This piece originally appeared as part of my weekly newsletter, The Full Lid . If you like it, and want a weekly down of pop culture enthusiasm, occasional ketchup recipes and me enjoying things, then check out the archive and sign up here. My favorite Son of Krypton is back in the news. Henry Cavill has made …
Directed by David Yarovesky and written by Brian and Mark Gunn, Brightburn is the story of Tori and Kyle Breyer, a mid-west couple desperate for a baby. One falls from the sky onto the outskirts of their farm and they decide never to tell the boy his true origin, and raise him as their own. …
This is one of the most perfect pages of comics storytelling ever produced. It’s also this week’s Sunday Moment of Zen.
Clark Kent’s one of my heroes. A country boy who can sling words like (almost) no other and who’s big, articulate and at times completely unsure where to put himself or how to fit into the world. I can relate to that. Ray Charles by Chiddy Bang is one of my all time favorite songs. …
So, today, the internet is melting down because Ben Affleck has been cast as Batman in the upcoming Man of Steel sequel. Apparently this is a bad thing. Because, God forbid an Oscar winning writer, director and actor should be involved in a movie! That might make it good! Think of the children! Think of …
Clark Kent is one of my patron saints. The quarterback-sized reporter with the calm manner and the dogged refusal to back down from a story is an ideal I find very attractive, arguably far more than the whole blue suit/cape/superpowers thing. Clark’s a working journalist, a journeyman reporter. He’s Cary Grant in a good hat …
Music Past The Redline: Clark Kent and Lois Lane 75th Anniversary Special
Well the first thing I did was realize I need to keep better track of the stuff I’m doing. And then I cleaned up some admin left over from last year, and I signed with an employment agency and cooked lots of things, but that last one we’ve already covered. So, let’s take a look …
I love comics. I love them because, and often despite, of the fact that I worked as a comic retailer for seven years and still work as a comics journalist. In that time I’ve seen every side of the industry, from the boundless enthusiasm and talent of the small press to the very best and …