The Fanboy and the Apostate: A Conversation on Superheroes
Over the past few years, I’ve had many correspondences with fellow writer and cinephile, Sean P. Carlin. We agree on most fronts but have found ourselves on differing sides of…
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…
Heart of a Hero: Marvel Studios’ Finest Dramatic Moments
The initial idea for this piece was to write about my favorite action scenes in Marvel movies and how they advanced or altered our understanding of the characters. While compiling…
Avengers and Caped Crusaders: The Enduring Appeal of Superhero Films
I adore superhero films, no question about it. A colleague of mine, author/blogger Sean P. Carlin, recently wrote an essay called “The Great Escape: What the Ascendancy of Comic-Book Culture…
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.…