My strange fascination with DC’s Tomahawk
Tom Hawk — Revolutionary War scout, “Indian fighter” and “America’s favorite frontier hero” intrigues the hell out of me. Not that I have a burning urge to buy up some …
Category: Superheroes
Tom King Will Never Be a Co-Creator of Batman
So in response to a recent Twitter call for “most controversial Batman opinion,” Tom King responded that the O’Neil/Adams team, Englehart/Rogers and Frank Miller should get co-creator credit alongside Bob …
Shazam! and Why Marvel is Beating DC
I finally got around to watching Shazam! this week. Despite having been a fan of Captain Marvel since his revival in 1973, and despite liking Zachary Levi in most of the things I’ve seen him in, I wasn’t really eager to see the film version. This is mostly because DC has had no clue how to handle the character for decades. My worst fears about the film were realized.
More Missing the Point
Recently “Le Messor” had a post here about “Things Geeks Aren’t Supposed to Think,” which included comments on Watchmen; in the comments section, somebody remarked, “I think people really took the wrong lesson from Watchmen.” That got my brain going in a bit of a different direction from what they intended, and the comment I began to draft in response quickly revealed that it wanted to be a post. So here we are. Following in the wake of Greg Hatcher’s dissection of points missed in media, I find myself adding to his list.
Incarnation or ideal? Which do I love?
A passing comment in the recent round table about geek stuff got me thinking about why I keep reading Batman, even though the stories in the New 52 suck. I’ve …
What a comic geek isn’t allowed to think
There are some things you’re just not allowed to think if you’re a comic book geek. Here are some of the ones I think.
