Every new year I play this game with myself where I try for a clean page. Finish every book, game, show, podcast, movie and audio drama and reset the clock. It’s a fun game, even if I haven’t won yet. I keep track of it all on Pinterest, which is like if the Borg did …
Horizon Zero Dawn is. by some distance, one of the best video games of the century to date. Set after the world has ended and rebuilt, it’s an intensely complex and deeply moving science fiction narrative that, had next year’s Best Game Hugo been rolled out earlier, would have been the game to beat. A …
Comixology appear to be acknowledging the tragic death of Chadwick Boseman by offering essentially every Black Panther series they have for free in individual issues. Trades you still pay for but Black Panther, Shuri, Killmonger, World of Wakanda, and the rest are all free. To be clear, this absolutely will not last. To be clearer …
Magnum P.I.! Owner of one of the greatest theme tunes in history! Good shirts! Noir! Weird narrative tricks! An excellent car! The greatest moustache in television history! And now? In comics! Marc’s 100% unauthorized, glorious fan comic is crammed full of his usual humor and wit, mixed with the exact sort of off kilter humor …
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 …
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. James Bond is Doctor Who. Unkillable. Infallible. REALLY good at suits. Even if you …
This piece originally appeared as part of my weekly newsletter, The Full Lid . If you liked 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. An anthology of stories about Marvel’s female characters, staffed by Marvel’s female creators is …
This piece originally appeared as part of my BFS Award nominated weekly newsletter, The Full Lid . If you liked 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. 2019 is officially the year of the Endgame. Game of …
This piece originally appeared as part of my BFS Award nominated weekly newsletter, The Full Lid . If you liked 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.After another successful mission, Amethyst hits a sad spell. The …
Kindness and delicacy are not words you associate with Batman. But those are the two big concepts I took away from the first issue of Batman: Last Knight on Earth. Written by Scott Snyder, with art by Greg Capullo it’s already off to a great start given the epochal nature of their run on the …