Paco Taylor
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Pop culture archaeologist. Content creator. Word nerd. Blogger. Fluent in geek speak.
Stories (19/0)
9 Reasons Why Spider-Gwen #0 Isn't Hardly Worth the Super High Prices it's Fetching on eBay
If I hadn’t seen the sold listings with my own eyes, True Believers, I really wouldn’t have believed it. But innocent noobs on eBay have been lining themselves up to get fleeced on second prints of Spider-Gwen #0, a comic book released by Marvel in January, 2016.
By Paco Taylor2 years ago in Geeks
Super Smash Covers: 72 Times Comic Book Logos Got Absolutely Demolished
Every now and again in cool comic book fan communities on the web, like the aptly named (and popular) Comic Book Collecting on Facebook, a savvy comics aficionado will invite their fellow nerds, geeks and comic book freaks to share examples of favorite books that feature the masthead logo being smashed, mushed or mangled.
By Paco Taylor2 years ago in Geeks
Bruce Lee Could Have Mopped the Floor with Somebody Like Tarantino, but Not Muhammad Ali
Okay, the suggestion that Bruce Lee could mop the floor with a guy like Tarantino is conjecture, of course. But it’s not something that a sane person would doubt. On TV shows, in his films, and in the lessons shared with those who studied under him when he was alive, Bruce Lee executed some of the most dynamic displays of martial arts mastery ever witnessed.
By Paco Taylor3 years ago in Geeks
Master of Quack Fu: Remembering 1970s Martial Arts Mania & Count Dante with 'Howard the Duck #3'
For anybody who collects comics that fondly recalls the martial arts movie mania of the 1970s, one of the forgotten gems of the era is Howard the Duck #3. Boasting a spine-tingling tale entitled "Four Fingers of Death," this issue was written by Steve Gerber and illustrated by John Buscema. It punched its way into the hands of readers in the spring of 1976.
By Paco Taylor3 years ago in Geeks
10 Telling Details from ‘Ghost In The Shell’ Comics that Reveal Motoko Was Actually Whitewashed
In the acclaimed 2003 film Lost in Translation (stick with me here), Bill Murray plays Bob Harris, a lonely, middle-aged actor who’s traveled to Japan to star in a Suntory brand whiskey ad campaign. During his trip, he meets and develops a semi-intimate relationship with Charlotte (Scarlett Johansson), a directionless, twenty-something American newlywed meandering towards an incredibly early pre-midlife crisis.
By Paco Taylor3 years ago in Geeks
Actually, Stan Lee Didn’t Base Marvel’s Prof. X & Magneto on Malcolm X & Martin Luther King Jr.
Despite what a legion of now grown-up X-Men cartoon and comics fans of the early 1990s have come to believe (and what Screen Rant erroneously claimed as a “verified” fact), Stan Lee, the co-creator of Marvel’s Uncanny X-Men, didn’t base the creation of Professor Charles Xavier and Magneto on Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X.
By Paco Taylor3 years ago in Geeks
Does 'Teen Titans Special #1' Actually Feature the 1st Appearance of DC Superhero Crush?
With all the hubbub over DC Comics’ newest sensation Naomi taking up so much of the nerdversations® on Facebook, Twitter, and elsewhere over the last couple of months, it’s been super easy to forget how much of an impact newish Teen Titans member Crush had previously been having on the minds of both comic book collectors and retailers.
By Paco Taylor3 years ago in Geeks
Dawson's Geek: 13 Reasons Why Rosario Dawson Is Queen of The Nerdiverse
In a shade-filled tweet by a fan that promptly went viral in the fall of 2017, Rosario Dawson's Marvel TV character Claire Temple is referred to lovingly as one of "the four Defenders." And it's a positioning that's well deserved. (Sorry, Iron Fist.)
By Paco Taylor5 years ago in Geeks
Baby Got Buns: Paying 'Fitting' Tribute to the Comic Book Movie Poster Butt Pose
"Oh my god, Becky, look at her butt!" exclaims an awestruck blonde to her BFF in the opening of Sir-Mix-A-Lot's 1992 hit song, "Baby Got Back." Over the course of the wiggle-inducing track, the rapper from Seattle waxes poetic on the endless allure of the "bootay," producing what has ultimately become one of the most popular and enduring rump shakers in the known universe. Perhaps it was only by cosmic coincidence that May 2017 — which marked the 25th anniversary of Sir Mix-A-Lot's still remarkably popular song — also saw the theatrical release of the Marvel Studios film Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2. Though one might seemingly have nothing at all to do with the other, a promotional image for Guardians 2 somehow brings Sir Mix-A-Lot's song to mind. The image to which I'm referring is a pulse-pounding panorama that features seven members of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2's extremely colorful cast. Featured at its center, next to a stylish and heroic-looking Star Lord (Chris Pratt) is the green-skinned and gorgeous Gamora (Zoe Saldana), with her little leather-clad buns turned tantalizingly toward the viewer.
By Paco Taylor5 years ago in Geeks
12 Reasons Why Samuel L. Jackson Is A Geek God
When it comes to someone of Samuel L. Jackson's immense stature in American pop culture, I should probably be saying "the" geek god, not "a" geek god. Seriously. Don't let this man's fear-inducing yells, those uber menacing facial expressions or the embroidered, 70s-style "Bad Mother$#&@er" wallet fool you. Samuel L. Jackson's geek cred is staggering. As an only child growing up, Sam was a devout comic book reader. Invincible Iron Man and Nick Fury and His Howling Commandos were among his many favorites. Go figure, right? But his appreciation for the medium didn't fade when he grew up to become one of the world's most famous film stars. Heck no! Even at the height of his fame, Jackson could still be found visiting his friendly neighborhood comic shop to browse the eye-grabbing goodies. With his roles as the Jedi Knight Mace Windu in the StarWars prequel trilogy and as Colonel Nick Fury in films and TV shows set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Jackson has also become quite the familiar face on the comic book rack as well. From titles like Star Wars: Jedi and The Ultimates to Ultimate Spider-man and his own 2010 comic book ColdSpace, his distinctive mug has the comics medium covered.
By Paco Taylor5 years ago in Geeks
