Cider House Rules? Both the book and the movie were all about abortion.
Cider House Rules? Both the book and the movie were all about abortion.
I think it's just speciesism. AV Club has no love for rapping insects. If Doodlebug were, say, Bob Smith, that song would've been on the list.
I think it's just speciesism. AV Club has no love for rapping insects. If Doodlebug were, say, Bob Smith, that song would've been on the list.
Wait: There's an Inspector Spacetime notebook available on Etsy? Where's the link, goddammit?
Wait: There's an Inspector Spacetime notebook available on Etsy? Where's the link, goddammit?
Oddly, I had the opposite reaction. I find the fact that BFF's parents go to Wilco utterly horrifying, because it probably means they're my age, which means I'm old enough that I could have a child regularly posting on AV Club.
It's an epic film about ice melting in a bucket, obviously.
It's an epic film about ice melting in a bucket, obviously.
Plus, was it my imagination, or was there also Space Raquetball?
Plus, was it my imagination, or was there also Space Raquetball?
An ongoing series set aboard a space station where a lone cop fights a corrupt system? Nah. No potential there.
An ongoing series set aboard a space station where a lone cop fights a corrupt system? Nah. No potential there.
Asking a fanboy what books he recommends is dangerous, man. The answer could take days.
Asking a fanboy what books he recommends is dangerous, man. The answer could take days.
He's an amazing writer. His post-Morrison run on JLA is one of the most underrated, in my opinion.
He's an amazing writer. His post-Morrison run on JLA is one of the most underrated, in my opinion.
It makes me sad every time I read about a guy like Waid, or Patton Oswalt, who just bailed on DC when they did the New 52. I understand there point and I don't blame them for doing it, but I just love those characters so much that it makes me sad to see anyone writing them off.
It makes me sad every time I read about a guy like Waid, or Patton Oswalt, who just bailed on DC when they did the New 52. I understand there point and I don't blame them for doing it, but I just love those characters so much that it makes me sad to see anyone writing them off.
I don't think he actually got canned for that. He worked there a good long while after that story.
I don't think he actually got canned for that. He worked there a good long while after that story.