A Rotten Conundrum: The Demise of Personal Opinion
It’s no secret that I’m a devoted fan of grandiose summer movies, especially those produced by Marvel and DC. Superhero stories have long been a personal source of inspiration and…
Worth 1000 Words: What’s in a Desktop Wallpaper?
I recently purchased a new laptop (hooray!) after ten years of writing on an ancient, Frankenstein’s monster of a machine. While setting it all up, I was greeted by a…
Wonder Woman: The Hero Our World Needs
Wonder Woman is one of the most iconic and beloved comic book characters ever created. Since 1947, there have been many diverse iterations of the character, some more successful than…
Scott Summers: The Man, The Mutant, The Mission
Scott Summers, aka Cyclops, was never my favorite member of the X-Men. He felt like a flat, uninteresting do-gooder whining in the shadow of Wolverine’s more exciting and controversial tactics.…
Bloodless: The Dangerous Sterilization of Violence in Entertainment
My upcoming novel, Fall From Grace, is an epic with moments of explicit violence bred from the horrors of warfare. The grisly, vicious imagery will disturb, upset, and even offend…
All of the Men are Dead – Why Hollywood Needs Y: The Last Man
Racism and sexism have long been an unfortunate undercurrent beneath Hollywood that the industry has yet to fully purge. The recent Academy Award nominations brought those controversial, rage-fueled waters back…