Elegy for Dad Heroes
Reading Burl Barer’s excellent book on The Saint was when I realized some characters are Dad Heroes. A dad joke is defined as the kind of joke a father would …
It’s the dawn of the Bronze Age — dress for success!
From what little I know of Archie Comics’ 1950s series Katy Keene, the eponymous protagonist was a gorgeous girl involved in much the same romantic situations as most girl characters …
What I bought, read, watched, or otherwise consumed — August 2025
As usual, I can’t promise this is short!
The premature time changer: an anti double feature
(Recycling an old post from my own blog again. This one’s from 2015, when I was working on Now and Then We Time Travel) Over the past couple of days, I …
Question of the Week: What’s the Great American* Novel?
I’m back … we’ll see if I can keep it going!