Marvel series final episodes, ranked:
1. Jessica Jones (some shaky decisions, but also "It's Patsy!")
2. Daredevil s1 (really the main problem is just the last episode)
3. Luke Cage (almost a tie for 2 - it's fine, and has the stronger last episode)
4. Iron Fist (does not yet exist yet is still better than…"
5. Daredevil…

I enjoy these reviews overall, but there does seem to be a lot of "here's what the character SHOULD have done/known." Maybe it really is that obvious, and it's just outside my realm of cultural familiarity.

"He even says that the fear of the armed black man is the reason for gun
laws after abolition. While selling Judas bullets to the community and
the police to hunt Luke Cage makes sense logically, invoking the
complicated and discriminatory history of gun laws in this country to do
so feels sloppy."

You might enjoy Zero Effect.

The emphasis on running and yelling is definitely of a piece with the Whoniverse.

The bellhop thing felt a lot more Portland-y. To be fair, to outsiders that whole area is just one big lumpen hipster metropolis.

I kind of like her because of how the show sets up the idea of duality: If there's him, there's got to be her. Now, if we get into an entire Holistic Pantheon, my assessment may become a lot less charitable.

I was expecting an adaptation, but it seemed like I was getting a
reboot, so I was a little unhappy. Then when he brought up the couch and
Thor, I realized it was intended as a continuation, and I felt a bit
better.

I think it's because other superhero comics take on a variety of creators over time, so new blood (good and bad) flows in. Invincible is Kirkman's baby, and it's never not gonna be a Kirkman book. The best creator-driven books (think Sandman, the Invisibles, Locke & Key, Bone) seem to have an endpoint; let to run wild…

Kirkman was really exciting when he first showed up. He had this genuine enthusiasm for the material, and it showed up in two drastically different books. I read both WD and Invincible from the start to at least #100 and would still direct readers to their early runs as great examples of horror and superhero comics,…

To see the monkeys doin' it!

We need a support group.

I haven't watched Walking Dead since season one, but read the comic from #1-100, and I heard enough about this that I wanted to check the review and see if the death was the same. It was. And there was this line:

Agreed. I am grateful for how the review provides perspective on what Misty's experience is like in the situation - yet another white guy called in to pass judgment on her - but he also steadily calls her on bullshit where necessary. That's a therapy tool we don't necessarily think of at first, but when you've spent a…

I thought Claire was from Harlem, or am I just assuming that because it's where her mom lives?

Yeah, I should be clear: NOBODY Starscreams like Starscream.

"This soooong is in the puuuublic domain /
That's whyyyy we uuuuuused it twiiiiiice…."

That was perhaps one of the best "THAT'S your plan?" moments I've ever seen.

The comparison to Littlefinger is good, but where he differs (and what I like about the character) is that he doesn't aspire to be top dog. He's an amazing lieutenant, he knows it, and that's where he wants to stay. Don't get me wrong, he'd like to be lieutenant for the best, and he's raising up Mariah for that…

I don't know, WV's got some pretty elite numbers to meet: http://projects.fivethirtye…