Prestige Creates a Permission Structure for Experimentation
I absolutely loved the novel Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace when I read it back in the day. I devoured it, forcing myself to read all of those bloody...
I Stopped Loving Captain Kirk
I used to look up to Captain Kirk, Star Trek's fearless leader, when I was a kid. When I was seven or eight, I had a homemade Starfleet captain shirt, which...
My Favorite Comedy Films of the 2020s (So Far)
Last week, I told y'all about one of my favorite comedy TV shows, Extraordinary. (The second season is out now on Hulu, or on Disney+ outside the USA!) And I...
The Funniest TV Show You're (Probably) Not Watching
One of the frustrating things about loving television is the extent to which a small number of shows seem to suck up all of the attention — and if you love...
Bonnie Raitt's Career Ended In 1986
Bonnie Raitt's career ended back in 1986. Her long-time record company Warner Bros. had sat on her album Nine Lives for a few years, refusing to release it....
How To Build Your Online "Brand" Without Burning Out
Recently, there's been a lot of talk about people, especially writers and other creative people, needing to have a "personal brand" on social media. This...
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish Is The Best Superhero Movie Ever
No, seriously. I am going to fire up this hot take — and I might even convince you that I'm right. So I finally watched Puss in Boots: the Last Wish, because...
Here's What Bugs Me About Comics
I love comics so much — some of my earliest memories involve visiting the Million Year Picnic and New England Comics, and gazing in wonder at all the...
10 Space TV Shows That Don't Get Enough Love
Everybody talks about Star Trek, the various Star Wars TV shows, and Battlestar Galactica. But space is way, way bigger than that — space is, in fact, pretty...
Reboot Star Wars!
Just a heads up! The trade paperback collection of New Mutants: Lethal Legion (by Enid Balám, Elisabetta D'Amico and me) comes out tomorrow! It's a silly,...
The Difference Between Deceptively Simple and Deceptively Complex
Hey everyone! I'm afraid I don't have time to write a brand new newsletter this week. My mom has been visiting from out of town, and I'm under a bunch of...
Doctor Who's Unsung MVP, Best TV Shows of 2023... and Some Rants!
Before we get started, a shameless plug! New Mutants: Lethal Legion, the collected edition of the miniseries I wrote last year, is coming out January 14....
The Real Reason Why We Want To Punish the Unhoused
As 2023 ends, more and more people are being left with no place to go. Wars, atrocities and natural disasters are creating incomprehensibly vast numbers of...
How To Fix Goodreads
Last week, a nauseating scandal hit the book world. Basically, a white author created fake accounts on Goodreads, and used them to leave a slew of one-star...
The Pesto Manifesto!
Just a heads up! If you want to get a signed copy of one of my books as a holiday gift for someone, you only have a few days left to order from Folio Books —...
A Productivity Hack That's Been Helping Me Lately
Hey everybody! If you're looking to get a holiday gift for the humans (or other sentient beings) in your life, I just wanted to mention that you can get...
My Favorite Science Fiction/Fantasy Books of 2023
First off, what I've been up to lately... I realized that if folks are subscribed to my newsletter, they might actually be interested in what's going on with...
Doctor Who Spinoffs I'd Love To See
Doctor Who is back! This coming Saturday sees the first new episode in absolute yoinks, and there's tons more to come. Returning showrunner Russell T. Davies...
Why Does God Hate Figs So Much?
From 1999 to 2005, I ran a website called godhatesfigs.com. I realized that I've never talked about it in my newsletter, so here's the whole story. (Warning:...
The Lesson That Superhero TV Shows Keep Learning
Two pieces of news struck me recently. First, Superman and Lois is ending with its upcoming fourth season. This bums me out, because I love that show. Tyler...
