderhead to calculating killer, and he makes a good comic foil for Walken.

; and John Michael Higgins and Elizabeth Banks punctuate the film to good comic effect as a pair of so - serious - they're - funny competition commentators.

Watching Iron Man feels like reading a good comic.

Easily missed among these other more successful action films, Dredd was a shockingly good comic book movie, and one deserving of far more praise and attention than it received.

It's a hairball hocked on an undeserving public who, after seeing just how good comic book movies can be in Spider - Man and X-Men, are just too savvy to be spoon - fed dross like this and like it.

Considering a majority of the good comic book properties have been gobbled - up other studios have been looking to video games and anime / manga for franchise potential.

I remember seeing this movie when it first came out and, though I haven't watched it in quite some time, I remember it being a perfectly good comic book movie.

Directed by frequent Tim Burton collaborator and «Nightmare Before Christmas» helmer Henry Selick, «Monkeybone» is a real visual treat that serves as an equally good comic adaptation as it does a comedic extravaganza in its own right.

Banshee's Adam Targum is serving as showrunner, and the project is said to be targeted towards «cable networks and streaming services,» two other entities that can't resist a good comic book adaptation.

Theroux and Deschanel, however, make an unexpectedly good comic team: Instead of behaving like a dark lord and his virginal captive, they bicker like grade - schoolers.

The Rundown showed off his skills as an editor and conceptual planner when it came to balancing action and humor, so much so that a bland plot came to life with good comic timing and creative casting.

Jada Pinkett Smith gives a good comic performance as Gloria the Hippo.

This part is mostly played for humor, Peet and Zissis have a good comic rapport and the show seems to be edging closer to them becoming an item.

He's a very good comic actor, but he's not a comedian, so without anything funny to say, this is a creative DOA from inception.

But Rauch has good comic timing, Thomas Middleditch (Silicon Valley) is a likable love interest, and there's a sex scene here that's almost hilarious enough to compensate for everything that doesn't work.

Chow displays some surprisingly good comic delivery, though Scott looks totally out - of - his - depth whenever asked to do anything more than make sarcastic remarks and occasionally raise an eyebrow.

Playing to his strengths, star and co-writer Will Ferrell reaps many good comic moments early on in Adam Mckay's feature to compensate for a sluggish second half.

Re-title it «The Bong Identity;» an over the top, silly grind - house - level violent spy - spoof, played very earnestly by Eisenberg and Stewart to surprisingly good comic effect.

Good special effects, Theron giving a show, a good comic relief, more importance to women in fairy tales (as heroines).

The characters are great, and they play their roles great in the film with good comic timing.

There are some truly good comic ideas sprinkled throughout the film — the problem is, they're surrounded by a lot of filler, including some very uninspired road - trip hijinks.

While certainly a good comic book hero gaming adventure, Spider - Man: Edge of Time is just too formulaic and too relatively brief to be anything but middling when compared to the past of Spider - Man gaming titles.

In this insightful post, James Clear reveals the once - daily productivity trick the king of sitcom comedy leveraged to become a better comic, maybe even the funniest of his time.

«The Dark Knight» is far and away one of the best comic book adaptations of all time.

More than one thousand produce professionals posed in front of a green screen, donning their best comic book character impressions.

Best Comic Writer #MNBlogAwards 16.

We hope to bring the best comic book based podcast network in the podcast world.

Sure to delight X-fans everywhere and thrill action - lovers all around, this movie is most likely the best comic - to - film adaptation produced yet, despite a few changes made for the sake of creating an original story.

Especially when some of North America's best comics descend all at once upon this humble city each spring.

As we gear - up for a super-charged summer, take a look back at some of the all - time best comic book adaptations.

Let's begin with a recap of Iron Man 1, not so much the plot (a man puts on an iron suit and beats the bad guys) as what it was that made it so successful, widely considered one of the best comic book adaptations ever.

Actually, Tom Middleditch (best known for «Silicon Valley,» which I DO watch) has the best comic moments.