The X-Men: too much the model minority?
Chris Claremont’s handling of anti-mutant discrimination was a major part of what elevated the X-Men from second-string to A-liserst. In his hands (and others, of course), bigotry provided a source …
What I bought, read, watched, or otherwise consumed – September/October 2022
Hey, it’s been a while, but here we go!
‘Imaginary Friends’
The December rain was pattering on the pavement. George Grover sat quietly in his booth, watching the late afternoon grayness slowly change to black. He was seated right by a …
V — not just for victory!
Now that my The Aliens Are Here is finally out, I thought I’d mark the occasion by reposting a piece from my own blog about 1983’s V and what a …
Adventures of #Linktober
HELLO EVERYONE. So….. remember how I had hoped to post once or twice a month? WELL! This has been the LONGEST TWO WEEKS EVER. I kid, but really, this year …
Mars needs … Christians? Red Planet Mars
Back in the 1980s, conservatives began holding up the 1950s as a utopia. A peaceful, united nation full of happy nuclear families resembling 1950s sitcoms (mom at home, dad at …