The Mind is the Medium: Mental Illness in Pop Culture, Part 1 Richard Rosenbaum books, comics, Featured, movies April 23rd, 2013 7:00am What we talk about when we talk about fictional characters with mental illness. Read More »
Reflections on New York Comic Con 2012 Matthew Belinkie comics, culture, Featured October 16th, 2012 9:14am Cosplay like nobody’s watching. Read More »
The Dark Knight Patronizes: Democracy vs. the Prime Directive Guest Writer comics, culture, Featured, movies, politics September 26th, 2012 8:42am Rob Northrup makes the case that there Science Fiction endorses a grotesque form of elitism. Read More »
Have We Reached Peak Superhero? Mark Lee comics, Featured, movies July 31st, 2012 7:00am Have we maximized the exploitation of our finite supply of superhero movies, and are now entering a period of inexorable decline? Read More »
The Cautionary Tale of Spider-Man Guest Writer comics, Featured March 14th, 2012 7:00am Why do bad things keep happening to a good superhero? Read More »
#OccupyHeroism Think Tank comics, culture October 14th, 2011 8:00am “I am the Batman: Year 1%.” Political posters from your favorite superheroes. Read More »
X-Men: F—ing Magnetos… How Do They Work? shechner comics, Featured, humor, movies June 16th, 2011 8:48am “Master of Magnetism?” Bubbe, you’ll never get a good-paying job without a Ph.D. Read More »
Fenzel on Dragonball #5: The Passage of Time fenzel comics, TV January 10th, 2011 7:52am What don’t Dragon Ball Z and Sex and the City have in common? It’s not what you think… Read More »
The Walking Extinct fenzel comics, Featured, TV December 20th, 2010 10:00am When is a zombie not a velociraptor? Read More »
Green Skin, Red Masks: TMNT and Identity Politics in America Richard Rosenbaum comics, Featured November 2nd, 2010 7:00am Can you transform yourself to reform society? What if it’s an involuntary transformation? And what if it’s a bodacious transformation? Read More »