“You’ve Heard The Legend- Which I Think Is True…”- A Flip Thru’ the Supermarket Sleaze of 2018’s ‘Entertainment Weekly- Stan Lee: A Life of Marvel’

I’ve seen this shit. You’ve seen this shit. These compiled “special” issues of various articles from the pop culture media put out to celebrate any figure who has some topical traction and visibility at the moment- I saw a special edition magazine last week at the grocery store dedicated to Madonna, whom I remembered is […]

“Such a Shame That A Little Fame And Attention Began to Get to Len’s Head…” On Roy Thomas’s Erasure of The Real Creators of Wolverine

2024 is upon us which means we’ve also got one more gruesome event to look forward to in the new year: the 50th Anniversary of popular mutant antihero Wolverine which will, inevitably, lead to anniversary-centric convention appearances and interviews with “Rascally” Roy Thomas himself, ostensibly to further the rather recent perception of himself as the […]

“…Fell Flat With The Wednesday Warriors who Supported The Industry for Decades…” Celebrating The Most Loathsome People in Comics, 2023!

Well, we’ve come to the end of another year and another year for the industry, the medium, and the hobby of comic books. And look- I know what you’re saying, I do. Why can’t I focus on all the positives of the industry? Why can’t we write about the critically acclaimed and under publicized comics […]

“Always The First Person In The Room to Point Out It Wasn’t Just You…” The Slog That is 2002’s ‘Stan Lee’s Mutants, Monsters & Marvels’

I had known about this truly intolerable documentary, in actuality a long-form interview conducted by the equally intolerable Kevin Smith, since it initially appeared in 2002 when I was considerably younger. I’d like to stress that I avoided it completely then, largely due to my immense dislike of Smith which was quite possibly formed by […]