The Avengers: The Origin Story of Louisiana’s Mightiest Heroes
These days, an Avengers product would be top of the line. However, back in the mid-90s, the Avengers were decidedly second-class.
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With Great Power Comes….Great Greed and Exploitation?
Seeing the reports about the disagreement between Sony and Disney when it comes to who owns Spider-Man has left me feeling indifferent.
Avengers: Infinity War Shatters Box Office Record
Avengers: Infinity War came with a lot of hype and buzz, and delivered a record box office, eclipsing the previous record for worldwide opening by a staggering $100M.
The Defenders Is Thoroughly Ehh
Netflix’s and Marvel’s The Defenders is underwhelming, underpowered, and unimpressive. And yet, it might one day not be.
It’s Their Universe, Not Ours
Shared Universes are a recommendation algorithm and a sequel factory and our enjoyment or lack thereof doesn’t really factor in.
“Captain America: Civil War” Movie Review
A good time at the movies, “Civil War” doesn’t take enough risks to be a great one.
Driving Blind: Foucault, Nietzsche, and Dotcom
It’s graduation season, so cue one of the best commencement speeches of them all: DFW’s Kenyon college address has been made into a short movie.
Iron Man 3: One Big Joke
Tony Stark suffers from PTSD, Pepper Pots is mad because he bought her a giant stuffed rabbit for Christmas, and an enigmatic terrorist called the Mandarin is taking responsibility for supposed suicide bombings in...
Go Support Your Local Comic Book Shop–It’s Free Comic Book Day!
The first Saturday of every May comic book publishers prepare several special issues to be given away at stores all over the country for free. You walk into the store (you can locate yours...
The Future of Digital Comics According to SXSW 2013
At various times during the past 24 hours I’ve tried to log in to ComiXology on my tablet with no success. That was, of course, because of a recent announcement Marvel made at SXSW....
How The Avengers Succeeds
“They’re a mash-up; they’re insane,” Whedon says. “But the beauty of that is as exciting as the problem of that is daunting.” Marvel’s The Avengers is an impressive monster. A juggernaut at the box...
