Marvel’s War on Beauty

Marvel’s War on Beauty

The original plan this week was to discuss American Assassin, and Daddy Warpig did give a quick and dirty review, but then he launched into a patented Warpig rant on the comics industry's open hatred of beauty. In particular, DW singled out Marvel as the most egregious offender. When they've…
September 18, 20176 Comments
Losing the Plot

Losing the Plot

JD Cowan addresses how the corporatists in charge of every major entertainment medium have enthusiastically lost touch with the comic book reading, video game playing, and TV watching public. My thesis is simple; we've lost the plot. Not only have we lost the plot, we're proud of having done so.…
September 14, 201711 Comments
DBZ Syndrome

DBZ Syndrome

Author JD Cowan warns writers against making the same mistake with superpowered heroes that Toriyama did with Dragon Ball Z. There's always been a problem getting superpowers across in fiction. For instance, Superman has almost no defined limits to his abilities, which is fine for a Superman tale but it…
September 7, 201711 Comments

Wonder Woman

This week on Geek Gab, Daddy Warpig, Dorrinal, and I discuss DC's new movie Wonder Woman. You can listen in here. UPDATE: Since recording this episode, I have gone to see the movie. I'm in agreement with DW that this is the best DC movie since The Dark Knight Rises.…
June 5, 20178 Comments
Why Comics Stopped Trying

Why Comics Stopped Trying

Under the able editorship of Jeffro Johnson, the Castalia House blog and the Google Plus account which he also curates have grown into an impressive meeting of the geek minds. Recently, the Supreme Nerd Intelligence deliberated the perennial topic of why American comics have lost their groove. We open with…
May 10, 201717 Comments
Geeks of the Galaxy

Geeks of the Galaxy

This week on Geek Gab, controversy breaks out among your humble hosts over the new Marvel film, Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 2. Is James Gunn's second MCU offering better than, inferior to, or about the same as his first space opera tour de force? Listen in and find out!…
May 8, 2017
Picking Comics’ Carcass

Picking Comics’ Carcass

The Zman offers an alternate explanation for the SJW infestation of the comic book industry as described by Jon Del Arroz. That came to mind reading this Vox Day post on the comic book industry. According to people who read comics and follow the business, it has been overrun by…
April 14, 20179 Comments
Which Iron Man Film Is the Best in the Series?

Which Iron Man Film Is the Best in the Series?

It's the series that turned a comic book character nobody had cared about since the Cold War into the hottest IP on the planet and redeemed its star's career in the process. Initially considered a huge gamble, the Iron Man franchise kicked off the Marvel Cinematic Universe--a coup that the competition…
June 6, 20168 Comments
Declan Finn’s Public De-Pantsing of Captain America Writer Nick Spencer

Declan Finn’s Public De-Pantsing of Captain America Writer Nick Spencer

Do read Declan Finn's merciless fisking of the latest hack whom Marvel Comics has tasked with desecrating one of their iconic characters. A sampling of highlights: It’s a really funny thing, there was not an enormous amount of debate about the story. We do our creative retreats and this was a…
May 31, 2016

Geek Gab: Apocalypse

On this episode of Geek Gab, we discuss the new Marvel mutant universe film Wolverine 9 X-Men: Apocalypse. Listen as Daddy Warpig, John, and I nitpick all of Bryan Singer's directorial decisions and almost get sucked into a debate about which is the best Iron Man film (correct answer: Iron Man…
May 30, 20164 Comments