April 2010
Friend or Foe: Marvel Comics As Content for Apple’s iPad
Is 'good or evil' really the correct frame through which to view Marvel's recently announced relationship with Apple's new iPad?
Four-Eyed Stranger #7: Myths to Die By
Hanako and the Terror of Allegory presents an intriguing combination of quirky characters and traditional Japanese myths, and seems to be a meditation (albeit one with an incredibly goofy sense of humour) on the relationship between storytelling and psychology.
March 2010
Borderland Speakeasy #6: Moral Bankruptcy and the Smell of Fear
Late-Night Thoughts on a Mean Little Book of Noir
This Was Then: King Arthur & the Knights of Justice
Saturday morning cartoons were a staple of my childhood. From time to time a new cartoon would appear for a season or two, then disappear.…
Missed Directions: Local Heroes
Whether you've never been or haven't been back for some time, visit Astro City today!
No Stranger To Fiction 0006: “Accidentally, Like a Martyr”
We made mad love, shadow love Random love and abandon love. Accidentally like a martyr. The hurt gets worse, and the heart gets harder. -…
Four-Eyed Stranger #6: Heavy Metal Monkey King
The Monkey King shouldn’t be cute. He’s a raging id, a shameless and dangerous trickster. He embodies Lewis Hyde’s definition of the trickster as “ridden…
Missed Directions: Superhero Fatigue
Even the greatest aficionados among us suffer from it from time to time – and that’s superhero fatigue. Even superheroes themselves get tired of being…
No Stranger To Fiction 0005: “God Send Conspirator”
'Befehl ist Befehl [Orders are orders]'. Transalted as “I was only following orders”, a defense used by many prosecuted Nazis during the Nuremburg Trials following World War II 'I am not guilty. I am only responsible for following an order I received from my superiors. It was not a criminal act'. Ex-CIA Agent Robert S. Lady, regarding his abduction of a Muslim cleric
Borderland Speakeasy #5: Mirror Image Murders
An Actor Prepares:Dr. Frederic Wertham reads “Shock!” Strange things happened to comic books in 1954. EC Comics chief Bill Gaines tore up two of his…
