Hi there everyone, and welcome back for another installment of Bat Signal, my quest to read every issue of Detective Comics that has ever been published, in random order, and with no real context between issues. An this week we have a story from the weird world of the […]
Hey folks, it’s time for a Christmas episode of the Simpsons! We’ve just recently had the anniversary of when the original Christmas Special aired, so Christmas has always been pretty entwined with the show. So, of course, they decided to take a Christmas episode, and combine it […]
Over the last couple years, basically the time that I’ve been running this site, I’ve been trying to get more into horror movies. And, thanks to a resurgence in high-quality horror movies, that’s been pretty easy. Horror has never been my genre, other than Monster movies, and […]
We’re in the home stretch of Cinematic Century here, folks. Only a handful of weeks left, and we’ve now reached a very odd little period of time, when this site was up and running and I was even making my favorite films of the year lists. Which means […]
Hi there everyone, welcome back to yet another installment of Bat Signal, my never-ending quest to read every single issue of Detective Comics ever published, in random order, and with basically no context. We’re taking a trip back to the earliest days of Batman this week, giving us a […]
Well folks, it’s December here on Marvel Madness, which means that it’s time to talk about Marvel’s various insane attempts to bring Holiday joy to their comics. I’ve been talking about Christmas stories here for the last few years, and they’ve been a pretty consistent source […]
As I’ve discussed recently, a major theme of the storytelling of 2019 has been the slow realization that we’re essentially living in an economic dystopia, courtesy of rampant capitalism and class warfare. Which, has led to quite a bit of engaging, and often depressing stories. And, it’s […]
After a slow start 2019 ended up becoming a really strong year for movies. There have been a lot of different recurring themes this year, but one of the biggest trends in storytelling this year has been a palpable anger, fear, and downright hatred of the world […]
Last week I threw a bit of a curve-ball, going with a movie that I would wager most people haven’t seen. And, this week I’ve ended up changing things up by picking one of the most beloved and popular films of the year, the absolutely unhinged masterpiece, Mad […]
Hi there everyone, and welcome back for yet another installment of Bat Signal, my never-ending quest to read every single issue of Detective Comics, in random order, and with essentially no context. And folks, I make fun of the covers of these Golden Age comics quite a bit. They […]
