It’s a strange feeling to have lived through what most younglings refer to as “vintage” or “the original“. I was born in March of ’76, so I’ve lived through, and experienced, a […]
Geek Culture Through The Eyes Of A Gen Xer: A Few Words On “The Future”
An Unconventional Superman Tale: Why Kurt Busiek’s 2004 Series Is Still One of the Best
I first read Kurt Busiek’s and Stuart Immonen’s Superman: Secret Identity when it was released back in 2004 – yes, I am aware this dates me, but the longevity of my readership […]
Kneel Before Geekdom, Hasbro!
“Understand, Frodo. I would use this ring from a desire to do good….But through me, it would wield a power to great and terrible to imagine.” Social media can be a lot […]
Comikaze Expo 2015: Stories from the Belly of the Sweaty and Un-showered Beast
And so passes another year of Stan’s Comikaze extravaganza; another year of a wonderfully comic-centric convention, celebrating the medium as opposed to the Hollywood movie-machine. I figured a week or two was […]
Nightbreed: The Director’s Cut
When Clive Barker’s Nightbreed was released in February of 1990, I was but a wee lad of 14 years. To say I was “innocent” would be to spin the truth into an […]
Partake, You Must; Consume, You Will
I feel a disturbance in the Force, as if millions of bank accounts suddenly cried out in terror over the prospect of being pillaged this coming Friday; an inevitability of utmost certainty. […]
Josh Trank’s “Fantastic Four”: A Few Thoughts….
I’m sure by now you’re all well-versed in the grumblings permeating throughout the online as well as the offline community. According to popular consensus, the latest incarnation of Marvel’s First Family is […]
“Learning Curve”
I wrote this story as a result of a challenge – to his followers – from an author’s blog I read. The gent’s name is Chuck Wendig and his blog is called terribleminds. I […]
What If The U.S. Invaded Canada?
MINOR SPOILERS BELOW….. What if the U.S. invaded Canada? This here wee hypothetical is the idea driving Brian K. Vaughan’s and Steve Skroce’s latest literary endeavor, We Stand On Guard. Set in […]
Pixar Strikes Gold Again With “Inside Out”
To say Inside Out is a great film would be to grossly undersell its brilliance; it is, quite frankly, movie magic. Pixar has become the storytelling-standard by which us movie lovers judge every […]
