Songwriter Jim Steinman, best known for writing the Bat Out of Hell album for Meat Loaf, a number of hits for other singers, and a couple of musicals, died last week. He was 73 and had been ill for some time, ultimately succumbing to kidney failure. It took me a few days to figure out what to say about him. I think the best approach is to just tell my story of discovering and experiencing his work.
Back in 1968, I kept seeing ads asking “Bat Lash—Will He Save the West or Ruin It?” I had no clue who or what Bat Lash was, and no way …
Hey folks, Travis here with a quick post about some fun stuff happening tomorrow. Gerhard, the background artist of Cerebus, one of my favorite comics, is opening his vault of …
The Tripod series, John Christopher’s classic science fiction series for young adults, remains scarily relevant to our current times, despite some dated elements. I know, I know, the last time …
If you don’t think about it much, the Marvel and DC universes look like they have Christianity as their operating system. We’ve seen Heaven, often depicted with pearly gates. It …
