God I love these. Can we get John Water’s first superhero film, an adaption of Ditko’s “Beware The Creeper,” starring Neil Patrick Harris? Don’t ask; I always figured they would get around to it after all the first, second and third tier comics got movies, TV or Netflix series...

This. When I reactivated my inner geek a few years ago and got back into comic art, Cooke’s work stood out to me. Having not read a DC comic since high school (80s), everything from DC and Marvel to me eyes had that Alex Ross wannabe look. I like artists who, all you have to see is one panel and you say “that’s so and…

I would love to hire that firm to put a positive spin on Chicago’s train system. “Yes folks, that thick ambiance you’re experiencing is Urine, the official frgrance of the CTA! Take a ride and come smell the ‘L’!”

Thank you for the wonderful article and interview. It remibds me of the kind of peculiar history books I liked to read as a kid before the ‘Net. It would be interesting to see the author’s perspective on pre-regulated commercial food stuffs compared to outright poisons. From what I gather, if intentional poison didn’t…

I wasn’t trying to be colorist, just pointing out a sad reality that’s been in media since the first days of cinema and TV. Dark-skinned blacks are only now getting roles that were mostly reserved for lighter-skinned ones. For every Sidney Poitier or Woody Strode that might pop up, there were always a gazillion other…

That would be my complaint about the DC movies, too. They went full-apocalypse in Man of Steel with all the destruction. Where does that leave the succeeding films to go?

Wow, 30-years-later that howl Chewbacca gives at the end of ROTJ takes on a whole new context (lol). He needs to go Little-Richard-at-the-Grammy’s on Leia’s ass the next time there’s an award ceremony.

While I’m personally thrilled that three major characters were black males (and dark-skinned too, not some Terrence Howard/Al B. Sure types), and not one of them was killed off (well, Cheadle’s mobility died), I’m not too hyped about a Black Panther movie.

“These people are dangerous and irresponsible!!!”
(feverishly searches for video links ....)

As a statistics nerd, I’d love it if someone pranked Fox News and sent them a news release from some made-up institute stating that P-Hackers are left-wing, urine fetishists that wear a P-hat ...

Totally agree with them. It’s one thing to give credit for a purchase in which the seller made fraudulent misrepresentation of the merchandise, or overcharged; it’s another thing for PayPal to be expected to act as insurance for people who make bad choices on a crappy investment, which is essentially what many…

While it would be nice to hop on the “Facebook is evil” bandwagon, I’m not surprised at all. Having worked in the media a long time ago (when the Web was a wee toddler), I got to see “how the sausage was made” in both print and early digital media. Facebook is not alone in its chicanery. If a reader recognizes that…

You are my fucking spirit animal, bro. A million stars to you, you summed everything I hate about the media and political elites. When I turn on tv and see Will, the McLaughlin Group, et al still on the air, I wonder who still follows this shit?

Diane Fieinstein never met a civil liberty she didn’t like and want to trash...unless it was her. That’s why I enjoyed the schadenfreude a few years ago of the CIA going through her congressional computers. What’s sauce for the goose, and all that....

Just about any home goods store (Lowes, Home Depot, etc.). Relatively inexpensive. Living in Chicago, I keep a 10-lb emergency bag in my cupboard.

My favorite color is green (olive drab variety) and I generally like khaki and earth colors, especially for the bedroom. That being said, if you live in a city like Chicago or NYC, fat chance the little bastards will demonstrate their knowledge of feng shui; they go for whoever’s around, warm and toasty. We had an…

They’re all beating the shit out of each other on a tarmac at an airport?

Being a transplant to Chicago, I used to be able to brag “well, at least the part of Ohio where I grew up ain’t like Chiraq.”

Ditto. It looks less abstract once I realized the artist was trying to portray the moon shadows and gas cloud patterns as seen through the telescope of the times.

Video killed the snack food star.