Ripped from the headlines? Social justice and election shenanigans in Golden Age Wonder Woman
When reading some of Wonder Woman’s earliest stories, I found that sometimes the themes were more than a little relevant to the present day.
Category: History
Of Breakfast Cereals and Cults
So I went down a rabbit-hole a while back and I ended up in a weird place. It started innocently enough, with a discussion of General Mills’ monster-themed breakfast cereals, Count Chocula, Franken Berry, and Boo Berry, but it somehow ended up with a weird Victorian-era metaphysical cult.
Twentieth Century Geopolitics and East-West Relations in the Shadow of Dr. Fu Manchu
Rereading Sax Rohmer’s Fu Manchu series the past year or so (this is a rewritten 2011 post from my own blog) has been a fascinating experience. Not always the reading. …
Successfully scratched itches, part 5: Comix
After well over forty years, I finally got around to reading one of the earliest serious histories of American comic books.
‘Hollywood’ Clumsily Rewrites History
Ryan Murphy, the creator of Glee and American Horror Story, has a new seven-episode series up on Netflix, so I gave it a look. Hollywood (co-created with Ian Brennan) turned out to be one of the more frustrating productions I’ve seen in a while. I found it so annoying, in fact, that I’m going to complain about it in detail. [Spoilers] abound.
Recommended reading: Joe Kubert’s Yossel
A book recommendation for International Holocaust Remembrance Day…
Australian Life In The Summertime
Australia is an interesting country. We love our country. “I love a sunburnt country, a land of sweeping plains.” Canberra normally has one of the best air qualities in the …