I'm really happy to see an interview with Jim Davis that doesn't devolve into snark. I know it's been especially cool to hate on Garfield. Though he seems to be taking less of a hit than Shrek these days.

I think Calvin & Hobbes is a great comic but its status has been somewhat overinflated. And with that in mind it makes sense that a shy Ohioan like Watterson sort of quit the business and has generally been a recluse ever since. That's just a very Ohioan thing to do. I mean, look at Neil Armstrong.

I really appreciate this explanation. Although I'm not the one who asked, you've done a great job pointing out just why I've not too enamored of much of any of the Big 2's art lately. I couldn't ever spell it out for anyone because I'm not as art literate as you seem to be.

I've never even heard of that last bit. Now I gotta look it up.

Michigan wasn't yet a state. Congress stayed out of the matter until the Toledo boundary dispute was resolved. Neither Governor would back down on it so a compromised was proposed that in 1836 that would give Michigan statehood and at least 3/4 of the UP. They rejected it at first but Jackson and Congress leaned on…

I would likewise suggest that the current attitudes are still running off the fumes of the initial conflict. The reasons may change, but prior to that occasion the two states, or rather a state and one territory, had little in the way of beef with each other outside of the normal border disputes that everyone was…

Yeah. Toledo is the reason Michigan hates Ohio and vice versa.

I've always been really invested in this show as an idea, though possibly not so much in watching it past season 6. It mostly has to do with the fact that Kripke is from my hometown and even managed to set an episode there in the 1st season.

It really is an almost stupidly brilliant joke. And it's not immediately obvious either. Those are the BEST kind of jokes.

Sleepy Hollow is hardly a small town in the show though. It's depicted as big enough to support and entertain a population just south of 140K. The actual town it's based on isn't that big, but if the Sleepy Hollow of the show existed in our world it would be only one of 6 cities of its type in NY: municipalities with…

You should check out Gravity Falls, which is like if someone animated Eerie, Indiana and brought it back for the preteen set.

I actually like Temple a great deal more than Last Crusade. I just find it to be much more fun as a film, and I particularly like the opening number. It's nowhere close to a perfect film. In fact I'd only really call Raiders GOOD. Not that I haven't enjoyed most of what I've seen from Indiana Jones. There's just…

Never really understood the concept of superheroes existing resulting in decreased interest in media involving superpowers. Because that's not how narrative traditions work or have ever worked.

I liked Wolverine and the X-Men upon first viewing and I still enjoyed it during a recent rewatch. However, I found myself disappointed because I didn't think the show explored the same depth of moral complexity as the 90s series.

Good point. Hadn't considered that at all.

Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes. The original Marvel flagship show on Disney XD

It seems like this is going to be set in a different universe than the current Marvel animated shows. I'm okay with that, because I'm not too fond of any of the post-EMH series. But I wonder if kids who were first exposed to the Guardians via those shows will be disappointed.

I don't even need it to be set in the same universe. I just prefer that it takes place in a world where Ghostbusting is an established thing.

My roommate is firm in their opinion that this movie should've been something akin to a juvenile version of A Serious Man.

Despite never playing it, I honestly kinda do.