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Happy Batman Day! A lost, appropriate piece.

September 21, 2024

Kept intending for years that one Batman Day I’d run an old article of mine from my freelance period that for various reasons never saw the light of day at...

Catching up, followups, followthrough

August 12, 2024

How busy have I been the last few months such that I’m just now posting this? I can’t find a convenient captioned version so just imagine this says BIZ-ZAY I...

Happy Father's Day!

Years ago, I got a question on my Tumblr about my dad’s tastes compared to mine. In late 2020, with dad as you’ll be able to tell sufficiently loosened up, I...

As you all can see I wanted to make this thing as truly all-encompassing as I could, so let's get to it. My thoughts will be a little shorter this time than...

Second Patreon round: Pull list and Absolute Comics

Me: Well, at least I'll be able to get the 2023 best-of list out under the wire for the first third of 2024.My library: One of the last two 2023 books you...

Quick little special: First Patreon question!

2023 roundup's later this month, but first, a post dedicated to a milestone! I got my first question on Patreon - you can DM me questions there for pledging...

2024 so far + throwaway thoughts

Going out of order from the intended plan! The next newsletter was going to be my big 2023 wrapup, but a clutch of comics I was curious about from Ritesh's...

Losing something on the way to us - an autopsy of We Only Find Them When They're Dead

February 13, 2024

Woof. Whowatch was a delight and a deeply worthwhile endeavor, but it's left me rusty as hell in working fully on my own; the Bleach piece took far longer...

Whowatch Part 25: The Finale

January 4, 2024

The Gunfighters Carnival of Monsters Paradise Towers Remembrance of the Daleks The Star Beast Wild Blue Yonder The Giggle The Church on Ruby Road Sean: And...

Whowatch Part 24

November 7, 2023

The first Patreon vote is concluded, so a piece on We Only Find Them When They're Dead will be the first thing coming up post-Whowatch.Given that it’s been...

Whowatch Extravaganza

October 30, 2023

Last chance to chime in on the first Patreon vote! So much this time it’s gotta be categorized! Classic Who The Web Planet The Mind Robber Spearhead from...

Whowatch Part 23

October 23, 2023

Started Spider-Man 2, love it, started This Is How You Lose the Time War, love it, expect more on both in the near future. City of Death The Witchfinders It...

Bleach is so damn cool

October 17, 2023

Been so long since the last pregame that Barbenheimer came and went. I watched 1982's Deathtrap recently though! Fantastic little thriller-comedy, highly...

Whowatch Special - All-Star Superman

October 3, 2023

And of course since conducting the interview, Morrison mentioned in a Q&A they weren't as intense a Doctor Who fan as previously believed, which may color a...

As a reward for your patience, My Adventures With Superman thoughts

September 15, 2023

Simultaneously so much that's happened since last time I'd normally note, and what feels like not much. Waiting for my next novel to arrive at the library,...

"Whowatch Part 22" but smeared in blood over a boarded-up door, faint screaming in the distance

A day short of Whowatch's one-year anniversary, I'll forgo the usual upfront miscellaneous notes - yes I loved My Adventures With Superman but I'll probably...

Whowatch Part 21

I have to give a big shoutout to solointhewinter's Jon Kent: Rebirth, which not only I adored but I've seen a bunch of people flip out for and go 'wait,...

Whowatch 20 plus raving Superman: Legacy conspiracy theories

So it turns out this was as we'll note below the shortest Whowatch we've done by a mile, love ya Moffat but it's sure plain this is the season you hadn't...

Whowatch Part 19

I will not be attending The Flash, but emphatically recommend this Letterboxd review as one of the best pieces of writing I'll likely see this year. The new...

Bonus odds-and-ends for June 2023

Been awhile since I've done a 'whatever's on my mind' post, but the last couple weeks truly merited some space to breathe; rest assured that as promised, the...

Whowatch Part 18

Fell behind on getting this one formatted and out the door, such that there were enough news items to discuss that'd usually go in the 'misc. upfront' bin...

Whowatch Part 17

ACHEWOOD'S BACK. And Onstad...seems to have bought into some chump AI nonsense, but he at least appears to be keeping that a separate stream and restraining...

David watches all the Superman movies they haven't before for Miracle Monday

Top illustration by Even 'Doc' Shaner By the time you're all reading this, Good Miracle Monday! The Superman holiday for the real Superman freaks like me, as...

Whowatch Part 16

Illustration by Rich Veitch I finished Alan Moore's Illuminations, and after the opening Hypothetical Lizard drawn from his 80s work my enjoyment of most of...

Whowatch Part 15

Not a ton to say upfront this time. I'll happily get Superman: The Last Days of Lex Luthor but changing the title from Superman: Testament to that is no way...

