By Dave Marston
Only about 100 people live in Somerset in Western Colorado, a former coal company town squeezed into a narrow valley. A state highway and railroad tracks crowd on one side, the North Fork of the Gunnison River on the other.
Some say thereâs charm in the townâs narrow streets and funky houses with affordable rent. Whatâs more, thereâs no government except for a water district, though thatâs what a recent controversy is all about.
For over a century, Somerset has been dominated by a parade of big money interests, from Kaiser Steel to US Steel and now by billionaire Bill Koch, younger brother to the Koch brothers, known for financing far right politics.
Image: Steve McNiven/Marvel Comics
At some point between
and Return of the Jedi, the bounty hunter Boba Fett has a very bad day. When he loses his bounty, the carbonite-encased Han Solo, a mercenary war erupts throughout the galaxy in the most epic event Marvel
Star Wars comics have yet attempted.
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Star Wars title and past writer of the likes of
Darth Vader is the mastermind behind the event. He’ll also write the
War of the Bounty Hunters comic, which will focus on Boba Fett as he seeks to reclaim his prize after it’s somehow stolen from the holds of his ship, Slave I.
Dexter Is Coming Back and the Cast Is Coming Together
Screenshot: Showtime
Dexter ended in 2013 to a dull roar of “wait, what?” So, naturally, it’s coming back with a reboot courtesy of original showrunner Clyde Phillips. Michael C. Hall will reprise his role of Dexter Morgan, a serial killer but, like,
for good, who we last saw as a lumberjack who is okay, who sleeps all night and who works all day.
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Clancy Brown has been announced as the rebooted series’ villain, and this week we learned of two more actors joining the murder party.
Couples who kill together Fred and Rosemary West, Karla Homolka and Paul Bernardo, David and…Read more
"All-New Halloween Spooktacular", the sixth episode of WandaVision, has a lot to deal with but a quiet moment between Scarlet Witch and the Vision marks a devastatingly powerful parallel to their comics relationship, leaving the couple changed forever.