I’m So Anti, Crisis Don’t Matter
By the absurdly slim margin of 51.7% over 48.3%, it has been decided that I should finish reading Crisis on Infinite Earths. Hooray for me. For those who voted for me to move on, thanks for trying....
View ArticleWonder Woman’s Wardrobe Malfunction
Messing with a classic is ballsy, but doing so successfully requires finesse. Do it right, and you get something like the “Star Trek” movie reboot. Misstep, and you’ve got New Coke. It is not for the...
View ArticleIn Comics, Only the Good Die Young
Nimue does not take kindly to impending doom. As with so many other things that are artistically awesome, they come to an end long before they should. Over at Bleeding Cool, rumor has it that Madame...
View ArticleIntegrity Fail
So I’ve been stewing on something for a few days now. At first I was all Benefit of the Doubt Girl, but the more I’ve thought about it, the more it bugs me. Of course, it is something I have zero...
View ArticleLights, Camera, Wondy!
If only. There’s some great work being done on television, and there are a number of shows I’d watch gladly before forking over $10 for a paint-by-numbers blockbuster. The big screen isn’t always...
View ArticleThe Tyranny of Crisis
Yeah. I feel your pain, bro. Some of you may recall that a while back, I did a poll asking whether or not I should finish reading Crisis on Infinite Earths. At the time, I wasn’t enjoying the book, but...
View ArticlePull List Pomposity
Your pull list is an embarrassment. Every community, from LARPers to knitting circles, has its version of the hipster. If you think about it, comics are particularly fertile ground for these creatures,...
View ArticleA Word About Diversity
A character, not a "statement" By now, you’ve probably seen Gail Simone’s fierce, utterly awesome rebuttal to an aspiring comic book writer who said, essentially, that characters should not be forced...
View Article‘Fan’ Misogyny
One of the beautiful things about the Internet is that it gives comics artists, writers, and readers a way to share their work and ideas with the world instantly. Pardon me while I hoist my cane, but I...
View ArticleBella Swan, Kristen Stewart and the Twi-Hater Nation: Part 1
Breaking Dawn, Part 2 opens Nov. 16, and if the past is any indication, the hipster, armchair critics are already crafting withering tweets and curating the Internet’s finest Twilight-bashing content...
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