‘The Private Eye’: An Internet-Only Comic About the Post-Internet Future
At some point in the near future, society as we know it is going to collapse. The “cloud” where we store all our information is going to burst, and everything we’ve ever tried to keep hidden will be...
View Article‘The Walking Dead,’ Ten Years and One TV Show Later
A perfect confluence of timing: the season finale of The Walking Dead aired last night, on Easter Sunday (a holiday celebrating the walking dead). Furthermore, today is April Fool’s; the sight of a...
View ArticleA Once Great Show Has Been Britta’d
Community: Season 4 NBC, Thursdays at 8 PM EST After Community aired its third season finale in May 2012, it was easy to imagine a bleak future for the critically acclaimed but low-rated comedy, one in...
View Article‘Saga,’ Censorship, and the New Gatekeeper
This past Tuesday, Brian K. Vaughan released a statement entitled “APPLE vs. SAGA #12.” According to his statement, Apple had banned the latest issue of Vaughan and Fiona Staples’ series Saga from...
View ArticleAn Adventure 65 Million (and 20) Years in the Making
Jurassic Park 3D A film written by Michael Crichton and David Koepp, based on the novel by Crichton, and directed by Steven Spielberg Those moments that change your life, that define who you are or who...
View ArticleThe Darker Side of DC
There aren’t a lot of nice things to say about DC Comics these days, post-New 52. Whether it’s hiring anti-gay activist Orson Scott Card, screwing over the Siegel estate one last time during Superman’s...
View ArticleBendis’ Wall of Words or, Is a Comic Book Always a Comic Book?
If you read superhero comics, you probably have an opinion on Brian Michael Bendis. As one of the key “architects” entrusted with the future of the Marvel Universe, there are those who swear by him and...
View ArticleDylan Ain’t Dead Yet
Bob Dylan and His Band at EJ Thomas Hall in Akron, OH With opening act Dawes April 19, 2013 Bob Dylan. His name alone conjures associations of cultural and literary import; he’s not just one of the...
View ArticleNOW! That’s What I Call Marvel
There’s nothing big companies love more than giving their customers the appearance of reinvention. For a recent example, look no further than electric boogaloo Chuck E. Cheese. Of course, that is only...
View ArticleModarn, Jary, Modarn
The Apple Store An e-book by @Seinfeld2000 Remember Seinfeld, the long-running hit TV show nearly everyone considers one of the best sitcoms ever to have existed? Well, what if it was still on today,...
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