Author Archives: Dafna Pleban

The daughter of a British professor and esteemed Egyptologist, Lillian Bowell has found ways of having her own sort of fun within the stifling properness of Victorian England.

“Runaways” No. 24 By Brian K. Vaughan and Adrian Alphona Marvel Comics 4 Paws Brian K. Vaughan and Adrian Alphona’s run on “Runaways” has finally come to an end. And despite returning to what can only be described as the “status quo” for these characters, they’ve managed to leave just enough unanswered questions for writer […]

X-Factor #15 By Peter David and Pablo Raimondi MARVEL COMICS Despite consisting only of still illustrations and dialogue bubbles, Peter David’s “X-Factor” manages to bring just the right amount of television sensibility to what could have just been yet another Marvel comic starting with “X.” A veteran writer of television, David finally seems to be […]

This Saturday, the heroes are coming to UCLA. Well, at least the man who created them. On Dec. 2, director Kevin Smith will host “Marvel: Then & Now ““ a Night with Stan Lee and Joe Quesada.” The event will benefit the Hero Initiative, a non-profit organization which raises money for comic book veterans in […]

Absolute DC: The New Frontier By Darwyn Cooke DC COMICS Darwyn Cooke, an animator on the classic cartoon “Batman: The Animated Series,” manages to bring back that sort of nostalgia ““ finely aged and tuned to perfection ““ that superhero comics today seem to be missing. Whereas Marvel is currently trying its hardest to paint […]

For students camped out in front of Ralph’s at 3 a.m. on Thursday, the waiting has been the hardest part. Clad in UCLA sweatshirts and swaddled in sleeping bags, the 30-odd group of people, many of them UCLA students, has formed a line that cannot be missed. They are there for a reason: the PlayStation […]

It’s 2 in the morning, and I’m hours past my deadline. I had no excuse; I had all the materials for the story ““ the interviews, the research and finally, the game that’s been taking over my life. World of Warcraft, commonly referred to as WoW, is a Massively Multiplayer Online Game ““ an MMORPG, […]