The Stone, The Spear, and The Superman, Part 4: Zack Snyder's Justice League
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
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!
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
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
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
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
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...
A buncha quick The Batman thoughts
Call this one a mini-newsletter; this isn't even an essay, I'll just bullet-point some thoughts on the topic of the day here. Spoilers below, but the short...
Ok wait so why do I still care about the DC Universe again
The upfront notes: My second book of the year was Ken Liu's The Legends of Luke Skywalker - I loved The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories and when I learned...
The Boxer, true comics horror, and how to go on
Gonna give some misc. 'news of the day' notes before the piece proper this time, and probably will continue doing so in the future. Got about halfway through...
Good-Old-Fashioned Something New: On Lavender Jack and Kamen Rider Build's Approaches to Superhero Visual Storytelling
Tom Reilly & Jordie Bellaire, The Thing #1 (2021) It may be a traditional slump before the next big surge; it may be the seeds of something; it may be the...
Horizons
One of the earliest dreams I can vividly remember is being in an arcade; not a dedicated one, the kind of perfunctory try at wheedling some extra pocket...