Whowatch Part 14

This edition's pregame notes: Finally finished The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen in its entirety, and I'm sure there'd be a lot here to pick at if I were...

Whowatch Part 13

All of 20 seconds to work with - 40 if you count that the Youtube version and Twitter version for some reason have different soundtracks - but hey, they kept...

Before getting into my 2022 media consumption, a few things on 2023. Took longer than expected to see Creed III (ruled, looking forward to what MBJ does next...

Whowatch Part 12

Couple quick notes that might be of interest to some of you. Since it was the latest 'big definitive text' on the character many first followed me for my...

Whowatch Part 11

February 21, 2023

Death of the Doctor Doctor Who: The Eleventh Doctor Complete Year One The Impossible Astronaut Day of the Moon The Curse of the Black Spot The Doctor’s Wife...

Whowatch Part 10

February 6, 2023

David: The news that’d normally be covered in an intro merited its own full newsletter this time, so let’s get right to it! The Vampires of Venice Amy’s...

yes I'm fully aware you all want my DC movie takes

February 2, 2023

Debated whether this would be a Tumblr post or a very extended newsletter intro, until I realized 'hey this can just be its own newsletter, I did a thing...

Whowatch Part 9

January 25, 2023

Watched Shin Ultraman! Utterly charming and one truly perfect kick, but I fear it was a little overhyped for me personally if any of you need to unfollow me...

Whowatch Part 8

January 11, 2023

Happy new year to one and all! As I send this out I'm a few hours away from my viewing of Shin Ultraman, but in the meantime: The Three Doctors The Next...

Whowatch Part 7

December 29, 2022

And we come to the end of the first year of Technicolor horizons as a project! Was it all I hoped it to be? Not yet; still very cape-centric in ways I hope...

The Stone, The Spear, and The Superman, Part 5: Whatever Happened To Uniting The Seven?

December 5, 2022

David: So: this whole final stretch is a clusterfuck, huh. At least as much to think about here is a matter of the surrounding context as it is these...

Whowatch Part 6

November 21, 2022

Sean: So here we are, back to watching Doctor Who. But this time, I’ve invited another guest. Say hello to Veronica Jane, who is not just here because I feel...

The Stone, The Spear, and The Superman, Part 4: Zack Snyder's Justice League

November 16, 2022

Main developments since last time were picking up what I have to imagine will have been my favorite comic of 2022 in It’s Lonely At The Centre Of The Earth,...

Whowatch Part 5

October 17, 2022

Wanted to leave the last post clear of any misc. notes, but a few this time: NYCC came and went, and while a few of the announcements were of the sleep-...

My first comic: the step-by-step!

October 11, 2022

A few months ago I put my money where my mouth was and solicited help on my first short comic, an interpretation of compulsive behavior I'd never seen quite...

Whowatch Part 4

September 27, 2022

Look there are only so many ways to say we’re watching more Doctor Who. Survival The Runaway Bride Smith and Jones The Shakespeare Code Gridlock Daleks in...

Two sides to all of us, like crosswise slices of pie

September 21, 2022

Hey so I remembered libraries exist I have a wonderful one! Within a few minutes drive! But between the already ever-expanding, rarely-shrinking pile of...

Whowatch Part 3

August 26, 2022

Don't find myself with a ton of truly major new news or life notes to cover, so let's get right to it. The Brain of Morbius The Christmas Invasion New Earth...

The Stone, The Spear, and The Superman, Part 3: Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice

August 22, 2022

No intro. No delay. We intended to do a roundtable. We unleashed a monstrosity. Ritesh: So, folks. Here we are. The second part and piece of Zack Snyder’s DC...

The Stone, The Spear, and The Superman, Part 2: Man of Steel

Look there's the WB horrorshow and all that - at least My Adventures With Superman is spared for now - but you've already heard a million hot takes on that,...

Whowatch Part 2

Finished The Three-Body Problem! I think I'll tackle some lighter fare next in the form of the now Eisner-award winning All of the Marvels by Douglas Wolk,...

The Stone, The Spear, and The Superman, Part 1: Excalibur

First misc. item: the 3-pager's being drawn! Looks like it'll be ready pretty soon, so I'll have my first ever comic ready to show people in the very near...

David watches Doctor Who now, pray for him

The standard misc. upfront, though with the regularity of posts going forward between the regular columns and still the occasional standalone post, these'll...

The Guardians of Justice (Will Save Superhero Mass-Media!) (Someday! One Hopes!)

Welcome back folks! Been a bit longer than I was trying to establish as the usual, but I spent a good little while putting the final touches on my latest CBH...

Assorted relatively brief thoughts

I know what my next big post is going to be on but I want to finish rewatching the subject first, and I've had a bunch of smaller thoughts and reactions and...