How Bendis Broke the Marvel Universe (—and What I Mean by “Broke”)

PREFACE: This is another Reddit post, this time from 5/31/2021 Should I have split this up? Maybe. Probably. Sure. But I haven’t, so I guess I just need to live with that. Take comfort that there are 10 12 whole footnotes which I guess you can totally ignore if I wrote them right! For those who asked/desired that I […]

Thanos is horrendously, persistently misunderstood and mis-described

NOTE: This is actually a post I made over on Reddit ages ago (12/18/2020, for posterity), but it occurred to me it basically belongs here as well. Surprise, people who are here for movie reviews! There are two common complaints I hear of Jim Starlin’s version of his character Thanos: “He’s just fan fiction: he’s […]

“Yeah, I know my origins. God sent me here to destroy sadists who misquote the Bible.”

It’s Friday, which is not Saturday, so this is an improvement on last week, at least. Still, I’m writing movie reviews roughly daily, and I have to read these books, and I talk to people at comic shops whilst doing so, which takes up most of Wednesday, and I’m working on getting jobs (the paying kind) […]

“Who’d You Contract to Put It Together? An American?”

Getting a bit sick at this point, but I’d be lying if that explained why I’m delayed again. Rest of life interferes, as it likes to do. Ah, well. Anyway: Armor Hunters: Aftermath #1 Death of Wolverine #3 (of 4) Edge of Spider-Verse #3 (of 5) Edge of Spider-Verse #4 (of 5) Guardians 3000 #1 Loki, […]

“YES! I Came Up With That Line!”

Delays, delays–excuses would be mostly that, so I’ll spare you. Light-ish week this week… All-New Ghost Rider #7 Armor Hunters #4 (of 4) Harbinger: Omegas #2 (of 3) Magneto #10 New Warriors #10 X-O Manowar #29 All-New Ghost Rider #7 This book has been peculiar from the outset: wild, inventive Tradd Moore art, with scripting […]

“Damn. Why didn’t I respond like that?”

Wednesday this week left me bouncing between the two local shops and spending entirely too long hanging out to get back in time to read or write here. With, unfortunately, encouragement to explore the upcoming/starting event Spider-Verse. Well, I did read when I got back, then immediately passed out. So, here we are! All-New X-Factor […]

“Don’t Worry…I’ll Let the Others Know You Still Hate Us.”

And so it’s Wednesday Thursday, again! I think the weeks will all be heavy going forward, but I could be wrong. Last week, this week, next week–all of ’em are, so, I’m not sure I am wrong. In any case: Archer & Armstrong #24 Armor Hunters: Harbinger #3 (of 3) Captain Marvel #7 Hawkeye #20 Magneto #9 […]

“Aye. I Showed That Two-Bit Copycat What-Fer, Didn’t I?”

X-Cutioner’s Song. Is it a simply encapsulated indicator of everything everyone looks back and shakes their had at from the 90s? Maybe. Every issue was polybagged with a trading card, and it used all the X-team books at the time (X-Force, X-Factor, X-Men, and Uncanny X-Men) for three months. It focused heavily on Cable and Stryfe (almost-but-not-quite getting to […]

“What Kind of Laughter?” “Hysterical, Tinged with Sadness”

All righty, folks. It’s Wednesday. And this time, we’re going to see if I can hook all this up to Wednesday itself. Part of the Overarching Master Plan™, which involves devoting specific days to specific types of media. We’ll see how much I regret or fail that plan later. Anyway, heavy week–and almost all Marvel–this week, […]

“THIS Is Because I’m Not a Cop. Now, If You’re Real Quiet, I’ll Call One, and Tell Him Where to Find You…”

A few lingering titles, a few continuing titles, and some bumped off the list, but here’s my planned back-issue reading for the week: I’m still reading the Giffen/DeMatteis run of Justice Leage [_____], but I’ve passed their first cross-over (“The Teasdale Imperative”), so I guess that’s some achievement or other. The two books are shaping up […]