Is 1996 Fake, based on Sanami Matoh’s manga about a closeted gay police detective and his bisexual partner in the NYPD, the greatest comics-based movie of all time? It has murders, romance, betting, slapstick, and more romance. So, probably.
DetailsA symbol for the fight against the oligarchy of a class system which actively works to keep the poor in their proper place, and the rich in power.
DetailsWhy did Silk fall flat for me before, but in Greg Pak & Nico Leon’s Agents of Atlas she is a complete and engaging human being?
DetailsOn the eve of the first MCU TV series “WandaVision” let’s get caught up on Vision and Wanda Maximoff!
DetailsBisexuality, asexuality, gender nonconforming in Archie comics without even looking. Betty and Veronica, Jughead, Archie, and the phantasmal nature of sexuality, gender, and social anticipation.
DetailsBut, there is a certain simplicity to the shows I grew up on. These shows had a magic all their own, even though they were corny, with terrible special effects and laughable plotlines, they still helped mold me into the person I am today (I am definitely Corny).
DetailsThe character is one of the first masked Vigilantes with dual identities and is the precursor to our modern day superheroes.
DetailsWalt Simonson’s The Judas Coin, with Lovern Kindzierski & John Workman is a rollickin’ trip through DCU history and future with solemn gladiators, viking princes, ex-slave pirates, good-time gamblers, horribly scarred thieves, and smiling green-skinned aliens.
DetailsA look back at the Good, The Bad and the In Between of 2020
DetailsPatty Jenkins’ Wonder Woman 1984 has debuted! Buffeted by real world politics, 1980s nostalgia & a release schedule controlled by an international pandemic, I have some thoughts about it.
DetailsTalia al Ghul is a master criminal, a lethal genius, a great love & opponent of the Batman. She has toppled empires and presidents & for a brief moment owned the Earth. How do orientalism, sexism & classism make her so powerful & so hard for readers to grapple with?
DetailsA Christmas Carol (1938 Reginald Owen)
We do not see a sick boy feeling sorry for himself because he cannot slide on the ice, but we see a boy who is enjoying watching his brothers have fun! This is in direct contrast to Scrooge, who enjoys nothing, but has everything.
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