Not to front-load this review, but I’d like to start with the moral of the story: Clark Kent is Superman because it’s the right thing to do. He helps people because he likes doing it. That is all you need to know about Clark Kent, Kal-El, Superman, and why he is the way he is. [...]

Look, Brian Azzarello and the editorial staff of DC Comics. I get your desire to modernize Greek mythology in the new Wonder Woman. Poseidon as a giant fish monster and Hades as a little dude with a bevy of candles for a head is gorgeous, thoughtful and really flipping cool. But while the male figures [...]

Kate Beaton, the artist and writer behind the best historical comedy since Histeria, loves to post things to her tumblr sometimes. Like today. Apparently feminists have gotten so sneaky and insidious that Beaton thought it was high time people started knowing how to find them. Because she is awesome. Beaton is basically a national hero [...]

A few days ago I was rewatching the finale of Smallville. Taken as a whole (all ten seasons) there is a lot to take issue with. Like Kristen Kreuk, but man, that last episode was borderline perfection, and at least for me, the best live action rendition of Superman EVER. Which is impressive because we [...]

If you’ve ever looked at a comic book you’ve seen poses like this: If you’ve ever been drunk and talking about comics, or maybe just in a very passionate mood you’ve probably tried to recreate those poses. Maybe you’ve thrown your back out or wept tears as pain wracks through you body or maybe you’ve [...]

As a movie fan, one of my favorite hobbies is looking at where projects go left instead of right. For each movie that gets made, there are ten more that are stuck in development hell, often different versions of what finally reaches the screen. So it is with Black Widow, who came achingly close to [...]

In a perfect world men and women get equal pay for equal work. They’re treated the same in politics. Women appear as frequently and in as interesting roles as men in films, television and in novels. In a perfect world men and women are equal. This isn’t a perfect world and those who say it [...]

DC 52–not to be confused with 52–was supposed to change the game. The baby and the bath water were getting tossed and the world was going to be introduced to a whole new age of superheroes. Not like the Gold or Silver or Bronze or Modern Age heroes. This was going to change the game. [...]

Okay, Drive is something of a lesser-known movie, so I’m actually going to give you a plot synopsis, hopefully without spoiling everything like the trailer kinda does. Ryan Gosling plays the Driver, a Hollywood stuntman who moonlights as a getaway driver. He lives next to Irene, a single mother whose husband is in prison, and [...]

Scott Lobdell is a better comic book writer than Alan Moore. In fact, he easily outdoes Warren Ellis, Garth Ennis, and Mark Millar. Whereas they took on the concept of superheroes and subjected it to parody, satire, and deconstruction, Lobdell hit where it really hurts. DC Comics gave this funnybook firebrand a comic and he [...]