http://www.cityweekly.net/utah/articles.sec-8504-1-big-shiny-robot_.html By Bryan Young

Back in 2002, I owned and operated a small Utah comic-book store, and I was asked by the distributor from which I received my comics if I’d be interested in participating in the first-ever Free Comic Book Day.]]> By Bryan Young

If you haven’t read a comic book written by Brian K. Vaughan, you’re doing it wrong.]]> By Bryan Young

I’m a curmudgeonly old man who frequently wishes that the kids would get off of his lawn, and I come from a different era of video-gaming ...]]> By Bryan Young

For anyone who has been following this space, or my ramblings online, you’ll know that I’m of the opinion that Star Wars: The Clone Wars is—well, was—one of the best shows on television.]]> By Bryan Young

If you head to your local comic-book store to pick up the latest issue of DC Comics’ Justice League of America, you won’t be blamed for doing a double take.]]> By Bryan Young

“Look! Up in the sky! It’s a bird! It’s a plane! No! It’s a homophobe!”]]> By Bryan Young

As a young lad, I read every book I could get my grubby little hands on. I blew through The Hardy Boys books in first grade, and graduated to Sherlock Holmes by the second.]]> By Bryan Young

In the wake of recent shootings, a group in Connecticut decided that they wanted to hand out $25 gift cards to residents so they could buy up violent video games and bring them to a good old-fashioned video-game burning.]]> By Bryan Young

As the intrepid Captain James T. Kirk from Star Trek, William Shatner has visited different planets across the galaxy. As himself over the years, he’s lived on one of his own.]]> By Bryan Young

How many times have you made New Year’s resolutions that you let fizzle a month or two into the new year?]]> By Bryan Young

Hollywood loves a sure thing. They love anything that’s going to help them sell movie tickets, even if the very nature of the idea is morally and creatively bankrupt. Think about this: The movi]]> By Bryan Young

If you’re not a geek, chances are you know one—they’re ubiquitous these days. And if you know one, chances are good there’s one you’re going to have to shop for during the holiday season.]]> By Bryan Young

A couple of weeks ago, the Earth stopped spinning for a millisecond. It was the collective shock across the globe at the news that Lucasfilm had been sold in its entirety to Disney, ]]> By Bryan Young

I’m not ashamed to admit that I played a lot of pencil-and-paper role-playing games when I was in high school. I was one of those guys who pored over books full of stats and powers ...]]> By Bryan Young

For “hard-core” gamers, the Wii was a cute family system with no real gaming experiences to be had. It was a quaint little system with all the charm of a board game you’d play with Grandma.]]> By Bryan Young

We who live in Salt Lake City are fortunate enough to have one of the most gorgeous library facilities in the world. Our Salt Lake City Main Library isn’t only modern and spacious ...]]> By Bryan Young

Over the course of the past year, I have spent most of my precious little free time re-watching Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.]]> By Bryan Young

Sometimes, it’s incredibly refreshing to go to the theater to see a movie you know is great. When I heard Raiders of the Lost Ark was going to be re-released in IMAX, even if it was just for a week, I knew I’d have to be there.]]> By Bryan Young

Every now and again, it’s important to broaden your horizons and pick up a comic book. And when that time comes, I hope I’m one of the few, the happy few, the band of brothers from whom you’ll accept comics recommendations.]]> By Bryan Young

Every so often since 1999’s release of The Phantom Menace, Star Wars fans have been gathering at official Star Wars conventions called “Celebrations.”]]>